Ian JiangAP Capstone — Seminar · 2025–26

Timeline 2025–26

One AP Seminar year, in deadlines

Sourced from the AP Capstone Implementation Guide 2025-26 and AP Central. Times are College Board–official; the 2-hour End-of-Course Exam is administered at a school-set local 12:00 PM.

  1. All · AP Capstone Implementation Guide 2025-26

    Course launch · join codes distributed

    Aug–Sep 2025

    AP Coordinator creates AP Seminar class sections in My AP. Dr. Cheteni distributes join codes. Ian enrolls in his class section at myap.collegeboard.org.

  2. Student · Classroom

    PT1 Team Project — investigation phase

    Sep–Nov 2025

    Ian's team formulates the inquiry: How can emerging technologies address educational inequity? Ian's lens — AI as cognitive scaffolding.

  3. Coordinator · AP Central — AP Seminar

    Final deadline: AP Exam orders submitted

    Fri, Nov 14, 2025 · 11:59 PM ET

    AP Coordinator submits exam orders for all AP Seminar students.

  4. Student · Classroom

    Field research on the Tibetan Plateau

    Nov 2025 – Jan 2026

    Ian conducts the 106-student SMILE quasi-experiment. Stratified random assignment, Bloom's-Taxonomy instruction across both groups, chi-square analysis.

  5. All · AP Central — AP Seminar

    PT2 stimulus released in the AP Digital Portfolio

    January 2026

    College Board releases the seven-source stimulus packet. Ian selects Source B (U.S. Surgeon General) and Source G (Osoro et al., LEO satellite sustainability).

  6. Teacher · AP Central — AP Seminar

    Course Audit materials due

    Sat, Jan 31, 2026 · 11:59 PM ET

    AP Seminar / AP Research Course Audit submission deadline.

  7. Student · Classroom

    PT2 drafting · IRR finalization · IMP rehearsal

    Feb–Apr 2026

    Ian writes the 2,000-word IWA, finalizes the 1,200-word IRR, and begins rehearsing the 6–8 minute IMP. Dr. Cheteni provides Row-by-Row rubric feedback.

  8. Student · AP Capstone Implementation Guide 2025-26

    Performance task submission deadline

    Thu, Apr 30, 2026 · 11:59 PM ET

    All written components — IRR, IWA — submitted as final in the AP Digital Portfolio. Ian uses Chrome on a laptop (the scoring feature isn't available on mobile).

  9. Teacher · AP Central — AP Seminar

    Teacher scores presentations · completes affirmations

    Sun, May 10, 2026 · 11:59 PM ET

    Dr. Cheteni scores the TMP, IMP, and Oral Defense, then completes the required-checkpoint affirmations in the Digital Portfolio.

  10. Student · AP Central — AP Seminar

    AP Seminar End-of-Course Exam

    Mon, May 11, 2026 · 12:00 PM Local

    Two-hour digital exam in Bluebook. Three short-answer questions (~30 min) and one evidence-based essay (~90 min). 45% of the AP Seminar score.

  11. Student · AP Capstone Implementation Guide 2025-26

    AP Score release

    July 2026

    Score reports available. Earning a 3 or higher in AP Seminar is one of the requirements for the AP Capstone Diploma™.

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