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Updated September 25, 2026 with 2027 College Board datesWhen Do AP Scores Come Out 2026?
The 2026 AP scores became available on Monday, July 6, 2026. For 2027, College Board has confirmed July 2027 but no exact score-release day yet. See the verified 2027 subject exam schedule, deadlines and score planning below.
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Quick answer: AP scores for 2026 have been available since Monday, July 6, 2026. The next AP Exam cycle is May 2027; College Board has announced only July 2027 for score release, without an exact day.
As of this September 25, 2026 update, the two big June decision deadlines have already passed: June 15 for cancellation requests that prevent a score from going to a free score-send recipient, and June 20 at 11:59 p.m. ET for choosing one free AP score-send recipient.
Current AP Dates: 2027 Exams and Score Release
As of September 25, 2026: The 2026 AP scores have already been available since July 6. College Board's student calendar says the 2027 AP scores will be released in July 2027, but it has not announced a specific day or universal release time. Do not reuse July 6 for 2027. The confirmed upcoming regular exam weeks are May 3–7 and May 10–14, 2027, with late testing May 17–21, 2027. The subject-by-subject dates below come from College Board's published schedule.
AP Exam registration is organized through schools and AP coordinators. The preferred school ordering deadline is October 2, 2026; the final deadline for full-year and fall courses and exam-only sections is November 13, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Spring-course orders and changes to fall orders have a March 12, 2027 deadline. A student's school may set an earlier internal date to collect choices or payments, so ask your coordinator rather than treating the College Board order cutoff as a personal online booking deadline. Our international exam timetable can help place AP weeks alongside other exams.
2027 Regular AP Exam Schedule
Session 1 and Session 2 refer to the scheduled test slots. College Board has changed start-time rules for some locations in 2027 to protect exam security across time zones. Ask your AP coordinator for the actual local reporting time in your country; do not assume a U.S. morning or afternoon time applies everywhere. All AP exams must be given on their assigned dates and sessions.
| Date | Session 1 | Session 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 3 May 2027 | Human Geography; Physics C: Mechanics | Biology; Italian Language and Culture |
| Tue 4 May 2027 | Business with Personal Finance; United States Government and Politics | European History; Microeconomics |
| Wed 5 May 2027 | Cybersecurity; English Literature and Composition | Physics 1: Algebra-Based; Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism |
| Thu 6 May 2027 | French Language and Culture; Physics 2: Algebra-Based; World History: Modern | African American Studies; Chemistry |
| Fri 7 May 2027 | German Language and Culture; United States History | Macroeconomics; Networking (pilot schools only) |
| Mon 10 May 2027 | Calculus AB; Calculus BC | Music Theory; Seminar |
| Tue 11 May 2027 | Japanese Language and Culture; Precalculus | Statistics |
| Wed 12 May 2027 | English Language and Composition | Art History; Computer Science A |
| Thu 13 May 2027 | Spanish Language and Culture | Chinese Language and Culture; Environmental Science |
| Fri 14 May 2027 | Comparative Government and Politics; Computer Science Principles; Spanish Literature and Culture | Latin; Psychology |
2027 Late-Testing AP Exam Schedule
Late testing is available only through the school's AP coordinator for qualifying circumstances or a timetable conflict. It uses alternate forms on fixed dates; the student cannot choose any convenient day in the May 17–21 week. The coordinator must order the late exam, and a fee may apply for certain reasons. For students outside the United States, College Board lists May 4, 2027 as the late-testing order deadline; for U.S. schools the listed deadline is May 14. Tell your coordinator about a known conflict well before either cutoff.
| Date | Session 1 | Session 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 17 May 2027 | English Literature and Composition; European History; Networking (pilot schools only) | Business with Personal Finance; French Language and Culture; Human Geography |
| Tue 18 May 2027 | Art History; Italian Language and Culture; Seminar; United States Government and Politics | Cybersecurity; Japanese Language and Culture; United States History; World History: Modern |
| Wed 19 May 2027 | African American Studies; Biology; Microeconomics; Music Theory; Physics 1: Algebra-Based | Spanish Language and Culture; Spanish Literature and Culture |
| Thu 20 May 2027 | Chemistry; Computer Science A; Environmental Science; Latin; Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism; Precalculus | Calculus AB; Calculus BC; Comparative Government and Politics; German Language and Culture; Physics C: Mechanics |
| Fri 21 May 2027 | Chinese Language and Culture; English Language and Composition; Macroeconomics; Psychology; Statistics | Computer Science Principles; Physics 2: Algebra-Based |
Important 2027 AP Portfolio and Score-Send Deadlines
The regular exam date is only one part of the calendar. AP Computer Science Principles students must submit their Create performance task components as final by April 30, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. ET. AP Seminar and AP Research performance tasks have the same published date. AP world language and culture students also have an April 30 deadline for Personalized Project References. AP Art and Design students must submit all three portfolio components as final by May 7, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Teachers may impose earlier school deadlines, and those should guide your actual work plan.
