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Advanced Placement (AP)
You may earn college credit in one or more subjects through the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Program. Johns Hopkins grants academic credits as listed below.

AP Exam Score Credits Awarded
Biology 4 or 5 8
Calculus AB 4 or 5 4
Calculus BC 3 4
Calculus BC 4 or 5 8
Chemistry 4 or 5 8
Computer Science A 5 3
Computer Science AB 4 or 5 3
Environmental Science 4 or 5 4
French Language 4 or 5 6
German Language 4 or 5 6
Macroeconomics* 4 or 5 3
Microeconomics* 4 or 5 3
Physics C (Mech) 4 or 5 4
Physics C (E&M) 4 or 5 4
Spanish Language 4 or 5 6
Statistics 4 or 5 4

*Students majoring or minoring in economics must take one additional economics course for each course awarded through AP credit. Credit for AP Microeconomics is granted only if the student passes a departmental exam.

No credit is awarded for the following AP examinations: Art History, Chinese Language, English Composition and Literature, English Language and Composition, European History, French Literature, German Literature, Government and Politics (U.S. or Comparative), Latin: Literature, Latin: Vergil, Physics B, Spanish Literature, English Language and Composition, Psychology, or U.S. History.

International Baccalaureate
You may receive college credit for higher level International Baccalaureate (IB) courses in the following subjects:

IB Exam Score Credits Awarded
Biology 6 or 7 8
Chemistry 6 or 7 8
Computer Science 6 or 7 3
Economics 4 or 5 3
French
(B level only)
6 or 7 6
German
(B level only)
6 or 7 6
Mathematics with Further Math 6 or 7 4
Physics 6 4
Physics 7 8
Spanish
(B level only)
6 or 7 6

UK-based Curricula
Credit is awarded for grades of A or B on the British and Singapore General Certificate of Education A-level courses in the same subject areas included on the AP exams and IB courses listed above. International curriculum students interested in receiving credit for other advanced-level studies may have their work evaluated by the appropriate academic departments.

Johns Hopkins University will consider applications from students with Cambridge Pre-U examination results according to their merits, as is the case with A Level applicants. All candidates must submit complete applications to be considered for admission to Johns Hopkins. Johns Hopkins is in the process of reviewing what academic credit might be awarded for Pre-U grades.

Additional Notes
Students interested in attending health professions schools, including medical school, should visit the AP Guidelines page on the Office of Pre-Professional Programs & Advising's Web site.

In addition to allowable credits from AP or IB higher-level exams, entering freshmen may transfer up to 12 credits from course work taken at other colleges that meets the criteria of the academic advising offices. If a student enters the university with AP or IB credits for a specific course and then takes an equivalent course offered by the university, his or her AP or IB credits are disallowed.


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Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Mason Hall
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218

Phone: 410-516-8171
Fax: 410-516-6025
Email: gotojhu@jhu.edu