AP Exam Schedule 2027: Dates, Start Times, and Late Testing

What Is the AP Exam Schedule for 2027?

The 2027 AP Exams are given in schools over two weeks in May: May 3 to 7 and May 10 to 14. Each day has two timeslots, which College Board now calls Session 1 and Session 2 and which are typically the morning and the afternoon. The first week is below.

College Board says the AP coordinator at each school tells students when and where to report, and that testing early or at any time other than the published one is not permitted.

What Is the AP Exam Schedule for the Second Week?

The second week runs from Monday, May 10 to Friday, May 14, 2027.

How long each of these exams lasts is listed in our guide to how long AP exams are.

What Time Do AP Exams Start?

For most schools, including all schools in the lower 48 United States, Hawaii, and Washington, D.C., Session 1 exams begin at 8 a.m. local time and Session 2 exams at 12 p.m. local time. An exam may begin up to 1 hour after the listed start time.

Start times changed in some locations for 2027. College Board says the change is meant to prevent secure exam content from being disclosed across time zones. In Alaska, Session 1 exams start at 7 a.m. and Session 2 exams at 11 a.m. local time, and other locations follow a table of start times by UTC offset. College Board has a lookup tool that shows the start times for a school by its name or code.

Which AP Courses Have Deadlines Before the Exams?

Four groups of courses require work to be submitted as final through the AP Digital Portfolio before or during exam weeks. For AP Art and Design, College Board notes that the teacher or AP coordinator will likely set an earlier deadline.

The course pages for AP Latin and AP Spanish Literature and Culture list no such deadline. AP Research has no end-of-course exam, so April 30 is its final date. AP Seminar has both the April 30 deadline and an exam on May 10. Our guide to AP Seminar explains how the two parts are scored.

What Happens When Two AP Exams Are at the Same Time?

A student with two exams in the same session takes one of them during late testing, which runs from May 17 to 21, 2027. College Board lists 2 or more AP Exams on the same date at the same time among the reasons for late testing that carry no extra fee. Other reasons on that list include an athletic or academic event, a conflict with an IB or Cambridge exam, a religious observance, and serious illness. Where the reason is not on the list, a late-testing fee of $40 per exam applies. The AP coordinator orders the late exam, which is an alternate version of the regular one, and can switch an existing order to late testing after the ordering deadlines without a late order fee.

Several pairs of exams share a session in 2027, among them European History and Microeconomics on May 4, Physics 1 and Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism on May 5, World History: Modern and Physics 2 on May 6, Chemistry and African American Studies on May 6, and Computer Science Principles and Comparative Government and Politics on May 14. Two exams on the same day in different sessions are not a conflict, and they make for a long day: Physics C: Mechanics and Biology on May 3, United States History and Macroeconomics on May 7, and English Language and Composition and Computer Science A on May 12.

When Are AP Exams Ordered and What Do They Cost?

Schools order AP Exams in the fall, and College Board sets the fees. The final deadline for exams in full-year and first-semester courses was November 13, 2026, and the deadline for courses that start after that date is March 12, 2027.

Requests for testing accommodations go through the school as well. College Board lists January 22, 2027 as the deadline for schools to submit AP accommodations requests.

How Should a Family Plan Around the AP Exam Schedule?

In our experience at Oriel Admissions, families tend to read the AP exam schedule in April, which is late. We advise reading it in the fall, when exams are ordered. For the 2027 exams the fall deadline has passed, and an exam ordered now carries the $40 late order fee until March 12, 2027.

Three checks are worth making each fall. First, confirm with the AP coordinator that every exam has been ordered. Second, mark the April 30 portfolio deadline for any AP Seminar, AP Research, AP Computer Science Principles, or AP language and culture course. Third, ask early about late testing if two exams share a session. For how many AP courses fit in one year, see our guides to the best AP courses for junior year and to course rigor in college admissions.

For related decisions, see our guides to AP classes ranked by difficulty, AP Calculus AB vs BC, whether AP scores matter, dual enrollment vs AP, and the AP Capstone Diploma.

Frequently Asked Questions About the AP Exam Schedule

Sources: College Board: 2027 AP Exam Dates, College Board AP Central: 2027 AP Exam Dates, College Board AP Central: 2027 AP Exam Start Times, College Board AP Central: 2027 AP Exam Late-Testing Dates, College Board AP Central: AP Exam Late-Testing Policies, College Board AP Central: AP Exam Fees, 2026-27, College Board AP Central: AP 2026-27 Key Dates and Deadlines

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