<p>Can they take the make up test? Do they need a note from the doc?</p>
<p>I mean on the day that she's scheduled to take a specific test</p>
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<p>You might want to consult with the school on that. The child should be able to. I missed one of my exams last year because I was recovering from a bout with pneumonia and my school arranged for me to take the late test.</p>
<p>Late testing may apply if you're sick. But I wouldn't plan a family vacation and expect to get away with it, if that's what you're thinking.</p>
<p>2 years ago, I missed 3 AP exams while in the hospital with a mystery virus. I was offered the option of late testing for an extra $40 per test. At $102 each, I decided to just forget about the exams, and got all my money back. But yeah, you might need documentation that you were actually sick and not on vacation or something.</p>
<p>If you're in the HOSPITAL & can provide proof, schools tend to be pretty good about rescheduling. If you're just home ill, our school would NOT allow son to retake on later date, so he went in & took it while feeling quite ill. You can clarify your school's policy as I believe they may have some latitude (initially they told us son could reschedule but at last minute told us son HAD to take it while ill). Heck, maybe that's why he got the 4 in AP US!</p>
<p>It's definitely a good idea to find out ahead of time how your child's school handles this. We didn't. My daughter was sick during "AP Test Week" her senior year. She went in on the first day, but really felt too ill to take the test, told the Assistant Principal in charge, and he told her he'd order a make-up test for her and told her when the make-up date was. The next day she felt better and took her scheduled exams. A day or two after that, on the last day of regularly scheduled AP exams, she had another exam scheduled, and had relapsed, didn't think she should take the test. We assumed it would be no problem; since the Principal had been able to handle it before, I called the same Principal and left a message that she was too ill, could he order a second late exam for her? Unfortunately, it turned out that he didn't go back to his office after administering exams that day, and that was the last day to order late exams. He picked up the message the next morning, too late. We called the AP people, and they could offer no help. They didn't tell us anything about late exams being available at additional cost. Of course, I didn't have a hospital stay to tell them about; she was just sick in a very normal way. Daughter never took the AP Spanish Lit exam; could have taken it the next year, apparently, but didn't bother, didn't need the credit and wasn't planning to try to finish college in less than four years or anything. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but at the time I really wished I had known about the deadline for ordering late exams.</p>
<p>Nothing to do with sickness but...last year the National DECA (large club at our school with over 200 menbers) convention was the same week as AP exams. All the DECA members who attended the convention were allowed to take their AP's at a later date.</p>
<p>Also, S's best friend was on the track team which had a regional competition ( 2 hours away) the same day as one of his AP's and he was allowed to make it up later at his own expense.</p>
<p>Last year, our school's orchestra trip was the week (and weekend) before the start of AP exams. Many of the students managed to take the APs at the beginning of the week at a later date.</p>
<p>your school should not be scheduling trips during AP (or IB) exams. That is extremely poor planning and NEEDS to be addressed.</p>
<p>Generally in this instance, if the child is not in the hospital, they should be at school taking the test. Maybe AP is more lenient, but there are no makeups for IB exams.</p>
<p>So its the week before and they let you take the exam later...that seems really unfair. Seriouslly, that gives people extra time.</p>
<p>You have kids doing sports, plays, all kinds of stuff and they manage to take the test, somehow, it takes away from the seriousness of the test if your school can just reschedule like that</p>
<p>If the test is the same everywhere, is the makeup test the same, or do they change it, otherwise, kids can get friends to give them the questions</p>
<p>Wonder if there is a difference in scores for kids to take the test later for such arbitrarty reasons</p>
<p>Some have claimed the make up exam is tougher, but I have no way of really knowing. The CB does set regs as to what qualifies for rescheduling exams & what doesn't. The make up date is on the same date nationwide & if neither of those dates work, too bad!</p>
<p>There are certain rules and regs for those make-up tests. Certain competitions and school activities and hospitalizations, as well as illness with a doctor's note will allow for the retest. There are UIL and other major competitions that can conflict - the school doesn't choose those dates - the other organizations do. The school counselor or AP in charge of AP testing can give you that info.</p>
<p>the makeup exams are different.</p>