Registration for the 2026 AP Examination Period will begin at NOON (PST), Wednesday, October 1st, 2025.

Registration Requirements

• *PEN number and birthdate required for registration (9 digit PEN found on MyEd or on the top of a report card).
• ONLY VSB registered students will be able to register for May 2026 AP Exams.
• VSB is NOT offering exam invigilation for non-VSB exam-only students in May 2026

Fees and Deadline

• Registration is on a first come, first served basis. Please note there are a limited number of seats available for each exam. Registrations occurring from October 1st-November 10th will be charged $210 per exam. After November 10, 2025, if seats are available, students will be charged $285 per exam, which includes the College Board late fee. Registration closes March 6th, 2026
• Please see the chart (bottom) for Exams being offered by VSB in 2026
• NOTE: VSB District AP Exam site does not offer AP Late-Testing

Exam Format

• All AP exams are going to be digital based, there are no longer paper-based exams.

Questions?

Read our Frequently Asked Questions. 

More questions? -Please email: apexam@vsb.bc.ca 

Procedures

For the Vancouver School District to provide the opportunity for Vancouver School Board students who are self-studying to write AP Exams in 2026, the following steps will be implemented to comply with the College Board requirements.

 STEP 1 – Paying to write the exam

Students must first pay for each exam by credit card online here. Students will be asked to provide their legal first and last names, phone numbers, and a STUDENT email address (Gmail addresses are reliable and efficient for communication purposes). Please note that the exam payment is non-refundable under any circumstances. Therefore, students must be sure they are committed to preparing to write the exam(s) in May. Also, it is the student's responsibility to keep updated with AP announcements and directions. Therefore, it is essential to provide an accurate email address for communication purposes.

 STEP 2 – Ordering the exam(s)

Following receipt of payment, within 2 business days students will be contacted through the email address provided with their payment and will be provided a JOIN CODE for each exam they are preparing to write in May 2026. At this point, the student will set up a College Board account at https://myap.collegeboard.org/login and provide personal information to the College Board for their records. Use your legal first and last name as it appears on your identification. The student will then enrol themselves in the exam subject.  Students MUST use the SAME email address for College Board account creation as provided for exam payment.

*Both steps must be completed to order the exam. If Step 2 is not completed within 48 hours of receiving Join Code email, students will forfeit their registration fee, and registration will be cancelled* Please note that no regular exams can be ordered after February 27th, 2026. 

STEP 3 – Writing the Exam

For May 2026 all registered exam-only students will write their exams at the scheduled time at Vancouver Technical Secondary School (2600 E Broadway, Vancouver BC, V5M 1Y5) in the small gym using a VSB owned computer. Students must arrive no later than 15 minutes before their exam is scheduled. Please bring a government-issued photo ID to the exam (e.g. Driver’s License, Passport, Certificate of Canadian citizenship or Permanent Resident Card). Students will not be permitted to write the exam without a photo ID. Check the seating plan for your assigned testing seat before you enter the testing area. No personal electronic devices are permitted inside the exam area except for approved calculators. Latecomers will not be permitted to enter. 

EACH STUDENT will use a VSB owned computer to access the exam using College Board BLUEBOOK software. Students MUST know their College Board LOGIN information to write the exam, no exceptions. Exam proctors are not able to support login challenges.

Please note that the exam payment is non-refundable under any circumstances. Therefore, students must be sure they are committed to preparing to write the exam(s) in May.

It is the student's responsibility to keep updated with AP announcements and directions. Therefore, it is essential to provide an accurate STUDENT email address for communication purposes. 

***It is HIGHLY recommended that students download Bluebook test software to a personal computer and become familiar with the interface PRIOR to writing the exam.***

 Please note there are no refunds under any circumstances. This supersedes anything the College Board has stated.

VSB District AP Exam-only offerings- May 2026:

The Following Exams are completely SOLD OUT:

• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Psychology
• AP Statistics