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Bulletin for

AP®

Studentsand Parents

2012-13

Your guide to the AP

®

ProgramInside:

Student checklist

Getting ready for exam day

2013 exam schedule

Coming Summer 2013: Online Scores or Students (see page 8)



About the College Board

Te College Board is a mission-drivennot-or-prot organization that

connects students to college successand opportunity. Founded in 1900, the

College Board was created to expand

access to higher education. oday, themembership association is made up

o over 6,000 o the world’s leadingeducational institutions and is

dedicated to promoting excellence

and equity in education. Each year,the College Board helps more thanseven million students prepare or

a successul transition to college

through programs and services incollege readiness and college success

— including the SA® and theAdvanced Placement Progra m®.

Te organization also serves theeducation community through

research and advocacy on behal o students, educators and schools.

For urther inormation, visit

www.collegeboard.org .

Equity and Access Policy

Te College Board strongly encourageseducators to make equitable access

a guiding principle or their APprograms by giving all willing and

academically prepared students theopportunity to participate in AP. We

encourage the elimination o barriers

that restrict access to AP or studentsrom ethnic, racial and socioeconomic

groups that have been traditionally underserved. Schools should make

every eort to ensure their AP classesreect the diversity o their student

population. Te College Board alsobelieves that all students should have

access to academically challenging

course work beore they enroll inAP classes, which can prepare them

or AP success. It is only through acommitment to equitable preparation

and access that true equity andexcellence can be achieved.

Privacy Policy

Te College Board employs an array o

measures, in accordance with applicableederal and state laws, to manage and

saeguard the personal inormation that youprovide to us. Except as described in the

specic sections o this publication, or to

share with our operational partners or thepurposes o administering testing services and

producing and generating score reports, thepersonal inormation that you provide to the

College Board will not be sold, rented, loanedor otherwise shared. For personal inormation

you provide online, please also see theCollege Board’s online privacy policy at

www.collegeboard.org/privacy-policy .

How Your Scores and OtherInormation Are Used

Your AP® score report is provided to you,

your designated college (i any), and your high

school and school district in July. I you electto provide your Social Security number on

your AP answer sheet or on the registrationorm o another College Board test, it may

appear on certain AP score reports, or useby the recipients o your score report or the

purposes o matching your score report tothe recipient’s records.

I your school, district or state partners

with other educational organizations, yourAP scores and/or personally identiying

inormation may be shared with those speciceducational organizations. o determine

whether your scores will be shared with any o

these educational organizations, please consultyour school.

In addition, your scores as well as theinormation that you provide on your answer

sheet may be used (in the aggregate and/or

anonymously) or research purposes and/or toprepare research reports. Occasionally, College

Board researchers and their subcontractors may contact students to invite their participation in

surveys or other research.

I you are a resident o the state o Kentucky,your AP Exam scores will automatically be sent

to the Kentucky Higher Education AssistanceAuthority (KYHEAA). I you do not want your

scores sent to KYHEAA, write to: AP Program,Educational esting Service, 1425 Lower Ferry

Road, 29Q, Ewing, NJ 08618. Be sure to includeyour ull name, mailing address, date o birth,

sex, 8-digit AP number, and your 6-digit high

school code number.

Your Email Address

By providing your email address on your

AP answer sheet, you give the College Boardpermission to contact you via email.

Student Search Service® (SSS®)

Participating in SSS® helps you introduce

yoursel to colleges and scholarshiporganizations by letting them know that youare interested in hearing rom them. Only

accredited colleges and universities, eligiblenonprot scholarship organizations and

eligible nonprot educational enrichmentprograms may qualiy to use SSS in order to

provide you with admission and nancial aidinormation. By saying “yes” to SSS on your

AP answer sheet, you agree to release certain

inormation about yoursel, including yourname, address, email address, gender, birth

date, school, grade level and ethnicity. SSS

does not report your course grades, test scores,phone number or Social Security number, butorganizations may request student inormation

based on criteria such as score range orgeographical location.

o learn more, go to

www.collegeboard.org/student-search-service.Please contact Student Search Service at

[email protected] 866-825-8051 i you have any questions.

Telemarketing and

Internet ScamsShould you receive an unsolicited phone

call rom someone claiming to work or theCollege Board, attempting to sell you test prep

products or request personally identiyinginormation (such as credit card and Social

Security numbers), do NO provide the callerwith any personal inormation.

Be wary o unsolicited contacts, whether via

telephone or email.

Remember that the College Board will nevercontact you to ask you to send your credit card,

bank account, or password inormation over

the telephone or through email.

Never supply credit card inormation to

someone who calls or emails you.

I you suspect you have received a raudulentcall or email, contact the Federal rade

Commission and your local authorities andprovide them with all the details.

Keep in mind that i an oer appears too

good to be true, it probably is.

For more inormation about phoneor Internet scams, visit

www.collegeboard.org/privacy-policy/security .

Important Information for Exam-Takers



Learn More About AP

Visit www.collegeboard.org/apstudentsor detailed inormation about

each o the 34 AP courses and exams. You’ll nd course and examdescriptions, sample ree-response questions and scoring guidelines,

study skills and test-taking tips, and more.

Congratulations! As an AP® student, you are taking part in a college-levelacademic experience that will challenge and inspire you, and prepare you

or college and beyond. Your hard work is helping you prepare or theAP Exam, which gives you the opportunity to earn credit and advanced

placement in college.

Te 2012-13 Bulletin or AP Students and Parents contains inormation aboutAP Exams and test security and test administration policies and procedures

designed to provide all students with a air and uniorm testing experience.On exam day, you will be asked to indicate that you understand and agree to

the policies and procedures that appear here.

With AP, students are able to experience the rigors o college-level studies

while they still have the support o a high school environment. Resourceuland dedicated AP teachers help their students develop and apply the skills,

abilities and content knowledge they will need later in college. What’s more,by participating in AP, your child has the opportunity to earn college credit

and to stand out in the college admission process.

How you can support your child this year:

Designate specic areas in your home or schoolwork and study

Remind your child to prioritize classes, activities and work commitments

Recommend that your child orm a study group Review high school graduation requirements with your child

Tis bulletin is designed to give you and your child inormation aboutparticipating in AP and taking AP Exams. We encourage you to review its

contents and take special note o important dates and other inormation related

to the exam administration. As the parent or guardian o an AP student, youcan take pride in the act that your child is participating in a challenging

academic program. Tank you or all the support and encouragement you provide.

Why AP®

? 2

AP Exam Basics 2

Getting Ready or Exam Day 5

Exam Day 6

Additional Inormation 7

Getting Your Exam Scores 8

AP Student Checklist 2013 9

2013 AP Exam Schedule, Contacts Back

Contents

AP®

Students

Parents and Guardians

© 2012 The College Board. College Board, Advanced

Placement Program, AP, SAT, Student Search Service, SSS

and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College

Board. SAT Subject Tests is a trademark owned by theCollege Board. PSAT/NMSQT is a registered trademark of the

College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

All other products and services may be trademarks of their

respective owners. Visit the College Board on the Web:

www.collegeboard.org .

Boletín para estudiantesde AP y sus padres

Te 2012-13 Bulletin for AP Studentsand Parents is also published in

Spanish. You can download the Boletín para estudiantes de AP y sus padres at

www.collegeboard.org/apstudents .

You can order ree printed copies at

www.collegeboard.org/apfreepubs

or by calling 212-713-8165.

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How to Register

I your school oers AP courses, contact your AP Coordinator toregister or the exams. Your AP Coordinator will order the necessary

materials, collect ees, and let you know exactly when and where toreport or the exams.

Note: I you are home-schooled, or i you plan to test with

accommodations, please see page 7.

You may take as many AP Exams as you wish, in any combination,

with the ollowing qualications:

You may not take both Calculus AB and Calculus BC within the same year.

I you want to take two exams that are scheduled or the same time,

ask your AP Coordinator or inormation about taking one o the

exams during the late-testing period.

You may submit more than one Studio Art portolio, but each must

be a dierent type o portolio. You may not duplicate works orimages among the portolios, and portolios may not be combined.

For example, i you want to submit a portolio or both Drawing and

2-D Design, you will need to submit two separate portolios with twocompletely dierent sets o artwork, and pay two separate ees.

You may repeat an exam in a subsequent year. In this case, bothscores will be reported unless you request that one be withheld or

canceled (see page 8).

Fees

Te ee or each exam is $89. Te ee or exams administered at schools

outside the United States, U.S. territories and commonwealths, andCanada, with the exception o U.S. Department o Deense DependentsSchools (DoDDS), is $117 per exam.* Te amount you pay, however,

may vary:

Te College Board provides a $28 ee reduction** per exam orqualiying students with acute nancial need. In addition, a school

may orgo its $8 rebate or each ee-reduced exam, making the nalcost to qualiying students $53 per exam. Most states provide ederal

and/or state unds to supplement the College Board ee reduction.

Check with your AP Coordinator to learn more about eligibility requirements or College Board ee reductions and state and

district subsidies.

I you paid or an AP Exam but then decided not to take it, you may ask your AP Coordinator or a reund, but only i you did not beginthe exam. Once you begin an exam — that is, once you write on an

exam booklet or answer sheet, or begin playing an exam CD — you

cannot receive a reund. Local school policy determines the amounto the reund. You will probably be required to pay the $13 ee the

school is charged or each unused exam.

*Fees or exams at authorized test centers outside the U.S. will vary.

**For internal purposes, such as an audit or invoice verication, a state may request rom the College Board the names o its public school students who receive eereductions; in such cases, the state agrees to maintain the condentiality o such data.

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AP Exam Basics

Confdence — Develop better study habits, improve your

writing skills and sharpen your problem-solving abilities — thiswill give you the condence to tackle the academic challenges

that you can expect in college.

Credit — Entering college with AP credits gives you time

to move into upper-level courses in your eld o interest,pursue a double major, or study/travel abroad.

College Success — Research consistently shows thatstudents who are successul in AP typically experience greater

academic success in college than similar students who do notparticipate in AP.

Earning College Credit

or Advanced PlacementWith qualiying AP Exam scores, you can earn credit, advanced

placement or both at the majority o colleges and universities inthe United States and Canada.

Individual colleges and universities, not the College Board

or the AP Program, grant course credit and placement.You should obtain a college’s AP policy in writing. You can

usually nd this inormation through the institution directly or by using the AP Credit Policy Ino search at

www.collegeboard.org/apcreditpolicy .

