The Country Day School is proud to offer an increasing variety of Advanced Placement (AP) programs and exams to our students as a form of enrichment and opportunity to prepare for the challenges of post-secondary courses.
AP exams are standardized tests that evaluate your mastery of the course material in a particular subject. The majority of AP courses culminate in an exam, but some are evaluated by a portfolio or final project. Although recommended, you do not have to take the AP course in order to sit an AP exam; however, many students are highly successful when they do pursue AP exams independently.
This year, CDS is offering eight courses, however, students are able to pursue AP courses/exam study independently and still sign up to write the exams at CDS. In 2025, 26 different independent exams (for a total of 207 administered) were taken by CDS students, ranging from Biology to French Language and Culture to Psychology, and 75% scored a 3 or higher.
AP courses offered at CDS this year include:
- Biology (Grade 12)
- Calculus AB (Grade 12)
- Computer Science A (Grade 10/11)
- English Language (Grade 11)
- English Literature (Grade 12)
- Macroeconomics (Grade 12)
- Microeconomics (Grade 11)
- Comparative Government and Politics (Grade 9-12)
The College Board requires students to sign up for all AP exams in the first two weeks of the school year and then make a final decision as to whether they would like to proceed with the exam by early November 2025. Students who join courses later in the term are also required to sign up by this date. After this point, the exams are ordered.
We ask that interested students complete the online registration and pay the payment online by October 9th. The deadline to withdraw without penalty is November 14th. All Senior School parents would have received a letter with more details today from Ms. Williams, Assistant Director of Academics & AP Coordinator. If you have any other questions about this process, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Sarah Williams directly at sarah.williams@cds.on.ca
More information about the AP program can be found here.