After the 2027 exams, College Board lists June 15, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. ET for cancellation requests that prevent a score from reaching a chosen score recipient, and June 20, 2027 at 11:59 p.m. ET to indicate one free score-send recipient. Those dates are confirmed on the AP Students calendar. A student who has not yet decided on a college should check whether an official AP score report is needed for admission, credit, or placement and when that institution expects it. Do not confuse the free recipient deadline with the date on which the score becomes visible in July. The free send can be chosen before the student sees the 2027 result.
College Board currently describes the score release as July 2027 without a day. We will not assign a guessed Monday or copy the 2026 release date. If you need a result for course registration, ask the university how it handles an AP score that posts later in July. Review its credit chart by subject and program; a score of 3, 4 or 5 can lead to different placement outcomes at different schools. The AP score distributions guide adds context about historical outcomes, while your actual College Board report remains the result used for credit decisions.
How to Plan the 2026–27 AP Year
Autumn 2026: confirm enrollment in the correct My AP class sections, the exams your school will order, and any local deadline or fee. The November 13 College Board order date is a school-coordinator deadline for many courses. If you are outside the United States, check how the 2027 start-time changes affect your subjects and local venue. Students taking SAT or ACT alongside AP should block the May exam weeks before choosing a spring entrance-test date; see our SAT calendar and ACT calendar for the verified weekend schedules.
Winter 2027: request accommodations through the school's process early. The AP Students calendar lists January 22, 2027 as the deadline for SSD coordinators to submit testing accommodation requests. If a class starts in spring, join its My AP section using the teacher's code and confirm the school's order process. Build a subject-by-subject revision plan around the exact dates in the regular schedule, then identify any same-session conflicts. A conflict is a reason to speak to the AP coordinator about late testing; it is not a reason to attend a different regular session without approval.
Spring 2027: finish portfolio and performance-task work ahead of the April 30 or May 7 official deadlines, leaving time for technical or school checks. For exam subjects, use practice questions and released scoring guidance to test what you can actually explain under time pressure. A good plan has separate goals for the most demanding subjects, rather than using one generic revision timetable. Students preparing for calculus, statistics, biology, chemistry or English can use the relevant NUM8ERS AP score calculators to explore practice scenarios. Those estimates do not predict the official cut scores for 2027.
After testing: keep your College Board login working, review the June 15 cancellation and June 20 free-send dates, and wait for College Board to announce the exact July 2027 score day. A score may be delayed for individual reasons, so avoid treating the first published release moment as a guaranteed delivery to every student or institution. Once your scores appear, compare each result with the university's current credit and placement policy. If you need help interpreting a mixed set of results, work through the score-send, withholding and cancellation explanations later on this page before requesting any service. Those actions have different effects, costs and reversibility.
AP Result Day 2026: confirmed score release date and deadlines
Use this table as the short version of the AP Result Day timeline. The status column is written for the current page update date, September 25, 2026.
| Milestone | Date or deadline | Status on September 25, 2026 | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 AP exam window | May 4-8 and May 11-15, 2026 | Completed | These were the official two regular AP testing weeks for 2026. |
| Late-testing window | May 18-22, 2026 | Completed | This was the scheduled late-testing window for approved late AP exams. |
| Score cancellation deadline for free recipient | June 15, 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET | Passed | This was the deadline for College Board to receive a cancellation request if you wanted to stop a score from going to your free score-send recipient. Cancellation can permanently delete a score, so read the official rules carefully. |
| Free AP score-send deadline | June 20, 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET | Passed | This was the deadline to choose one college, university, or scholarship program to receive your 2026 AP score report for free. |
| Paid score-send exception window | June 23-30, 2026 | Completed | This exception window has passed. College Board noted that orders placed June 23–30 might not have been available for recipient download until July 1. |
| Free score reports reach colleges | Early July 2026 | Completed | Students who designated a recipient by June 20 were expected to have their reports reach colleges in early July. Check the destination if a report is missing. |
| Student AP score release | Monday, July 6, 2026 | Released | AP scores became available beginning July 6 through College Board accounts. |
| Score withholding for 2026 exams | Starting July 6, 2026 | Available | College Board made score-withhold ordering for 2026 exams available after their July release. Withholding is not the same as cancellation. |
| Free-response booklet request deadline | September 15, 2026 | Passed | This is for requesting a copy of eligible free-response booklet pages. It is not a rescore. |
| Multiple-choice rescore deadline | October 31, 2026 | Upcoming | Only specific paper AP exams qualify, the fee is $30 per exam, and free-response answers are not rescored. |
AP scores start July 6
College Board lists Monday, July 6, 2026 as AP Score Release day for students. You will need your College Board account to view scores.
