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[quote=Anonymous]My senior is about to graduate and I'm having trouble with this AP exam payment issue:
February - I paid for all AP exams.
April - my teen decides not to take a few, after checking with his chosen college that they do not give credit for those. He tells the school.
May - the school calls me before the exams, and I confirm which exams he's taking.

Now the school is asking for "unused exam" fees, which apparently the College Board is charging them. They said that since I did not cancel these exams, I have to pay not only the $100 per exam that I've already paid, but a $40 fee on top of that for not canceling each exam. They are insinuating my son can't walk at graduation if these fees are not paid.

The College Board website is unclear, because it says there is such a fee assessed, but in replacement of the full exam fee. So a partial refund, so to speak. I didn't request such a refund, since I was not aware that was possible, and the decision to skip some exams happened at the last minute at the end of April, when my son chose his future college and called them to ask about AP credit. His high school never said we had to initiate a separate cancelation procedure, so we just thought telling the school was sufficient - so they wouldn't keep a seat for him, or worry he was late.

Can someone give me some advice? It's been a trying school year, and I'm seeing red.
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