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Advanced Placement (AP) qualifications, with the following grades:
For courses requiring A*A*A:
Either Four APs at grade 5 (including any subjects required for the course you are applying to)
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Three APs at grade 5 (including any subjects required for the course you are applying to) plus a score of 33 or above in the ACT or 1480 or above (out of 1600) in the SAT. We do not require the optional essay for either the ACT or the SAT.
Please note that Calculus AB and Calculus BC cannot be counted as two separate subjects for the purposes of meeting your offer, whether taken as separate tests or by receiving the AB sub-score when taking Calculus BC.
If you are applying for a course that requires Mathematics you should take Calculus BC if you are able to do so. However, courses will accept Calculus AB if you are unable to take Calculus BC.
AP Pre-Calculus may not be used to fulfil the mathematics requirement for courses specifying this in their offer, but may be used to meet the one of the four (or three) grade 5s required to meet the offer for other courses.
The following combinations of Physics courses can be counted as two separate qualifications for the purposes of meeting your offer:
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Physics C: Mechanics, and Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Physics 1 and Physics 2
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Physics 1 and Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Physics 2 and Physics C: Mechanics
If you are taking both Physics C courses, or both Physics 1 and Physics 2, you will not be able to count any additional Physics courses towards your offer requirements. In addition, only the specified combinations of Physics 1/2 and Physics C are permitted.
For courses requiring A*AA:
Either Four APs at grade 5 (including any subjects required for the course you are applying to)
OR
Three APs at grade 5 (including any subjects required for the course you are applying to) plus a score of 32 or above in the ACT or 1470 or above (out of 1600) in the SAT. We do not require the optional essay for either the ACT or the SAT.
Please note that Calculus AB and Calculus BC cannot be counted as two separate subjects for the purposes of meeting your offer, whether taken as separate tests or by receiving the AB sub-score when taking Calculus BC.
If you are applying for a course that requires Mathematics you should take Calculus BC if you are able to do so. However, courses will accept Calculus AB if you are unable to take Calculus BC.
AP Pre-Calculus may not be used to fulfil the mathematics requirement for courses specifying this in their offer, but may be used to meet the one of the four (or three) grade 5s required to meet the offer for other courses.
The following combinations of Physics courses can be counted as two separate qualifications for the purposes of meeting your offer:
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Physics C: Mechanics, and Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Physics 1 and Physics 2
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Physics 1 and Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Physics 2 and Physics C: Mechanics
If you are taking both Physics C courses, or both Physics 1 and Physics 2, you will not be able to count any additional Physics courses towards your offer requirements. In addition, only the specified combinations of Physics 1/2 and Physics C are permitted.
For courses requiring AAA:
Either Four APs at grade 5 (including any subjects required for the course you are applying to)
OR
Three APs at grade 5 (including any subjects required for the course you are applying to) plus a score of 31 or above in the ACT or 1460 or above (out of 1600) in the SAT. We do not require the optional essay for either the ACT or the SAT.
Please note that Calculus AB and Calculus BC cannot be counted as two separate subjects for the purposes of meeting your offer, whether taken as separate tests or by receiving the AB sub-score when taking Calculus BC.
If you are applying for a course that requires Mathematics you should take Calculus BC if you are able to do so. However, courses will accept Calculus AB if you are unable to take Calculus BC.
AP Pre-Calculus may not be used to fulfil the mathematics requirement for courses specifying this in their offer, but may be used to meet the one of the four (or three) grade 5s required to meet the offer for other courses.
The following combinations of Physics courses can be counted as two separate qualifications for the purposes of meeting your offer:
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Physics C: Mechanics, and Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
-
Physics 1 and Physics 2
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Physics 1 and Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
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Physics 2 and Physics C: Mechanics
If you are taking both Physics C courses, or both Physics 1 and Physics 2, you will not be able to count any additional Physics courses towards your offer requirements. In addition, only the specified combinations of Physics 1/2 and Physics C are permitted.
Superscoring
Please note that to meet the requirements of an offer to the University, your SAT Total Score for the SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing, and SAT Math sections must be from the same session; we will not consider scores from multiple sessions (‘superscoring’). This also applies to scores for the ACT, so we will only consider the ‘Highest Full Battery’ score, and not the ACT Superscore.
Candidates are asked to enter all their scores for any tests taken when they complete their UCAS application, showing the relevant dates for each. This gives tutors a complete picture of a candidate’s academic record, rather than just the ‘superscore’ of best results for the different sections of any test taken on multiple occasions.
Candidates are also asked to include any pending test scores on the UCAS application: that is, details of any test they intend to take up until the end of Senior Year. Again, this is to give tutors a complete picture of the candidates’ academic record, including studies which are still in progress.
AP Capstone Programme
Where applicants have undertaken the additional AP qualifications making up the AP Capstone Diploma (AP Seminar and AP Research) these will not be a condition of any offer. However, the University recognises that they may provide an applicant with the opportunity to develop research and academic skills relevant for higher education. Where relevant, candidates may draw upon relevant subject understanding and interest explored via the AP Capstone Diploma when writing their personal statement.
Score cancellation/withdrawal
We are aware that students taking APs can apply to College Board to have their scores cancelled or withdrawn. However, it is a requirement of the UCAS application process for students to declare all results, including any that have been cancelled or withdrawn, so that tutors are able to consider students’ full educational profile. Failure to declare all qualifications could result in Oxford withdrawing any offer made to you.
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Associate degrees
College Level Examination Programs (CLEPs)
GED (General Education Development)
Dual enrolment