What Students Should and Should Not Bring

What Students Should Bring

For All Exams:

• A watch. 
• A government-issued or school-issued photo ID if they don’t attend the school where they’re taking the exam. 

For Digital AP Exams:

• Fully charged testing device and charging cord. 
• Their College Board account login information. 
• Pencils or pens for taking notes on school-provided scratch paper. 
• External mouse (optional). 
• External keyboard: An external keyboard is required for students testing on a tablet or iPad. For students taking a hybrid digital exam with an iPad, an external keyboard is recommended but not required. External keyboards are not permitted for students testing on a laptop.
• For AP Environmental Science Exams: up to 2 calculators with the necessary capabilities.    

For Hybrid Digital AP Exams: All the items listed under digital AP Exams apply, plus: 

• 2 No. 2 pencils (with erasers) or 2 pens with black or dark blue ink. 
• Up to 2 calculators with the necessary capabilities.
• For an AP Physics Exam: a ruler or straightedge. 

For Paper AP Exams: 

• 2 No. 2 pencils (with erasers). 
• 2 pens with black or dark blue ink. 
• For the AP French, German, Italian, and Spanish Language and Culture Exams and the AP Music Theory Exam: School-owned and -controlled recording devices that meet AP Program criteria are allowed for these exams only.

Students Must Not Bring*

• Electronic equipment of any kind except devices being used for digital AP Exams.  
• All stylus pens, Apple pens, smart pens, iPad pencils, and other electronic writing instruments.
• Books, notebooks, compasses, correction fluid, dictionaries, highlighters, or notes.
• Mechanical pencils, No. 3 pencils, or colored pencils. 
• Rulers or straightedges (these are allowed only for Physics exams). 
• Protractors.
• Scratch paper.
• Computers or calculators (except as previously noted).
• Reference guides, keyboard maps, or other typing instructions. 
• Watches that beep or have an alarm. 
• Food or drink.  
• Clothing or shoes with subject-related information.  
• New: Head coverings (hats, brimmed caps, etc.) are not permitted while testing. Head coverings worn for medical or religious reasons are permitted during testing provided they do not obstruct testing staff’s ability to view the test taker’s eyes and ears. 
• Ear plugs or headphones. 
• Clipboards. 
• Privacy screens. 
• Separate computer monitors.

*Unless an item has been preapproved as an accommodation by the College Board SSD office before the exam date.