I you’re interested in applying to a college or university outside the United States, you can nd inormation about

AP recognition policies at www.collegeboard.org/apintl.Most two- and our-year colleges and universities worldwide

recognize AP in the admission process and accept successul

exam scores or credit, advanced placement, or both.

Colleges that receive your AP score report will typically notiy

you during the summer o any advanced placement, credit orexemption you have earned. You can also contact your college

to nd out how your AP Exam scores are being applied.

AP Scholar Awards

Each September, the College Board recognizes high school

students who have demonstrated exemplary college-levelachievement with AP Scholar Awards. While there is nomonetary award rom the College Board, AP Scholar

Awards urther strengthen your college admission portolio.

For inormation about award criteria, go to:www.collegeboard.org/apscholar.

Why AP?

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Scores

Your AP Exam score is a weighted combination o your scores on themultiple-choice section and on the ree-response section. Although

colleges and universities are responsible or setting their own creditand placement policies, AP scores oer a recommendation on how

qualied students are to receive college credit and placement. Te nalscore is reported on a 5-point scale:

5 = extremely well qualied

4 = well qualied3 = qualied

2 = possibly qualied1 = no recommendation

Te AP Program conducts studies in all AP subjects to compare the

perormance o AP students with that o college students in comparablecollege courses. Tese studies help set the “cut points” that determine

how AP students’ composite scores are translated into an AP score o 1 to 5. AP Exam scores o 5 are equivalent to grades o A+ and A in the

corresponding college course. AP Exam scores o 4 are equivalent to

grades o A-, B+ and B in college. AP Exam scores o 3 are equivalentto grades o B-, C+ and C in college.

You control which colleges (i any) receive your AP Exam scores.See page 8 or more inormation on AP score reporting services.

Test Security and Test AdministrationPolicies and Procedures

Te College Board’s test security and test administration policies and

procedures are designed to protect the integrity o the AP Exam andAP Exam scores. Te policies and procedures have been developedto aord all students equivalent opportunities to demonstrate their

knowledge on exam day and prevent any students rom gaining anunair advantage.

When the College Board determines that your testing experience did

not meet the College Board’s standards or administering exams —even through no ault o your own — the College Board reserves the

right to cancel your AP Exam score. Te decision to cancel an AP Examscore is a difcult one. However, AP Exam scores must be canceled

on occasion in order to protect the integrity o the AP Exam or allAP students, and or the colleges and universities that grant credit or

advanced placement or qualiying AP scores. When the College Board

considers it appropriate, but not under all circumstances, you will begiven the opportunity to retest.

Te College Board reserves the right to decline to score an AP Examor cancel an AP Exam score when, in its judgment, any o the

ollowing occurs:

1. Violation o test security policies and procedures: On exam day,you are required to sign your answer sheet, indicating that you are

aware o, and agree to, all o the policies and procedures discussed inthe 2012-13 Bulletin or AP Students and Parents. You also must sign

the covers o the multiple-choice and ree-response booklets, afrming

statements related to the security o the exam. Te exam security

policies and procedures you agree to include the ollowing:

Exams must be administered on the established schedule. Te examadministration may never begin beore the ofcial starting time andmay begin only up to one hour aer the ofcial starting time on the

specied day. I an exam is oered to you at an incorrect date or time,

you should reuse to take it; instead, contact Educational estingService’s (ES) Ofce o esting Integrity to arrange to take an

alternate exam.

You must not open exam materials until instructed to do so

by the proctor, so that no one sees the questions beore the

administration begins.

Because multiple-choice questions are sometimes reused,

no one other than you may see your multiple-choice questions

during the exam. You may not, under any circumstances, remove exam materials

rom the testing room.

• Multiple-choice section: You may not give the questions to anyone

else; discuss them with anyone (including your AP teacher);or share them through any means, including, but not limited to,

email, text messages, a camera phone and the Internet.

• Free-response section: You may only discuss ree-responsequestions that are released on the College Board website two

days aer the regularly scheduled exam administration. I thequestions in the exam are not released, you may not discuss

them with anyone.

Prohibited in the exam room: Electronic equipment (cell phone,smart phone, tablet computer, etc.), portable listening or recording

devices (MP3 player, iPod, etc.), cameras or other photographicequipment, devices that can access the Internet, and any other

electronic or communication device. A student observed with any o these devices during testing or breaks, may be dismissed rom the

exam room, and the device may be conscated.

You may not consult textbooks, notes, teachers, other students,or any other resource during the break between Sections I and II

o the exam, or during any unscheduled breaks.

You may not leave the building at any time during the test

administration, including during a scheduled break.

eachers, department chairs, tutors, individuals involved in testpreparation services and educators o any kind (including, but

not limited to, curriculum specialists, school counselors andadministrators) are prohibited rom taking or reviewing the

content o an AP Exam.

Violation o test security policies may result in score cancellation,and under some circumstances individuals may be permanently

barred rom uture testing.




2. Disclosure o secure test items: Te College Board will

automatically cancel your exam score i you are discovered

disclosing, through any means, any:

multiple-choice question, ree-response question rom an alternate exam,

ree-response question rom a regularly scheduled exam withintwo days o its administration; or

ree-response question that is not released on the College Board

website two days aer the regularly scheduled exam administration.

3. Misconduct: I you engage in misconduct in connection with an

AP Exam, you may be asked to turn in your exam materials and leavethe testing room. You may not return to the testing room, and your

AP Exam score will not be reported.

