1. When are the 2025 AP Examinations?
Last year, students had the option to take the AP exams at home or at school, both digitally and on paper. This year, the 2025 AP examinations will follow the same structure as two years ago. Students will have to take the test in school as a paper and pencil exam over two weeks in May: May 5-9 and May 12–16.
Week 1 of the AP Examinations is from Monday, May 9, through Friday, May 9. Week 2 runs from May 12 to May 16. All AP examinations will begin at 8 am for the morning test, and 12 pm for the afternoon However, with examinations that require digital portfolios, the deadline will vary.
2025 AP Exam Schedule – Week 1
8 am Local Time | 12 pm Local Time | |
Monday, | Biology Latin | European History Microeconomics |
Tues, May 6 | Chemistry Human Geography | United States Government and Politics |
Wed, May 7 | English Literature and Composition | Comparative Government and Politics Computer Science A |
Thurs, May 8 | African American Studies Statistics | Japanese Language and Culture World History: Modern |
Fri, May 9 | Italian Language and Culture United States History | Chinese Language and Culture Macroeconomics |
AP Art and Design: Friday, May 9, 2025 (8 p.m. ET), is the deadline for AP Art and Design students to submit their three portfolio components as final in the AP Digital Portfolio.
2025 AP Exam Schedule – Week 2
| 8 am Local Time | 12 pm Local Time | |
| Mon, May 12 | Calculus AB Calculus BC | Music Theory Seminar |
| Tues, May 13 | French Language and Culture Precalculus | Environmental Science Physics 2: Algebra-Based |
| Wed, May 14 | English Language and Composition German Language and Culture | Physics C: Mechanics |
| Thurs, May 15 | Art History Spanish Language and Culture | Computer Science Principles Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism |
| Fri, May 16 | Physics 1: Algebra-Based Spanish Literature and Culture | Psychology |
April 30, 2025 (11:59 p.m. ET) is the deadline for:
- AP Seminar and AP Research students to submit performance tasks as final and their presentations to be scored by their AP Seminar or AP Research teachers.
- AP Computer Science Principles students to submit their Create performance task as final.
AP Art and Design students: May 9, 2025 (8 p.m. ET), is the deadline to submit your 3 portfolio components as final in the AP Digital Portfolio.
2. 2025 AP Exam structure
Each of the 38 examinations has unique requirements, but all of them take around 2-3 hours to complete. The first part of the exam is multiple-choice, and the second part of the exam is generally free-response questions. In 2020 and 2021, the College Board allowed for a digital version of the exams; however, this year, most exams will return to traditional pencil and paper due to the positive changes in the pandemic situation.
The structure may or may not apply if students are granted special accommodation for the AP testing exam. Students with below disabilities can apply for accommodations:
- Braille exam format
- Assistive technology–compatible (ATC) exam format
- Large-print exam format
- Extended time
- Extra breaks
- Large-block answer sheets
- Permission to use a computer for typing essays
- Permission to use a magnification device (electronic or non-electronic)
- A human reader to dictate questions
- A writer/scribe to record responses
- A written copy of oral instructions
3. Tips to prepare for the 2024 AP Exams
In the article 4 Steps to Study for The 2024 AP Test, we have synthesized four important steps that every student should take:
- Understand the 2024 AP Test Schedule to plan ahead
- Take a practice AP test to evaluate your knowledge/level and discover areas for improvement
- Make a study plan
- Practice with AP Practice Questions and Review
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FREE 2024 AP Scoring Worksheet
With the scoring worksheet, you will be able to calculate your target score in preparation for the upcoming exam in May. We also have a full scoring worksheet available below if you want to print it out and keep it in your folder.
