In less than two weeks, College Board’s AP exams will begin. Like schools all across the country, Lower Dauphin’s AP teachers are putting aside unit tests and trading them for review packets. 

Advanced Placement exams, which correspond to relative courses throughout the year, are scored from 1-5, and students can earn college credits if their AP test scores match the criteria of their college.

The first two weeks of May each year are dedicated to AP exams, consisting of morning and afternoon testing sessions. The first exams on the AP calendar will take place on May 6, with United States Government and Politics in the morning and Art History and Chemistry in the afternoon.

Exams typically take between three and four hours, and contain material from the entire year’s curriculum. For this reason, testing can be daunting for some students, but LD is so far approaching the exam season calmly.

“I feel like it hasn’t registered that the AP tests are less than a month away, but I know [my teachers] have given me plenty of materials to study so I’ll be prepared,” says senior Emily O’Donnell.

Across the school, the sentiment of preparedness carries through grades, with junior Mason Dissinger sharing similar thoughts to O’Donnell.

“I know the test is going to be difficult, but I’m prepared for it.”

Once AP testing is completed, the classes’ curriculums will be finished, and kids will be able to relax in those periods. But, for now, they are working hard to study for their final exams.