28 AP Exams Go Digital for May 2025 Administration

For the May 2025 AP Exam administration, the College Board will be discontinuing standard paper testing for 28 AP Exams. These exams will now be administered digitally through the College Board's Bluebook testing application.

Fully Digital Subjects

Students complete multiple-choice and free-response questions in Bluebook. Responses will be automatically submitted at the end of the exam.

  • AP African American Studies

  • AP Art History

  • AP Comparative Gov't and Politics

  • AP Computer Science A

  • AP Computer Science Principles

  • AP English Language and Comp.

  • AP English Literature and Comp.

  • AP Environmental Science

  • AP European History

  • AP Human Geography

  • AP Latin

  • AP Psychology

  • AP Seminar

  • AP US Government and Politics

  • AP US History

  • AP World History: Modern

Hybrid Digital Subjects

Students complete multiple-choice questions and view free-response questions in Bluebook. Free-response answers will be hand written in paper exam booklets that will be returned for scoring.

  • AP Biology

  • AP Calculus AB

  • AP Calculus BC

  • AP Chemistry

  • AP Macroeconomics

  • AP Microeconomics

  • AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based

  • AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based

  • AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

  • AP Physics C: Mechanics

  • AP Precalculus

  • AP Statistics

Paper or Portfolio Subjects

Exams that have audio components or consist mainly of portfolio submissions will continue to be administered in paper format.

  • AP 2-D Art and Design

  • AP 3-D Art and Design

  • AP Drawing

  • AP Chinese Language and Culture

  • AP French Language and Culture

  • AP German Language and Culture

  • AP Italian Language and Culture

  • AP Japanese Language and Culture

  • AP Music Theory

  • AP Research

  • AP Spanish Language and Culture

  • AP Spanish Language and Literature

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