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NUMBER OF AP EXAMINATIONS PER STUDENT The number of AP Examinations taken per student is presented below for 1996 and 2006 Note that in 2006 approximately 82% of the students took either one or two AP Examinations during the May administration The remaining 18% took from three to fifteen exams SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATION YEAR No of Exams Taken by Students 10 More than 10 Total students/exams 1996 Frequency 341,016 123,474 47,565 17,394 5,615 1,693 485 138 32 10 2006 Percent 63.5 23.0 8.9 3.2 1.0 0 0 537,428/843,423* Frequency 756,075 335,437 151,867 63,237 22,615 7,297 2,056 506 139 35 18 Percent 56.5 25.0 11.3 4.7 1.7 0 0 1,339,282/2,312,611 Approximately 35% of the students took AP Examinations in more than one year The figures below show the cumulative number of exams individual students took from the years 1993 to 1996 and from 2003 to 2006 Note, for example, that 126,322 students took three or more AP Exams in the years 1993 to 1996 and were therefore potentially eligible for sophomore standing; in 2006, 406,506 students had three or more AP Exams on their records By 2006, 7,475 students had amassed AP Exams, 4,055 had 10 exams, 1,953 had 11 exams, 991 had 12 exams, 518 students had 13 exams, 238 had 14 exams, 141 had 15 exams, 80 had 16 exams, 36 had 17 exams, 28 had 18 exams, 10 had 19 exams, had 20 exams, had 21 exams, had 22 exams, and student had amassed 30 AP Exams FOUR-YEAR ADMINISTRATION RANGES No of Exams Taken by Students 10 11 12 13 14 More than 14 Total students/exams 1993-1996 Frequency 290,724 120,382 59,340 31,309 16,819 9,366 4,852 2,459 1,239 501 249 105 40 30 13 537,428/1,049,984* 2003-2006 Percent 54.1 22.4 11.0 5.8 3.1 1.7 0 0 Frequency 634,610 298,166 166,330 96,679 57,500 35,856 21,482 13,121 7,475 4,055 1,953 991 518 238 308 Percent 47.4 22.3 12.4 7.2 4.3 2.7 1.6 1.0 1 0 1,339,282/3,030,876** *These figures are greater than the year total shown in other tables because they include exams that were taken but withheld, cancelled, or arrived late **The cumulative total of exams taken is 24% greater than the total number of exams taken in 2005 alone (i.e., 718,265 exams were taken by the 2005 students in 2004, 2003, and previous years) © 2006 The College Board All rights reserved College Board, Advanced Placement Program, AP, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board