Misconduct includes:

Obtaining improper access to the exam, or a part o the exam,

or inormation about the exam.

Removing a page or pages rom the exam book.

Reerring to, looking through or working on any exam, or exam

section, other than during the timed testing period or that examor exam section.

Using any prohibited aids.

Using testing accommodations that have not been preapprovedby the College Board.

Bringing ood or drink into the testing room (unless this has beenpreapproved as an accommodation by the College Board).

Leaving the testing room without permission.

Attempting to remove rom the testing room any part o the exam

or any notes related to the exam.

Copying rom another student’s work or a published work.

Attempting to give or receive assistance, or otherwise communicate,

through any means, with another person about the exam during theexam administration.

Attempting to take the exam or someone else.

Creating a disturbance.

Failing to ollow any o the exam administration regulationsdiscussed in the 2012-13 Bulletin or AP Students and Parents,

provided by testing sta or specied in any exam materials.

4. Testing irregularities: Te term “testing irregularities” reers to

problems with the administration o an exam. When they occur, they may aect an individual or a group o test-takers. Such problems

include, but are not limited to, administrative errors (e.g., impropertiming, improper seating, improper proctoring, deective materials,

deective equipment or the ailure o test administration personnel orthe school to comply with test administration policies or procedures)

and disruptions o exam administrations. Students may review the

exam administration instructions that schools are required to ollow,

which are set orth in the AP Coordinator’s Manual , available atwww.collegeboard.org/apcoordinatorsmanual. Te College Board is

solely responsible or determining whether testing irregularities haveoccurred, and its decisions are nal. When testing irregularities occur,

the College Board may decline to score the exams o one or morestudents, and it may cancel the scores o one or more students when

it determines that such actions are required to protect the integrity o the exam. Te College Board may do so whether or not the aected

students caused the testing irregularities, beneted rom them or

engaged in misconduct. When it is appropriate in the College Board’s judgment, the College Board may give the student or students the

opportunity to retake the test without charge.

5. Identifcation discrepancies: When, in the College Board’s

judgment or the judgment o exam administration personnel, there isa discrepancy in your identication, you may be dismissed rom the

testing room. In addition, the College Board may decline to score yourexam or may cancel your score.

6. Invalid scores: Te College Board may also cancel AP Exam scores

when, in its judgment, there is substantial evidence that they are invalidor any reason. Evidence o invalidity may include, but is not limited

to, plagiarism, discrepant handwriting, unusual answer patterns, orinconsistent perormance on dierent parts o the exam or text that is

similar to that in other ree responses. Beore canceling AP Exam scoresbased on substantial evidence o invalidity, the College Board noties

the aected student in writing about its concerns, gives the student anopportunity to submit inormation that addresses the College Board’s

concerns and considers any such inormation that is submitted. Te

College Board also oers various options, which typically includevoluntary score cancellation, a ree retest and arbitration in accordance

with the ES Standard Arbitration Agreement. Note: Te retest optionis not available outside the United States and Canada. Te arbitration option

is available only or tests administered in the United States. Additionally, i beore,

during or aer a review o questionable scores, ES nds that misconduct hasoccurred in connection with a test, ES may treat the matter under its misconduct

procedures; in that event, the options available in connection with score invalidityreviews will not be available even i those options were previously ofered.

In no event shall the College Board, its agents or subcontractors beresponsible or the ailure o students, test administration personnel or

the school to comply with the AP test security and test administrationpolicies and procedures. Te College Board shall not be liable to the

students, school, district, or anyone claiming by or through them

or any damages, including special, incidental, direct, indirect,consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, which are caused by,

arising rom or otherwise related to the ailure o test administrationpersonnel, the students or the school to comply with the College Board’s

test security and test administration policies and procedures, whetheror not the College Board has been advised o the possibility o

such damages.

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Things You Need to Know

In order to have a successul testing experience, you should be aware o what is expected o you and what the conditions will be inthe testing room. Careully review the test security and test administration policies and procedures and the inormation that ollows,

and encourage your AP teachers to oer a timed practice exam that is as similar to the actual testing administration as possible.I you have any questions about how exam day will work, talk to your AP Coordinator.

Exams That Require Special Preparation

It is important to note that AP Chinese Language and Culture, Japanese Language and Culture, and Studio Art Exams have

special requirements, such as the use o a computer. Visit www.collegeboard.org/apstudents or more detailed inormation.

o learn more about submitting AP Studio Art portolios and using the Digital Submission Web application, talk to your teacheror visit: www.collegeboard.org/student/studioartdigital.

Getting Ready for Exam Day

What to Bring to the Exam Room

Several sharpened No. 2 pencils with erasers, or all responseson your multiple-choice answer sheet.

Pens with black or dark blue ink or completing areas onthe exam booklet covers and or ree-response questions in

most exams.

Your six-digit school code. Home-schooled students will beprovided with their state’s or country’s home-school code at the

time o the exam.

A watch (in case the exam room does not have a clock that can

be easily seen). Up to two approved calculators with the necessary capabilities i

you are taking the AP Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Physics or

Statistics Exams. Visit www.collegeboard.org/ap/calculatorsto

learn more about the calculator policy or each o these exams,and or a list o authorized calculators.

A ruler or straightedge only i you’re taking an AP Physics Exam.Protractors are not allowed.

