Completing Setup in AP Registration and Ordering

To register a school to offer AP Exams in May 2027, the AP coordinator must complete the information in the Setup section of AP Registration and Ordering.

Receive your school's access code.

On August 3, AP coordinators and principals receive an email with their school's AP Registration and Ordering access code for the 2026-27 school year.

• The access code is unique to your school. You can't use any other school's access code or share yours.
• The code is specific to this school year. You can't use last year's AP Registration and Ordering access code. Schools receive a new code every year.
• Your access code is active between August 3, 2026, and July 31, 2027.
• If you’re the AP coordinator for multiple schools, you'll get a separate access code for each.

Complete the initial setup.

After you sign in to AP Registration and Ordering and enter this year's access code, you'll be brought to the Setup section. You need to complete the information in the School Information and Exam Administration sections. All required fields in these sections must be completed before you can take other actions in AP Registration and Ordering.

2026-27 Updates to Setup

Starting in 2026-27, the following updates are part of the setup process in AP Registration and Ordering: 

• AP coordinators will review and accept the AP Exam Ordering and Administration Terms during setup. There is no longer a separate AP Participation Form generated after setup.
• On the new BigFuture School and Connections step, AP coordinators at eligible schools can enable access for AP students at their school to the BigFuture School mobile app and Connections program, or to only BigFuture School. There’s also an option to opt out of both. If AP coordinators opt in for their school, students can choose whether to participate when they complete registration in MyAP. Learn more about BigFuture School for AP students. 

After setup: choose the setting for the student exam decision indicator.

There are two options for the student exam decision indicator:

• Default Setting: All students have an Order Exam? status of Yes when they enroll in class sections. If this is the setting you prefer, there’s no further action.
• Advanced Setting: All students have an Order Exam? status of Undecided when they enroll in class sections. Each student is responsible for indicating their exam decision as Yes or No by a deadline that you specify. Even with this setting, you still have the ability to make final changes to your exam roster, including changes to students' exam registration. If you want to use the advanced setting, you can select it in AP Registration and Ordering by going to Settings and then selecting Exam Decision Indicator: Advanced Setting.