AP exam accommodations

AP exams are given at school, but the accommodations decision belongs to College Board, not the school. A request goes through the school's SSD coordinator to College Board, and an approval generally applies across College Board exams, including the SAT and PSAT.

Who decides: College Board Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD), with the exam given by your school's AP coordinator. Policies and deadlines change, so always confirm current rules on the official accommodations page.

How the process works

• Confirm with the school's SSD coordinator that a request has been submitted to College Board, not just noted in school records.
• Submit the request well ahead of College Board's published accommodations deadline for the May exams.
• Once approved, confirm with the AP coordinator how each accommodation will be delivered on exam day.

Where requests go wrong

• Assuming accommodations used in class automatically apply to AP exams.
• Missing College Board's request deadline, which falls months before exam day.
• Homeschooled students or those testing at another school not arranging accommodations with the school that will give the exam.

How we help with AP exams accommodations

We review your history and documentation, identify gaps before you file, coordinate with your school, program or evaluator, and prepare a request that answers the questions reviewers actually ask. If you have already been denied, we map each stated reason to the evidence that addresses it and build the appeal or reconsideration.