Monday marks the start of Advanced Placement (AP) testing at SPHS for the 2018-19 school year. Each test is cumulative of the whole year and based on a scale from 1 to 5. Above a three is considered to be a passing grade. The majority of students send their best scores to colleges so that they can increase their acceptance chances. Sometimes universities accept AP scores in exchange for credits. If a student does well on their exams they may be able to test out of entry level courses in college. This creates a level of stress for juniors wanting to impress schools they will be applying to in the fall. “[The stress] is worth the feeling that you feel after they are done,” junior Mehul Sachdev said.

A small portion of juniors have more than one AP test on one day. For example, students planning on taking AP Physics 1 and AP Spanish Language and Culture, will have a morning and afternoon exam. This results in a total of six hours of testing in one day. “Its very stressful, I am taking four AP exams over the course of two days,” junior Elliot Skopp said.

Other juniors choose not to study or stress before the tests in hopes that their happy moods will lead them to good scores. “It’s kind of a grind, but you can just party on the weekends and then study the night before and I’ll probably get all fives or something, so it’ll be pretty easy,” junior Tyler Dulin said.

Bellow is the schedule for AP week, released by the College Board.

AP Test Schedule: Week 2

For more information regarding AP Exam scheduling, visit https://www.collegeboard.org/