Which colleges assign an A grade for a 5 score?

<p>Particularly UPenn, Duke, Cornell, WashU, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Carnegie Mellon.</p>

<p>Anybody have an answer to this question? This is important in helping me decide which AP tests to take this May. I plan on calling a couple of them tomorrow, but if anybody already knows, a reply would be appreciated. Thanks.</p>

<p>It was my impression that testing out of subjects with AP scores doesn’t go into your gpa. I might be wrong, but I’m pretty sure AP scores let you place out of a class, so you don’t have to take it, but give you gradeless credits.</p>

<p>No, there are some colleges where a 5 counts as an A. I just searched for this information for 7 colleges, but none of them are on the list above. BTW, my search was just via google:
college name AP courses, I believe. I was able to locate the correct web pages very quickly.</p>

<p>Rhapsody is right. AP, IB, CLEP, and transfer credits will give you credit for specific courses in the university curriculum. There is no grade associated with these courses, so although they count towad your degree, in your major or electives, they are not part of your GPA. Some schools may grant a full year of credit (or 2 courses) for an AP score of 5 in some subjects. Each school will hove this information posted in their most recent academic catalog, usually found on their webpage.</p>

<p>Thank you all for your prompt replies.</p>

<p>My original thought was the same as Rhapsody in Green and mominva, that you get credit for a class, you can take a more advanced class, and nothing happens GPA-wise.</p>

<p>I asked the original question because of this line I saw on the Advanced Placement wikipedia page.
I quote: “These scorings are used by some colleges to exempt students from introductory coursework if they demonstrate mastery through an AP test. Each college’s policy is different (see link below), but most accept scores of 4 or 5, and some accept scores of 3. Some colleges and universities will even assign an A grade for a 5 score.”</p>

<p>I’ll try and get some answers tomorrow because I did the google search momfromme recommended and I couldn’t find a black and white answer like “If you get a 5 on the AP ___ exam, you will get an “A” for the course”. Either the pages I found weren’t straightforward enough or my skull is too thick.</p>

<p>This is really interesting… I never thought AP scores can ever go into your university GPA…</p>

<p>For an example, see this page from Macalester <a href=“http://www.macalester.edu/registrar/infoAP.pdf[/url]”>http://www.macalester.edu/registrar/infoAP.pdf&lt;/a&gt; where some AP 5s are converted into As for particular courses.</p>

<p>My google search to get this was “macalester college ap courses” and I used this sort of search to find the pages for most of the other 6 colleges I searched earlier today.</p>

<p>It depends on the school. Kansas State (where my daughter will be matriculating this fall) does assign grades for certain AP test scores, depending upon the subject and exam score achieved. Note, however, that this sort of policy can work against you because a lower score on some exams will get you a B/3.0 factored into your GPA. In my daughter’s case, it worked out well because her AP test scores all translated into A’s, so she will be starting her first semester in the fall with a 4.0. <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>gbesq, Say your daughter got a 4 on some AP exam could she say she didn’t want credit or the grade (3.0) for that subject? or is it like if you get the A from the 5 score you got, you have to take the B from the 4 also (all or nothing)?</p>

<p>dlimhs,</p>

<p>That’s a good question, but I’m not sure of the answer. In D’s case, she didn’t need to “decline” any AP credit because all her AP scores were sufficiently high to translate into As at K-State. My guess is that you could probably turn it down if you wanted to.</p>

<p>dlimhs - I’m sure that your skull is not thick at all!! Some colleges are awfully vague or will require some more searching. I’ve yet to figure out one college’s policy because it includes the statement that it’s up to the department but they don’t then give a chart showing what the department decided. Perhaps I will be able to find it on the departmental web sites, but this will take still more time and, given that dd knows the policies from the other schools, this task can be put off until she finds out if she gets admitted there.</p>

<p>UT USED to do that; not anymore.</p>

<p>oh snap…I forgot to call my colleges. Maybe my skull isn’t thick, just permeating. I have a feeling, though, most of the top colleges don’t give grades for 5s. Anyhow, for me the question doesn’t matter much because I turned in my AP order form in just today to my counselor.</p>

<p>Not only does the policy differ from college to college, but it will also differ from department to department. If a department changes department chair or dean, the policy may change.</p>