College Board Advanced Placement Credit
For most secondary school subjects that closely parallel the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) guidelines, the only
method for generating credit at MIT is through the regular College Board Advanced Placement examinations. If you wish to
receive this type of credit, you should take those AP exams for which you are prepared. Click below for specific
information on receiving credit in the following areas:
Only one exam in a given area will be recognized. MIT does not offer partial credit. For scores lower than 5 (or 4 for
the BC Calculus examination), credit will not be awarded.
Biology
No credit is given for the College Board AP Biology exam. To receive credit for 12 units of Introductory Biology
(7.012, 7.013, 7.014, or 7.015) without enrolling in the subject, you must pass the Biology
Advanced Standing Examination administered during Orientation.
Chemistry
No credit is given for the College Board AP Chemistry exam. To receive credit for 12 units of 5.111, Principles of
Chemical Science, without enrolling in the subject, you must pass the
Advanced Placement (Advanced Standing)
exam administered during Orientation.
Computer Science
No credit is given for either the Computer Science A or the Computer Science AB exam.
Mathematics
For a score of 4 or 5 on the BC Calculus examination, credit is given for 12 units of 18.01, Calculus I. For scores lower
than 4, no credit is given.
If you earn 18.01 credit and then take 18.01A (a variation of 18.01) for review purposes, the 12 units of credit
initially given for 18.01 will convert to 3 units of general elective credit. You will also receive 12 units of credit
for a passing grade in 18.01A.
If you take 18.014 (calculus with theory), your 18.01 credit will convert to 9 units of general elective credit, and 12
units of credit is given for passing 18.014.
Although no credit is given for the Calculus AB exam, a score of 4 or 5 places you into the accelerated Calculus sequence
18.01A/18.02A. A score of 4 or 5 on the AB portion of the BC Calculus exam offers the same placement as the regular
Calculus AB exam.
Physics
For a score of 5 on both parts of the Physics C exam, credit will be given for 12 units of 8.01, Physics
I, and you may enroll in subject 8.02 or 8.022 (Physics II). No credit is given for the Physics B exam. For scores lower
than 5, no credit is awarded.
If you earn 8.01 credit and then enroll in 8.012 (the advanced version of 8.01), the 12 units of credit initially given
for 8.01 will convert to 6 units of general elective credit. You will also receive 12 units of credit for a passing grade
in 8.012.
Communication Requirement
A score of 5 on either the English Language and Composition or English Literature and Composition exam is equivalent to
passing the Freshman Essay Evaluation (FEE). If you pass the FEE, you are still
required to take a Communication-Intensive subject (CI-HW or CI-H) your first year as part of the Communication
Requirement. You do, however, have a wider range of Communication-Intensive subjects to choose from than students who do
not demonstrate competency in the FEE. Scores lower than 5 on either exam are
not equivalent to passing the FEE.
Humanities Arts, and Social Sciences
Advanced Placement credit cannot be used to satisfy any part of the HASS Requirement. If you receive a score of 5 on the
College Board Advanced Placement exams listed below, you will receive 9 general elective units for each exam, applicable
as unrestricted electives only. For example, a score of 5 on the AP Spanish Language exam and a score of 5 on the AP U.S.
History exam would earn 18 total units of general elective credit.
For scores lower than 5, no credit is awarded.
- Art History
- Chinese Language/Culture
- Economics—Macro
- Economics—Micro
- English Language
- English Literature
- European History
- French Language
- French Literature
- German Language
- Government & Politics—US
- Government & Politics—Comparative
- Human Geography
- Italian Language and Literature
- Japanese Language/Culture
- Latin Literature
- Latin Vergil
- Music Theory
- Psychology
- Spanish Language
- Spanish Literature
- Studio Art—2D Design
- Studio Art—3D Design
- Studio Art—Drawing
- US History
- World History
Note that no credit is given for the AP Statistics exam.
See the HASS page of this site for details on first-year HASS subject offerings.
Any questions regarding MIT’s policies and procedures for Advanced Placement credit can be directed to AP staff in
the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming, 617-253-6771,
ap@mit.edu.
For information on having your AP exam scores transferred to MIT, contact the College Board. Online information can be
found at http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/exgrd_rep.html.
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