The AP Psychology exam, originally set to begin at noon, faced a 45-minute delay due to technical issues. Students were granted access to communicate with parents and after-school commitments, informing them that they would be excused later than expected.
Students were first admitted into the Aux-Gym to check in at 11:30 a.m. Due to technical issues with logging into Bluebook, there was a delay in starting the exam. However, the College Board extended the start time, and the test officially began at 12:40 p.m., which pushed the release time to 3:40 p.m.
“I was hoping that the exam would just cancel overall because, with the delay, which is kind of distracting, I wasn’t able to focus as well,” Junior Eve Berta said. “So I think that if they were to move it to another day, I would’ve had a better chance of getting a good score.”
The College Board has transitioned from the traditional paper test to digital, now using the Bluebook application. Junior Tyler Kalnicky expressed concern about the Bluebook login issues during the AP exam.
“I thought it was really odd that there was a multitude of previous AP tests, and it just didn’t seem like they were prepared,” Junior Tyler Kalnicky said. “The only frustrating part about this was the delay and the lack of seeming preparation by the College Board.”
When students began signing into the AP psychology exam, an error message appeared on their screen.
“Possible Sign-In Issues: If you are having trouble signing in, please let your AP coordinator know and wait for instructions,” Bluebook stated.
The College Board has also allowed schools to provide a free make-up test to accommodate those who were impacted by this technical issue.
“I don’t think there is any way to exactly prepare for these kinds of technical issues, but I do believe that in the future, I think certain exams should be on paper to kind of prevent that issue,” Berta said.
Chloe Valeyko • May 17, 2025 at 7:37 am
The time scheduled for the Ap Psychology exam at my school was 12 o-clock on Friday 5/16. The proctors of the exam refused to let us students tell our parents, bosses, and guardians what was happening and that there was a delay. During our two hour
wait our proctors denied our requests to get water and use the restroom. When the problem occurred our proctors told us that if it wasn’t resolved in 15 minutes then they would reschedule, then every 15 minutes they would push it back to 30 and then 30 more minutes until we ended up waiting 2 hours past our exam time. By the time the exam started our school was closed. Myself and all my classmates felt unprepared as well as uncomfortable from not being allowed to get water or use the bathroom. My classmates and I were really disappointed with how things were handled and it should have been rescheduled to a different day. By the time we got out of the exam it was 5 pm.
Tom Georgiades Jr. • May 16, 2025 at 7:29 pm
There MUST be an option to take any AP exam…on paper!
Technology…from time-to-time…”breaks down!”
Pencil and paper have no issues!
The potential psychological damage…caused by a particular technology…employed by the AP exam administrators…can be/may be…more than some students can handle.