Check your login now
Sign in with the same account used for My AP or AP registration. Confirm your current email address; duplicate accounts can delay access to a 2026 score or a future 2027 result.
Free send is closed
The free score-send deadline has passed for 2026. If you still need to send scores, review College Board's paid score-send rules and your college's deadline.
Cancel, withhold, and rescore are different
Cancellation permanently deletes a score. Withholding hides a score from selected future reports. Multiple-choice rescoring is limited to specific paper exams.
How to check your AP scores
Use your College Board account
- Go to the official College Board score reporting portal from the AP Students site.
- Sign in with the same College Board account used for AP registration, My AP, or AP Classroom.
- Complete any security prompts and confirm that your account information is current.
- Open the AP scores section once scores are available.
- Download or save a copy of your score report for your records.
If a 2026 score is missing
- Reset your password before score release if you are not sure you remember it.
- Update your email address before score release if your account email changed.
- Do not create a second College Board account if you already have one.
- Keep your AP ID or student details available in case AP Services needs to match your record.
- Use the official official College Board score link at the end page if you need College Board's current instructions.
What your AP score report means
AP scores are reported on a 1-5 scale. College Board notes that many U.S. colleges grant credit and/or placement for scores of 3 and above, but each college sets its own policy. That means a 3, 4, or 5 can mean different things depending on the university, department, major, and course sequence.
| Area | What to check | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| AP score by subject | Your final 1-5 score for each exam | This is the number colleges use for credit and placement decisions. |
| Score-send history | Which colleges or scholarship programs were selected | You can confirm whether the correct destination received your official score report. |
| Past AP scores | Earlier AP exam results in the same account | College Board sends your score history unless you cancel or withhold specific scores. |
| Credit policy search | Each college's AP credit requirements | A 3, 4, or 5 does not mean the same thing at every university. |
AP score-send, cancellation, withholding, and rescore rules
These services sound similar, but they do different things. Use the table before taking action, especially if the score affects a college deadline.
| Action | Use it when | Important 2026 detail | Risk or limitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free score send | You wanted one free recipient for your 2026 AP score report. | The deadline was June 20, 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET, so it has passed as of this update. | If you missed it, you can still send additional reports online for a fee. |
| Paid score send | You need scores sent after the free deadline or to more than one recipient. | College Board lists a $15 per report fee and notes a June 23-30 exception for recipient download timing. | Check the receiving college's deadline; some colleges may need scores before arrival on campus. |
| Cancel a score | You want a score permanently deleted from College Board records. | The June 15 deadline mattered for stopping a score from going to the free score-send recipient. | Cancellation is permanent, cannot be reinstated, and does not refund the exam fee. |
| Withhold a score | You want a score hidden from a selected recipient's future report without deleting it. | Withholds can only be requested after scores for that exam administration are released; 2026 ordering starts July 6. | Withholding costs $10 per score per recipient, and removed withholds are not automatically re-sent. |
| Multiple-choice rescore | You took one of the eligible paper exams and want the multiple-choice answer sheet rescored by hand. | Request deadline is October 31, 2026, and the fee is $30 per exam. | Free-response sections are not rescored, and results can go up, down, or stay the same. |
Worked examples for common AP Result Day situations
You missed the June 20 free-send deadline
If you did not choose a free recipient by June 20, the free send is no longer available for 2026. Your next practical step is to check whether the college actually needs an official AP score report now. If it does, use the paid score-send option and confirm the college's deadline.
Your score is lower than expected
First, check whether the college would have granted credit for that score. If the score is already going to a free recipient, remember that the June 15 deadline to stop that free-send delivery has passed. For future paid reports, withholding may be an option after July 6, while cancellation permanently deletes the score.
