Does Boston College award credit for Advanced Placement (AP) courses or for college courses that I took while in high school?
Generally speaking, at Boston College, Advanced Placement exams and college courses taken on a college campus during high school are used to fulfill University Core requirements and do not earn actual course credit. With an AP exam score of 4 or 5 or a college course grade of B or better, students receive “University Core equivalencies” and are exempt from the Boston College Core requirement in that academic area. Students must still take 38 courses as an undergraduate. Students who have taken multiple AP examinations and have earned the equivalent of 8 or more Boston College courses may apply for advanced standing. If advanced standing is granted, credit for these courses would be applied to the student’s transcript, accelerating his/her date of graduation by one year. Students who accept this option must graduate in three years. Advanced-standing decisions will be made after completion the student’s first semester at Boston College.
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