Building an Academic Career:
Requirements, Policies and
Special Opportunities

Enrollment Policies

Advanced Placement

  • An AP score of 5 on the following exams earns the student 6 Earlham elective credits: English, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, any foreign language, History, Music, Physics B in year-long courses.

  • A score of 4 on these exams earns the student 3 elective credits.

  • A score of 4 or 5 on the following exams earns the student 3 Earlham elective credits: Economics–Micro and Macro, Politics–U.S. and Comparative, Physics C, Psychology in semester-long courses.

  • A score of 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus AB exam awards a student 3 elective credits.

  • A score or 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus BC exam awards a student 6 elective credits. A score of 4 or 5 on the "AB Subscore" portion of the Calculus BC exam awards a student 3 elective credits. Please note that if a student earns credits for the BC exam, the AB sub-score credits are not awarded. A maximum of six credits will be awarded for all AP Calculus scores.

  • A score of 4 or 5 on the AP Statistics exam awards a student 3 elective credits.

  • A maximum of 18 credits are awarded.

  • No part of Earlham's General Education requirement may be fulfilled by AP exams.

  • All incoming students with foreign language experience must take the Earlham Language Assessment to be correctly placed in or out of language classes, irrespective of AP credits.