Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exam 2015

What is Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exam 2015?

About AP

Advanced Placement (AP) is an academic program comprising university-level courses and exams that students can take while in high school to prepare for university-level study. Each AP course culminates in an AP Exam, which students take to demonstrate university-level knowledge, skills and abilities learned during the AP course.

Why take AP?

• Most four-year universities and colleges in the U.S. accept qualifying AP Exam scores for college credit and advanced placement. Earning credit and/or advanced placement gives students the flexibility to graduate early, save tuition money, pursue a double major, skip introductory courses or gain time for valuable internships.
• Standardized and globally recognized programs such as AP give Indian students the opport unity to showcase their academic strengths to thousands of colleges and universities in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Singapore, Australia and other countries.
• For more than 50 years, AP has helped students around the world achieve their dream of university study.

Who can apply for this scholarship ?

While the AP Program offers 34 AP courses and exams, individual schools and testing centers determine which subjects to offer. Below is a list of AP Exam offerings in India.

You can download Course Descriptions for each subject at www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/subjects.html

How can you apply ?

2015 AP Exam Fees in India

The 2015 fee per AP Exam at authorized test centers in India is Rs. 8,900: Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, and Rajkot.

The 2015 fee per AP Exam at the following centers is Rs. 9,500: Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai.

*Note: In Chennai, the fee per exam for AP Physics 2 and AP Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism, is Rs. 9,500

2015 AP Exam Schedule

Below is a schedule of the AP Exams that will be offered in India in 2015. Please note that AP Language Exams, AP Studio Art, and AP Music Theory are not offered at test centers in India. Students interested in taking these exams should contact the College Board’s India Representative, Lisa Jain, at LJain

nonemp@collegeboard.org.

Important documents

india_student_brouchre_ap.pdf

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