A government-issued or school-issued photo ID, and your

AP Student Pack, i you do not attend the school where youare taking the exam.*

Your Social Security number** or identication purposes

(optional). I you provide your number, it will appear on yourAP score report.

I applicable, your SSD Student Accommodation Letter, whichveries that you have been approved or extended time or

another testing accommodation.

*Additional ID may be requested by authorized test centers outside the U.S.

**Some colleges and universities use Social Security numbers as student identiers when assigning AP credit or advanced placement or qualiying AP scores. While the College Board does not require you to provide your Social Security number, you may want to check with the college or university where youare sending scores to see i they preer or you to provide a Social Security number

on your AP Exam answer sheet.

What NOT to Bring to the Exam Room

Electronic equipment (cell phone, smart phone, tabletcomputer, etc.), portable listening or recording devices (MP3

player, iPod, etc.), cameras or other photographic equipment,devices that can access the Internet, and any other electronic

or communication devices.

Books, compasses, mechanical pencils, correction uid,

dictionaries, highlighters,† notes or colored pencils.†

Scratch paper; notes can be made on portions o the exambooklets or, or Chinese Language and Culture and Japanese

Language and Culture, on scratch paper provided by the proctor.

Watches that beep or have an alarm.

Computers.†

Reerence guides, keyboard maps or other typing instructions.

Clothing with subject-related inormation.

Food or drink.†

†Unless this has been preapproved as an accommodation by the

College Board Services or Students with Disabilities ofce prior tothe exam date.

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Labeling Your AP Exam

You must place a 2013 AP number label on each o the exam materialswhere it is indicated to do so. I you don’t, it may be impossible to

match your answer sheet with your exam materials, which could delay or jeopardize your AP score. Your sheet o bar-coded number labels is

located in the center o the AP Student Pack that will be given to youon or beore exam day. Please note: For the AP Chinese Language and

Culture, Japanese Language and Culture, and Studio Art Exams, your

AP number must be keyed accurately into the exam computer.

You are assigned a unique number each year you take AP Exams.

Never use anyone else’s AP labels or number.

A removable card is provided in your AP Student Pack to help youkeep a record o your 2013 AP number. You will need your AP

number throughout the exam administration and in the months

ollowing the exam to order score reports and other services.

Completing Exam Responses

You must ollow the instructions below or completing exam

responses; i you do not, your score could be negatively aected.

All o your answers or the multiple-choice section must beindicated on your answer sheet by lling in the appropriate circles.

Do not write your answers or the multiple-choice section in theexam booklets. I you do, your answers will not be scored. Your

total exam score on the multiple-choice section is based only on thenumber o questions answered correctly. You won’t receive or lose

points or incorrect answers or unanswered questions.

Answers or the ree-response section must be written in theSection II exam booklet. Some exams have additional orange

Section II booklets containing exam questions — do not writeanswers in these booklets.

All answers or the ree-response section must be in English, with

the exception o exams in Chinese Language and Culture, FrenchLanguage and Culture, German Language and Culture, Italian

Language and Culture, Japanese Language and Culture, SpanishLanguage, and Spanish Literature and Culture. Any responses not

adhering to this policy will not be scored.

Reporting Problems

I you believe there is a problem while you are taking the exam(e.g., you aren’t given enough time or a section o the exam, or the

directions you receive are incorrect), notiy your AP Coordinatorimmediately so that any necessary action can be taken as soon as

possible. I that doesn’t resolve the situation, speak to your principal.I you are home-schooled or do not have an AP Coordinator at your

school, contact AP Services.

Reporting Ambiguous orIncorrect AP Exam Questions

AP Exam questions are developed and reviewed careully by qualied

education proessionals. However, i you believe there is a problemwith a question, notiy AP Assessment Development immediately, and

no later than June 15 (see the back cover o this bulletin or contactinormation). Do not discuss the question with your exam proctor or

your teacher. I necessary, action will be taken beore the scores are

reported. Be sure to include the ollowing with your communication:

Exam title.

Exam section (multiple choice or ree response).

Question number.

A description o the question and the problem in as muchdetail as possible.

Your complete name.

Your complete home mailing address, even i you send a message viaemail. All communications will be answered by regular mail.

Exam Day

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Students with Disabilities

I you have a documented disability, you may be eligible oraccommodations on the AP Exams. Accommodations includeextended time and nonstandard ormats o the exams, as well as otheraccommodations. Practice materials in Braille are available or mostexams. Contact College Board Services or Students with Disabilities(SSD) i Braille practice exams are needed.

o receive testing accommodations on the AP Exam, you must submita request or accommodations to the College Board Services orStudents with Disabilities. In most cases, students work together withtheir school’s SSD Coordinator to submit the request and requireddocumentation. SSD Coordinators submit the request online.For more inormation on how to submit a request or accommodations,go to www.collegeboard.org/ssdor contact your school’s SSDCoordinator or the College Board’s SSD ofce (see back cover orcontact inormation).

I you have already received College Board–approved accommodationsor AP Exams, the PSA/NMSQ® or the SA®, you do not need tosubmit a new orm unless:

You change schools, in which case your new school’s SSDCoordinator should be asked to veriy your accommodationsthrough the online system.

