Registrar
Academic Policies
AP/IB Credit
Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate Credit
Honors courses and other accelerated study in high school are excellent preparation for Vanderbilt. The well-established advanced-placement policy endeavors to recognize exceptional high school preparation, to avoid requiring freshmen to take courses clearly mastered in high school, and to encourage students to begin their college learning experience at the level most appropriate to their preparation. Advanced placement may be decided on the basis of good performance on the College Board Advanced Placement Examinations, on the College Board SAT II Subject Tests, on International Baccalaureate tests, or, in some cases, on placement tests given by Vanderbilt.
Please refer to the Academic External section of your record in AAI for a summary of your advanced credit. Should your scores not be correctly listed there, please bring a copy of the scores to 311 Kirkland Hall. Please direct any questions about Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate credit to Molly Thompson in the Office of Records and Institutional Research.
Advanced Placement
Information about Advanced Placement Examination grades accepted for advanced placement with credit by the various departments at Vanderbilt are listed at the Admission's Office website.
The amount of credit that may be awarded corresponds to the amount of course work waived, up to a maximum of 8 hours in any one field. Advanced Placement credit does not affect the Vanderbilt grade point average.
International Baccalaureate
International Baccalaureate test scores accepted for advanced credit by the various departments at Vanderbilt are listed at the Admission's Office website. Students who have taken tests in other areas may submit their scores to the Dean’s Office for evaluation by the appropriate departments. The amount of credit that may be awarded is subject to the same limitations as credit for Advanced Placement.
