Where Do You Take The Test?

[c5212]

I was reading on collegeconfidential's forum about people self-studying for AP tests, largely the Psychology test which seems to sound amazingly easy compared to the others. I know that at our school, we hold the AP tests in May for everyone who is enrolled in the course but...

WHAT IF our school doesn't have the AP course/test I want to self-study for?😱 Where would I take the test and how would I go about getting scheduled to take it?😱

-Thanks

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[schrizto]

You go to a nearby school that offers the test.

 

[xnfs93hy]

At my school, you test in the library.

 

[schrizto]

At my school, you test in the library.

Did you even read the OP's question?

 

[CScull]

Did you even read the OP's question?

🙂

 

[anishannayya]

Typically you talk to your guidance councilor, academic principle, or whoever is in charge of test administration. When in doubt, talk to your guidance councilor. You probably need to inform him/her by February if you plan to self-test. At my school, you self test in a room by yourself with a proctor. It's nice to get others to self-test with you; if not, you will have the proctor glaring at you the whole time.

A note about the AP tests: I would be dubious of their actual value in academic ability. Though I am still a high school senior, I have taken many AP classes, and am an AP scholar with distinction, and most of the teachers I've had just teach to the test. While I plan to take credit for the non-science based classes or non-major based classes that I took, I will definitely not take credit for AP Biology or AP Chemistry, as I want to be a biology major. If you plan to be a psychology major, I would suggest against taking the test just for the sake of it. Just my two-cents; an actual college student may disagree.

Good luck!

 

[schrizto]

Typically you talk to your guidance councilor, academic principle, or whoever is in charge of test administration. When in doubt, talk to your guidance councilor.

ohhh man epic misspellings.

 

[CScull]

ohhh man epic misspellings.

Haha, you're just calling everyone out on this thread schriz. It makes me giggle, keep it up.

 

[xnfs93hy]

Did you even read the OP's question?

If you go to a school that doesn't offer the AP Exam that you want to take (you can't take AP Calc BC at my school) but it is offered at another school, you get in touch with that school (GRANTED THEY ALLOW YOU TO TAKE IT THERE) and pay the fee(s) to take it there.

I say granted they allow you to take it because at my school they don't allow people from outside to sign up and if you go to my school and you aren't already in the class, you cannot sign up.

And yeah, I read the OP's question. My previous post was supposed to be a joke and I was going to post this post immediately afterward but I got lazy and didn't.

 

[xnfs93hy]

Typically you talk to your guidance councilor, academic principle, or whoever is in charge of test administration. When in doubt, talk to your guidance councilor. You probably need to inform him/her by February if you plan to self-test. At my school, you self test in a room by yourself with a proctor. It's nice to get others to self-test with you; if not, you will have the proctor glaring at you the whole time.

A note about the AP tests: I would be dubious of their actual value in academic ability. Though I am still a high school senior, I have taken many AP classes, and am an AP scholar with distinction, and most of the teachers I've had just teach to the test. While I plan to take credit for the non-science based classes or non-major based classes that I took, I will definitely not take credit for AP Biology or AP Chemistry, as I want to be a biology major. If you plan to be a psychology major, I would suggest against taking the test just for the sake of it. Just my two-cents; an actual college student may disagree.

Good luck!

This too.

 

[anishannayya]

ohhh man epic misspellings.

Interesting, I installed an automatic spell-checker for Firefox to correct my mist-types, I guess it doesn't work as nicely as I want it to. Oh well, I can still say that I can type 65 WPM with pretty good accuracy. 🙄