You need dierent accommodations. Keep in mind thatAP Exams in most world languages and Music Teory includelistening and speaking components. In this case, your school’sSSD Coordinator must submit an Accommodations ChangeRequest Form, which can be downloaded rom SSD Online.

Please note that it takes approximately seven weeks rom thereceipt o all necessary documentation or the College Board todetermine a student’s eligibility or accommodations. Your requestor accommodations and supporting documentation (i needed)

must be received by the College Board by Feb. 22. I requests aresubmitted aer this date, there is no guarantee that accommodationswill be approved and appropriate exam materials will be shipped intime or the test. Visit www.collegeboard.org/ssdor inormation aboutrequesting testing accommodations.

Scores or students who test with accommodations that have notbeen preapproved by the College Board will not be reported.

You are your own best advocate or ensuring that you receive thetesting accommodations you need; this means that you, the student,are also responsible or ollowing through on the required procedures.Discuss your needs with your SSD Coordinator as early as possiblebeore the deadlines, then conrm with him or her that everything hasbeen submitted. You share the responsibility or ensuring that youraccommodations request has been submitted — and approved —and that you will receive the accommodations you need.

It is important to note that students who qualiy or accommodationsunder their IEP, 504 or other ormal education plans are notautomatically approved or accommodations on AP Exams. Check withyour school’s SSD Coordinator to be certain all paperwork is properly

completed and submitted.

Students Testing Outside the U.S.

I you are registering or AP Exams outside the U.S., check oradditional registration and test administration details and

deadlines on the College Board International student page:

international.collegeboard.org/programs/advanced-placement.

Home-Schoolers and Students Whose Schools Do Not Oer AP

I you are a home-schooled student, you are preparing on your own,or you attend a school that does not oer AP, you can still take the

exams by arranging to test at a participating school or authorized testcenter (or students outside the U.S.). Call AP Services no later than

March 1 to get the names and phone numbers o local, participatingAP Coordinators who have indicated a willingness to test outside

students. Ten contact the AP Coordinators identied by AP Services

no later than March 15. When calling AP Coordinators to arrangetesting, be sure to tell them:

You are trying to locate a school willing to administer exams tohome-schooled students or students rom schools that do not oer

AP Exams.

Te exams you plan to take.

I you have a documented disability that will require testingaccommodations at the exam, and i you have been approved by

the College Board to test with accommodations.

Once you locate a school willing to administer your exams, thatschool’s AP Coordinator is responsible or ordering your exammaterials, telling you when and where to report or the exams, and

collecting the exam ees, which may be negotiated to recover additional

proctoring or administration costs. Tat school must administer theexams or you; the school cannot orward exam materials to you or

your school or handling.

You must bring a valid government- or school-issued photo ID

with you to the exam. I you have approval rom the College Board

to test with accommodations, you must also bring your StudentAccommodation Letter.

On exam day, you must not use the school code o the school at which

you test. You need to use your school’s code so your exam score(s) willbe reported to your own school. Be sure to obtain your school’s six-digit

code rom your principal or school counselor in advance o the exam.I you are home-schooled, use the state or international home-school

code given to you on the day o the exam.

Students Testing in Caliornia

Amendments to the Caliornia Education Code require the College

Board to adopt certain procedures or students who take AP Examsin Caliornia. A provision o this law mandates that students be able

to obtain certain inormation concerning the purpose o the exams,procedures or releasing score reports, score interpretations and the use

o exam scores. For more detailed inormation, students in Caliorniacan download the 2012-13 Bulletin or AP Students and Parents —Caliornia Supplement at www.collegeboard.org/apstudents .

Lost or Damaged Exams

In extremely rare instances, exams (or portions o exams) are lost ordamaged in the shipping and handling process, making it impossible

or the AP Program to score a student’s work. Aer exhausting every

eort to locate the missing materials, the AP Program will typically oer the student two options: Te student may either retake the aected

exam section, which is then scored, or can choose to cancel the examand receive a reund.

Additional Information


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SERVICE HOW CAN I ORDER? WHEN WILL I RECEIVE IT? FEE

Withholding a Score

I you do not want your score sent to the college youdesignated on your registration answer sheet, you mayrequest that it be withheld. This does not permanentlydelete your score; and all scores, even those withheldrom colleges, will be sent to you and to your school.The score will be withheld rom all uture reports sentto that college, unless you release i t.

Send a signed, written request to

AP Services by mail or ax. See the listbelow or the inormation you needto include.

To release the score, send a signed,written request to AP Services.

Requests must be received, with payment,

by June 15, 2013, to withhold scoresrom the 2013 administration. Ater thatdate, scores will be sent automatically tothe college indicated on your registrationanswer sheet.

$10 per score, per

college; no charge torelease scores, but youmust pay the additionalscore report ee tohave the score sent.Fee inormation oradditional score reportswill be announced laterin the school year.

Canceling a Score

Canceling your AP Exam score permanently deletesit — it cannot be reinstated at a later time.

Send a signed, written request toAP Services by mail or ax. See the listbelow or the inormation you needto include.

Requests must be received by June 15,2013, to cancel scores rom the 2013administration. Ater that date, scoreswill be sent automatically to the collegeindicated on your registration answer sheet.

No ee; exam ees arenot reunded.

Multiple-Choice Rescore Service*You may have your multiple-choice answer sheetrescored by hand. That score and your ree-responsescore are weighted and combined, converted into anAP score, and compared to the reported score. I thescores are dierent, the rescored score will prevail,and will be sent to you and your score recipient.


