Send Score Reports by Mail or Fax Anytime

You get one free score send every year you take AP Exams. If you want to send additional score reports or send a score report after the free score send deadline, and you can’t get online, you can mail us or fax us your request. Standard delivery (around 7–14 business days) is $15 per report; rush delivery (around 5–9 business days) is $25 per report. If you’re a senior sending scores to get credit or placement from your college, check your college’s deadline for receiving scores.

Instructions

Decide on standard or rush delivery.

Decide if you need rush delivery to get your scores to your college before its deadline. Standard delivery takes about 7–14 business days, while rush delivery takes about 5–9 business days
Have a form of payment handy.

You can pay by credit card, check, or money order. Standard delivery is $15 per report; rush delivery is $25 per report.
Write a request on paper.
Include the following information:
- Your full name, mailing address, phone number, sex, date of birth, and AP number(s) or AP ID
- Name and address of your school
- Full name of the exam(s) for which you’re requesting additional score reports (e.g., “English Literature and Composition,” not “English”) and the year(s) you took the exam(s)
- A credit card number and expiration date (required for fax orders), or a check or money order for the exact amount due (make checks and money orders payable to AP Exams)
- Name, city, state, and 4-digit college code(s) of the college(s) you would like to receive the report
- A signature from you or your parent/guardian
Send the request and payment.

The address you send to depends on whether you’re paying by check/money order or by credit card.

Paying by check or money order (made payable to College Board):
College Board
P.O. Box 21535
New York, NY 10087-1535

Paying by credit card:
AP Services
P.O. Box 6671
Princeton, NJ 08541-6671
Or fax it to: 610-290-8979

FAQ

Should I send scores to colleges before my senior year?

If you’re taking AP Exams as a junior or sophomore and you know you’ll be applying to a specific college, we suggest you use your one free score send to designate that college as a score recipient. You have until the June 20 deadline to use your free score send online. You can also request additional score sends online or by mail or fax for a fee.

If you’re a senior entering college in the fall, check your college’s deadline for getting AP scores. We encourage you to send scores as soon as they’re available to make sure they’re received in time.

Remember that if you take an AP Exam in your senior year and designate a college to receive your scores, that college will receive your entire score report from all AP Exams you’ve taken throughout high school unless you have requested score(s) to be withheld or canceled.

Will my previous scores be included in my score report?

Yes. Your score report includes all your scores from all the AP Exams you took in the past. Your entire score history will be sent to your designated college, university, or scholarship program unless you choose to withhold or cancel any of your scores.

When you look at your online score report, check that it’s complete. Some scores may take longer to process because of later testing dates or other circumstances (e.g., late arrival of testing materials or extra time needed to match records). We’ll email you when your score is added to your score report.

If you notice that exams that you took last year or earlier (up to four years ago) are missing, it might be because you have multiple accounts. To resolve a multiple account issue, contact AP Services for Students. During score release in July, AP Services for Students will have longer than usual response times.

If your most recent AP Exam was over four years ago, your AP scores are no longer viewable from our online score reporting system. They have been archived and can only be sent to a college, university or scholarship program through a request made via mail or fax.

I submitted a request to withhold my score from a specific college or university. When will the request be processed?

Your withhold request will be processed within 15 business days of receipt. Please allow for delays, especially if you are mailing from overseas. Once processed, you will see the withhold reflected on your online AP score report. If you had requested a score report to be sent to a college or university on the same form, please allow for the estimated delivery time depending on the delivery option selected. College Board can’t confirm if and when your score report is received by your designated institution. Contact your college or university directly to confirm they received your scores.

I sent my scores last year. Do I need to send them again to the same college?

If you haven’t taken any AP Exams since you sent your last official AP score report, then you probably don’t need to send your scores again.

You can see a history of all AP scores you’ve sent to colleges, universities, and scholarship programs by signing in to our AP student score reporting system and choosing to view Past Score Sends. Learn how to view your AP scores here.

Which scores should I send?

Your score report contains scores from all of the AP Exams you have ever taken. Your college will only use those scores that meet the minimum required score to receive credit or placement. You do have the option to withhold a score from a particular college, or cancel a score altogether.

When will my college(s) receive my scores?

When you designate a college or university in My AP by the June 20 deadline, your scores should be received by early July.

If you order additional score reports for a fee, the delivery dates depend on whether you choose standard or rush delivery, and when you place your order:

Standard: Your scores will be delivered to your designated score recipient in 7–14 days. The exact number of days depends on when you submit your request and the location of your score recipient. The fee is $15 per report.

Rush: Your scores will be delivered to your designated score recipient in 5–9 days. The exact number of days depends on when you submit your request and the location of your score recipient. The fee is $25 per report.

Please note these exceptions in June and July:

If you order score reports between June 19, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. and July 11, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. ET, your order won’t be processed until July 11—but it will then be treated as a rush order, and you’ll only be charged the standard fee of $15.
If you order score reports between July 11, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. and July 13, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. ET, your score report will be processed on the rush order timeline, and you’ll only be charged the standard fee of $15.

How do I stop a score from appearing on my score report?

The AP Program allows you to cancel your AP Exam scores. When you request cancellation, your exam won’t be scored, and if it has already been scored, the score will be permanently deleted from our records. Once a score is canceled, it can’t be reinstated. There’s no fee for this service, but your exam fee is not refunded. Archived scores can’t be canceled.

Scores can be canceled at any time, but for scores not to be sent to the college or university indicated online through the free score send in My AP, AP Services for Students must receive your request by June 15 of the year you took the AP Exam.

Another option is to choose to withhold one or more AP Exam scores from any college or scholarship program that you choose as a score recipient. The score will be withheld from any future score reports sent to that college or scholarship program. Unlike a cancellation request, a request to withhold a score does not permanently delete your score. The fee to withhold a score is $10 per score per college, which does not include the cost to send your score report to the designated institution.

You may later remove the withhold by sending AP Services a signed written request. There is no charge to remove a withhold on a score.

For scores to be withheld from the college or university indicated online through the free score send in My AP, AP Services for Students must receive your request and payment by June 15 of the year you took the AP Exam.

How will I know if my college received my scores?

If your college has given you a personal online account, you may be able to sign in to that site and see whether your scores have arrived. Otherwise, you can contact your college’s admission office and ask.

The AP score reporting system shows you what date your scores were sent to each institution, but it won’t tell you when the scores arrived. The exact amount of time it takes for a college to receive your scores depends on when you submit your request and the location of your score recipient.

I submitted a request to cancel a score. When can I expect to see the request processed?

Your cancellation request will be processed within 15 business days of receipt. Please allow for delays, especially if you are mailing from overseas. Once processed, you will see the cancellation reflected on your online AP score report.

Do colleges look at AP Exam scores when deciding whether to admit an applicant?

Check the admissions websites of the colleges that interest you to see if sending your official scores will help support your application. In general, colleges want to see that you’re taking the most rigorous coursework available to you. By enrolling in AP courses, you demonstrate that you’re interested in challenging yourself and learning at a college level.

I took AP Exams over four years ago. How do I send my old scores?

If your last AP Exam was more than four years ago, your scores are archived and you can’t view them in our online score reporting system. You can still send these scores to a college, university, or scholarship program, or get a score report sent to yourself, by submitting a form by mail or fax. See how.