with 4,072 students — the top 16% — receiving offers based on their test scores, according to Education Department data. Many students spend months studying for the exam, with some families ...

And if you have requested and been granted special accommodations, take that letter with you on test day. For self-studying AP students, there is no virtue more important than self-discipline.

Alberto Acereda, associate vice president for global higher education at ETS, says prepping for a subject test is not entirely different from studying for the general test. "Similar to the General ...