You will receive a letter confrming theresults o the rescore six to eight weeksater your request is received. You have untilOct. 31 o the year you take the exam toorder this service.

$25 per exam.

Free-Response Booklet

You may obtain your ree-response booklet. Nocomments, corrections or scores are included.Booklets or exams whose ree-response questionsare not released on the College Board website (e.g.,late-testing exams) are not available.


You must request your ree-response bookletby Sept. 15 o the year you take the exam.You will not be able to obtain your bookletater this date. You will receive your booklettwo to three weeks ater your order isreceived; however, no orders or ree-response booklets will be processed until all

AP Exams have been scored in July.

$7 per booklet.

* Please note that the AP Program does not provide a breakdown o any scores, including the number o correct and incorrect responses or the multiple-choicesection, as well as scores or the individual questions o the ree-response section.

Inormation You’ll Need to Provide WhenRequesting Score Reporting Services

Te score reporting service you are requesting.

Your ull legal name, home address, sex, date o birth, AP number andSocial Security number (i you provided it).

Te ull name o the exam or which you are requesting the service(e.g., English Literature and Composition, not English) and the yearyou took that exam.

A valid credit/debit card number (American Express, Discover,MasterCard, or VISA) and expiration date, or a check or money orderor the exact amount due. Make checks and money orders payable toAP Exams.

Your signature, i you are submitting a written request.

When requesting to withhold a score rom the college designatedon your registration answer sheet, include the name, city, state andcollege code o the college that you do not wish to receiveyour report.

Getting Your Exam Scores

Coming Summer 2013:Online Scores or Students

AP is working on a new online score reporting system

where you’ll be able to view, download and print your

AP score reports and order and pay for score sends. Formore information, visit www.collegeboard.org/apstudents.

Score reports are provided in July o the year you take the exam, toyou, to the college you designated on your registration answer sheet

and to your high school. Some scores take longer to process due to

late testing or other special circumstances (e.g., late arrival o testing

materials or extra time needed to match your records). I you don’treceive them by Sept.1, contact AP Services.

Each score report is cumulative — it includes scores rom every AP Exam you have ever taken, unless you have requested that one

or more scores be withheld or canceled.* On the rst AP answer sheet

you ll out (your registration answer sheet), you can indicate a college

or university to receive your score report or ree. I you choose not toindicate a score report recipient, but want to send a score report to acollege at a later time, you can do so.

Details on how you’ll get your score reports and how you cansend additional score reports to colleges will be posted at

www.collegeboard.org/apstudents in the all. Fees or ordering

additional and rush score reports will be announced later in theschool year.Other Score Reporting Services

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Beore Exam Day

Have you taken a practice AP Exam? Review released ree-response questions at www.collegeboard.org/apstudents to get to

know the exam. Complete released exams are available or sale atstore.collegeboard.org.

Will you need testing accommodations? I so, see page 7. I you

haven’t already submitted your request, be sure to talk to yourSSD Coordinator about the accommodations you’ll need or the

May exams. For more inormation, visit www.collegeboard.org/ssd.Note this deadline:

Feb. 22: By this date, the College Board must have received

your request or testing accommodations.

Are you home-schooled or do you attend a school that doesn’toer AP Exams? Review the instructions on page 7, and note

these deadlines:

March 1: Deadline to contact AP Services or a list o local AP Coordinators at whose schools you might be

able to test.

March 15: Deadline to contact AP Coordinators identiedby AP Services.

Students outside the U.S.: Check the international student

page or urther exam registration instructions:international.collegeboard.org/programs/advanced-placement .

Are any o your AP Exams scheduled or the same date

and time? Check the exam schedule on the back cover o thisbulletin. I you have a conict, ask your AP Coordinator or

inormation about taking one o the exams during the late-testing period.

Are you submitting an AP Studio Art portolio? In late January

or early February, expect to receive inormation rom your

teacher about accessing the Digital Submission Web application(apstudio.ets.org). Start uploading images as soon as you canaer obtaining access, and work with your teacher on your

portolio throughout the spring. Generally, you should orward

your completed digital portolio sections to your teacher by late April. Talk to your teacher, and be sure to ollow his

or her specifc deadline(s). For more inormation, visitwww.collegeboard.org/student/studioartdigital .

Is your calculator appropriate or use on the exams

in Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Physics or Statistics?Check www.collegeboard.org/ap/calculators or a list o

AP-approved graphing calculators.

Do you usually carry your cell phone or any other electronicdevices to school? For reasons o exam security, these items

are not allowed in the testing room. Don’t risk having them

conscated or your score canceled. (See page 5 or details.)

Review this bulletin beore exam day. It’s especially important

to review the test security and test administration policies andprocedures (pages 3–4) and what to bring and what not to bring

to the exam (page 5).

Exam Day

Take AP Exams, which are oered May 6–10 and 13–17.

Do you know your 2013 AP number? Your AP number is

located in your AP Student Pack, which you’ll receive rom yourAP Coordinator or proctor. It links all o your exam materials

to you. You will be asked to label all your exam materials with

your AP number. ip: Remove your AP number card rom yourAP Student Pack and keep it somewhere sae, so you can nd it

later i you decide to order score reporting services. I you will besubmitting an AP Studio Art portolio, your AP Coordinator will

need to provide you with your AP number in April; you will needit to complete your digital portolio sections and submit them to

your teacher.

