Dangerously low temperatures and heavy snowfall this winter led to seven days of canceled school, prompting teachers and administrators to move students to take the AP exams on later dates, according to AP coordinator Kelsey Milne.

Milne said all tests previously planned for May 5 through May 9, with the exception of the Spanish language test, have been moved to May 21 through 23.

“May 5 is psychology and environmental science, which is one of our biggest testing days. We have really high numbers in both of those. Around 150 students take each test,” Milne said.

Positive reactions stemmed from teachers of AP classes at the news of the additional time before the exams.

AP psychology teacher Jean Scheaffer believes making up lost school days with extra time before the exams will positively impact students’ scores by giving them extra time to learn and review course material.

“The idea is that scores get better,” Scheaffer said. “We are going to study in the extra time. We have study sessions planned.”

AP statistics teacher Julie Wavrunek said students are lucky to have the opportunity to take their exams later.

“It’s just an insurance policy we were able to redeem, having another week and a half. It’s going to be nice to have a little cushion,” Wavrunek said.

Freshman Aaron Councilman, who takes AP environmental science, said he believes  the postponement of the exams will improve scores by giving students plenty of extra time to recap the content learned during the year.

“It has taken off a lot of pressure, because we now have time to actually review material,” Councilman said.

While most students and teachers welcomed the later exam dates, exam schedule changes led to conflicts with International Baccalaureate exams. Greg Goddard, the IB coordinator, said resolving these conflicts would not be a big issue.

“If there is a conflict between your AP and IB tests, you sit the IB test the day it is scheduled, and you do the make up day for the AP test,” Goddard said.

Milne said students seeking more information on the 2014 AP exam schedule should go to the College Board website.

While schedule changes may be inconvenient for students and teachers, most are in agreement they alleviated some of the typical cram for the exam feelings. Sophomore Maggie Coleman, who takes AP European history and AP psychology, noticed this lightened mood in her teachers.

“They are excited. Everything seems to have calmed down a little bit,” Coleman said.