One 2026 score is still missing
Use the same College Board account, check again later, and watch your email. College Board says some scores take longer because of late testing, missing materials, or record-matching issues. If a 2026 score is still missing, contact AP Services now.
You want to estimate what a score could mean
After scores post, compare the official result with each college's policy. Before scores post, NUM8ERS AP calculators can help students understand how raw-score patterns relate to possible 1-5 outcomes, but official College Board scores are what colleges use.
What to do after AP Result Day 2026
If your score is strong
- Compare your result with your university's AP credit policy.
- Check the policy at the department or course level, not just the admissions page.
- Confirm whether your designated college received or can download your score report.
- Save a PDF or screenshot of your score report for advising and enrollment conversations.
- Ask your advisor whether the AP score changes your first-semester course schedule.
If your score is lower than expected
- Check whether the score actually affects credit, placement, or a required course.
- Remember that the June 15 cancellation deadline for stopping free-score-send delivery has passed for 2026.
- Use withholding only if you understand that it applies to selected score reports and does not delete the score.
- Do not expect free-response answers to be rescored; College Board's rescore service is limited to multiple-choice answers on specific paper exams.
- Talk with a counselor or advisor before making an irreversible cancellation decision.
How students, teachers, and parents can use this page
This page works best as a shared result-day guide. Students can use it for deadlines and score access, teachers can use it for advising and placement conversations, and parents can use it to support decisions without adding pressure on release day.
What to do before and after scores post
- Keep your College Board login working now and before the July 2027 score release.
- Know the difference between a confirmed date and an expected date.
- Save a copy of your score report and compare it with your target college's AP credit policy.
- If a score is lower than expected, focus first on placement, credit, and your next academic step rather than panic.
How to support students well
- Use this page to review which June 2026 AP deadlines have passed and which actions remain available.
- Help students separate course achievement from college credit policy, since universities interpret AP scores differently.
- Prepare guidance for students who need placement advice, schedule changes, or reassurance after results.
- Point students back to official College Board pages for score access, score sends, cancellations, withholds, and rescoring rules.
How to be useful on result day
- Help with practical preparation such as passwords, login access, and college policy research.
- Ask what the student wants from the conversation before discussing scores in detail.
- Remember that one AP score rarely decides an admission outcome on its own.
- Use the score report as a planning tool for credit, placement, and course choices rather than as a judgment of ability.
Keep the conversation practical
On AP result day, most stress comes from uncertainty, not just the number itself. This guide is meant to reduce that uncertainty by keeping the focus on official deadlines, next steps, and realistic interpretation.
Helpful calculators and planning tools
These internal tools are included as a small curated set, so students, teachers, and parents can move from AP score release to practical planning without scrolling through a full directory.
Frequently asked questions about AP Result Day 2026
College Board released 2026 AP Exam scores starting Monday, July 6, 2026. Students can now access available scores with their College Board account.
College Board confirms the release date, but it does not publish one universal release time for every student. Sign in to your College Board account on July 6 and check again later if your score is not visible yet.
Yes. The free score-send deadline was June 20, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET. As of this September 25 update, that deadline has passed.
Yes. College Board says students can send additional score reports online for a $15 fee. If you order during the June 23-30 exception window, the designated recipient may not be able to download the report until July 1.
For stopping a score from going to the free score-send recipient, yes. College Board needed the cancellation request by June 15, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Scores can be canceled at any time, but cancellation permanently deletes the score and cannot be reversed.
Yes. College Board says score withholds can only be requested after scores for that exam administration are released, and 2026 score withhold ordering is available starting July 6, 2026. Withholding does not permanently delete the score.
No. College Board's rescore service applies only to the multiple-choice section of specific paper AP exams. The free-response section is not rescored, and the 2026 multiple-choice rescore deadline is October 31, 2026.
Check again later from the same College Board account and watch your email. College Board says some scores may take longer because of late testing, missing materials, or record-matching issues. If a 2026 score is still missing, contact AP Services now.
Official sources checked September 25, 2026
This guide uses official College Board AP Students and AP Central pages for the 2027 exam schedules, July score-release window, ordering and portfolio deadlines, 2026 historical results, score services, and interpretation.
The 2026 AP score-release date is historical. College Board currently lists July 2027 for the next score release without an exact day. Recheck the official student calendar before planning a 2027 score send.