Ater Exam Day

June 15: I you want to withhold one or more o your exam scores

or change the score report recipient o your 2013 AP Exams,

AP Services must receive your request in writing by this date.Scores may be canceled at any time, but i you preer that your

scores or 2013 not be sent to the college you indicated on youranswer sheet, you must notiy AP Services by this date.

July : Score reports are available. For details, visit

www.collegeboard.org/apstudents.

Sept. 15: Deadline or ordering your ree-response booklets romthe 2013 exam administration.

Oct. 31: Deadline or requesting the Multiple-Choice

Rescore Service.

Many SA Subject ests™ cover the content you learned in your

AP classes, with no additional preparation required. Te SASubject ests are one-hour exams that give you the opportunity

to demonstrate knowledge and showcase achievement in specicsubject areas.

SA Subject ests provide you with opportunities to:

Fulll admission requirements or colleges that require orrecommend them, especially i you’re interested in specic

programs or majors

Demonstrate how much you’ve learned through taking

challenging classes — like AP or honors courses

I English is not your best language, highlight academicachievement in subjects that rely less on English language

mastery (e.g., world languages, mathematics, science)

Learn more, register and get ree practice tools at

www.SATSubjectTests.org/AP.

Planning or College? Check Out SAT Subject Tests™

AP Student Checklist 2013

Many SA Subject ests™ cover the content you learn in yourAP classes, with no additional preparation required. Te SASubject ests are one-hour exams that give you the opportunity todemonstrate knowledge in specic subjects. Some students take theSA Subject ests aer their AP Exams, when the inormation is reshin their minds. Others use the SA Subject ests as a warm-up orpractice or AP.

With SA Subject ests you can:

Fulll admission requirements or colleges that require orrecommend them, especially i you’re interested in specicprograms or majors like pre-med or engineering

Demonstrate how much you’ve learned through taking challengingclasses — like AP or honors courses

I English is not your best language, highlight academicachievement in subjects that rely less on English language mastery (e.g., world languages, mathematics, science)

Learn more, register and get ree practice tools atwww.SATSubjectTests.org/AP.

Planning or College? Check Out SAT Subject Tests™


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Week 1 Monday, May 6 Tuesday, May 7 Wednesday, May 8 Thursday, May 9 Friday, May 10

Morning

8 a.m.

Chemistry

EnvironmentalScience

Computer Science A

Spanish Language

Calculus AB

Calculus BC

English Literatureand Composition

English Languageand Composition

Aternoon

12 noon

Psychology Art History Chinese Languageand Culture

Japanese Languageand Culture

Latin

Statistics

Studio Art*

* May 10, 2013, is the last day or your AP Coordinator to submit your digital portolio sections to the AP Program, but you will need to complete this work and submit it to your teacher well in advance o May 10. (See page 9.) I you are submitting a 2-D Design or Drawing portolio, you must meet with your AP teacher and AP Coordinator on or beore May 10 to assemble the Quality section o your portolio (the actual artwork that is mailed to the AP Program).

Week 2 Monday, May 13 Tuesday, May 14 Wednesday, May 15 Thursday, May 16 Friday, May 17

Morning

8 a.m.

Biology

Music Theory

United StatesGovernmentand Politics

German Languageand Culture

United StatesHistory

Macroeconomics

World History

Human Geography

Spanish Literatureand Culture

Aternoon

12 noon

Physics B

Physics C:Mechanics

ComparativeGovernmentand Politics

French Languageand Culture

European History Italian Languageand Culture

Microeconomics

Aternoon

2 p.m.

Physics C:Electricity andMagnetism

Please note: Schools may assemble students earlier than these start times to complete identiying inormation on answer sheets. Your AP Coordinator

is responsible or letting you know exactly when and where to report or your exams.

Schools in Alaska must begin the morning exam administration between 7 and 8 a.m. local time, and the aernoon exam administration

between 11 a.m. and noon local time. Te AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism Exam in Alaska must begin between 1 and 2 p.m. local time.

Early testing and testing at times other than those published by the College Board are not permitted under any circumstances.

I you wish to take exams that are scheduled or the same time, ask your AP Coordinator or inormation about taking one o the exams during

the late-testing period. You may not take both Calculus AB and Calculus BC within the same year.

Contacts

2013 AP Exam Schedule

AP ServicesP.O. Box 6671

Princeton, NJ 08541-6671

888-225-5427 (toll free in the

U.S. and Canada)

609-771-7300

609-882-4118 (TTY)

610-290-8979 (fax)Email: [email protected]

Call Center Hours

M–F, 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. ET

April 22 to May 24, 2013,M–F, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET

For overnight mail:

AP Services

1425 Lower Ferry RoadEwing, NJ 08618-1414

College Board Services orStudents with Disabilities(SSD)P.O. Box 6226


609-771-7137

609-882-4118 (TTY)

Email: [email protected]

Ofce o Testing IntegrityP.O. Box 6671


800-353-8570 (toll free in the

U.S. and Canada)

609-406-5427

609-406-5441

609-406-9709 (fax)


AP Assessment DevelopmentP.O. Box 6671


610-290-8979 (fax)


768247

Documents

2012-13 AP Bulletin Students and Parents