Colleges' AP credit policies

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<p>There has been discussion of the value of APs at various colleges. I’m therefore launching a new thread with links to the policies of a few colleges, and invite other CC posters to add to the thread:</p>

<p>Princeton:
<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/ap/table.htm[/url]”>http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/ap/table.htm&lt;/a&gt;
Yale:
<a href=“Yale College”>Yale College;
Harvard:
<a href=“http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/current/chapter2/advanced_standing.html[/url]”>http://webdocs.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/ugrad_handbook/current/chapter2/advanced_standing.html&lt;/a&gt;
Stanford
<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/extras/1_2b_misc.html[/url]”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/extras/1_2b_misc.html&lt;/a&gt;
MIT
<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/prospective/ap/index.html[/url]”>http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/prospective/ap/index.html&lt;/a&gt;
Chicago
<a href=“http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level3.asp?id=348[/url]”>http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level3.asp?id=348&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>good idea marite, since policies vary so much from college to college.</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins:
<a href=“http://www.advising.jhu.edu/academic_manual/credit.html#ap[/url]”>http://www.advising.jhu.edu/academic_manual/credit.html#ap&lt;/a&gt;
Texas:
<a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/academic/mec/cbe/cutape.html[/url]”>http://www.utexas.edu/academic/mec/cbe/cutape.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>University of Tennessee Knoxville</p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.utk.edu/undergraduate/ap.shtml#ap[/url]”>http://admissions.utk.edu/undergraduate/ap.shtml#ap&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>University of Minnesota Twin Cities: </p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.tc.umn.edu/academics/ap.html[/url]”>http://admissions.tc.umn.edu/academics/ap.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>Sometimes the student is given credit for a generic course, not an actual course in the U of MN course catalog.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.wesleyan.edu/registrar/APcredit.pdf[/url]”>http://www.wesleyan.edu/registrar/APcredit.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“Columbia College Bulletin < Columbia College | Columbia University”>Columbia College Bulletin < Columbia College | Columbia University;

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<p>Rice University
<a href=“Office of Admission | Rice University”>Office of Admission | Rice University;

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<p>Kansas State University: <a href=“http://www.k-state.edu/admit/AdvancedPlacement.pdf[/url]”>http://www.k-state.edu/admit/AdvancedPlacement.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You’ve got to love this one – a score of 4 or 5 on some exams not only gets you credit but can earn you an “A” in the credited course that is computed into your K-State GPA.</p>

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<p>I think this website will be a bit more valuable than a list of random schools.</p>

<p>From this CollegeBoard site, you just type in the college’s name, and it will direct you to the school’s AP credit policy page.</p>

<p><a href=“http://apps.collegeboard.com/apcreditpolicy/index.jsp[/url]”>http://apps.collegeboard.com/apcreditpolicy/index.jsp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>A confusing AP situation:
My daughter self-studied for an AP as a h.s. senior and was happy to earn a score of 4.
As a freshman at an LAC, this score was high enough for her to place into upper level classes in that subject.
She transferred to another LAC as a sophomore and continued to take upper level classes in that subject. At her new school, her major requires the introductory survey course in that subject, and the school only accept a 5 to place out of that course. So she will have to take the intro course as a senior, to fulfill the requirements for her major, although she has already completed the AP class at “4” level and several higher level classes in the subject.</p>

<p>It can get kind of crazy and confusing.</p>

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<p>AM17: last time I checked the collegeboard site, about 1/3 of the provided links were dead (and some of the information provided was out of date). It’s possible that they have updated them by now, but if they did not - here we have the up-to-date list. :)</p>

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<p>Vassar</p>

<p><a href=“Dean of First-Year Students – Vassar College”>Dean of First-Year Students – Vassar College;

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<p>University of Rochester:
<a href=“http://www.rochester.edu/College/CCAS/AP.html[/url]”>http://www.rochester.edu/College/CCAS/AP.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Muhlenberg College:
<a href=“http://www.muhlenberg.edu/admissions/faq.html[/url]”>http://www.muhlenberg.edu/admissions/faq.html&lt;/a&gt; (q. 15)</p>

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<p>The centralized University of California page:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/freshman/advising/credit/aptest.html[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/freshman/advising/credit/aptest.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>And the Berkeley specific page that has a College breakdown. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/freshman/advising/credit/berkeley.html[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/freshman/advising/credit/berkeley.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Perhaps we could get this stickied as it grows?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.dartmouth.edu/~frstyear/work/policies/apexams.html[/url]”>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~frstyear/work/policies/apexams.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;