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Advanced Placement courses help you improve your writing skills, sharpen your problem-solving abilities and develop better study habits - all of which are vital to your success later in college. In AP classrooms, you’ll engage in intense discussions, solve problems collaboratively, and learn to write clearly and persuasively.

For any questions related to AP information, please contact at 706-235-9653 x 1117 or email her at jbranson@rcs.rome.ga.us

AP Exam Accommodations

If you believe you are eligible for accommodations on your AP exams, either through a 504 plan or an IEP, you must request to apply for accommodations for Collegeboard exams. Please contact your school's coordinator (Dr. Haley Cooper, hcooper@rcs.rome.ga.us) to request to apply for those accommodations. Documentation will need to be provided to send to College Board.

Link to more information regarding AP exams and accommodations

• A successful score on an AP Exam is a widely recognized sign of college-level achievement.  In fact, more than 90 percent of four-year colleges in the United States and colleges in more than 60 other countries give students credit, advanced placement or both on the basis of AP Exam scores.

• Students who take AP courses and exams are much more likely than their peers to complete a bachelor’s degree in four years or less.  In fact, taking just one AP course and exam increases those chances by 1.5 times.  Students taking two or more AP courses and exams are twice as likely to complete a bachelor’s degree in four years or less.

• The 5-year college graduation rate for students who earn an AP Exam grade of 3, 4, or 5 is approximately 30% higher than the rate of students who do not.

• The National Association for College Admission Counseling found that the single most significant factor in deciding college admissions is success in rigorous college preparatory courses.

• Rome High School currently offers AP courses that span the disciplines of English Language Arts, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and World Languages.

RHS Parent Information Letter

Costs:

Exams can be paid for using GoFan https://gofan.co/app/school/GA5278, or cash/check payments to Ms. Uzcategui or Mrs. Branson in the Counseling Office. Checks should be made out to “Rome High School.”  First-semester course exam payments should be made by Friday, November 1, 2024 and second-semester course exam payments should be made by Friday, February 28, 2025. Any payment or changes made after the deadline will incur a $40 late fee.

The cost of each exam is $99 for all exams EXCEPT AP Seminar and AP Research which are $147 each.  Note: If using school cash online to make a payment, there is an additional processing fee. Georgia will pay for ONE (1) test (excluding AP Seminar or Research) for any student eligible for reduction OR who are taking an AP STEM course. STEM courses are listed in bold on the schedule below. The College Board will provide reduced-cost exams for fee-waiver-eligible students at the rate of $62 per exam ($110 for AP Research or Seminar). Payment plans can also be created upon request.

Please encourage your student(s) to participate in AP exams this year. Some benefits of taking AP exams are potentially earning college credit, saving on tuition, and getting experience with collegiate-level coursework while in high school. Rome High will provide review sessions during the second semester, prior to AP exams for students who took AP classes during the first semester.

College Board - What to Bring on AP Exam Day

Friday, May 9, 2025, is the last day for submission of AP 2D Art and/or AP Drawing.

Students who take AP Exams will receive their scores online. In order to access your scores in July, the most important thing for you to do now is sign up for a free College Board account. Go to AP Online Scores for Students to get an account. (https://apscore.collegeboard.org)

The AP Program recognizes high school students who have demonstrated outstanding college-level achievement through AP courses and exams with the AP Scholar Awards. Although there is no monetary award, each award-winning student receives a certificate, and the award is acknowledged on any AP score report that is sent to colleges after the award has been conferred.  AP Scholar Awards are added to students' online score reports in late August. If you earned an award, you will receive a notification of the award by email. Award certificates are sent by mail in September.

Starting with the May 2021 Exam Administration, we’ll no longer distribute National AP Scholar awards—including the awards for students in Canada and Bermuda.

AP Scholar Awards come in different levels and types. See the criteria here: