College Credits Earned Prior to Graduation from High School

Advanced Standing

A maximum of 32 credits may be counted toward the 128 required for a Bachelor’s degree for credits resulting from satisfactory Advanced Placement Examinations, International Baccalaureate scores, British A-Level Exams, or college-level courses including those completed as part of a combined degree program leading to a High School diploma and an Associate degree.

Advanced Placement Credit (AP) 

  • Credit will be granted only for scores of 4 or 5 on Advanced Placement exams. On the Calculus BC exam a student who scores a 3 will receive 4 Drew credits. Further details of how AP credits are assigned are available online.

  • Students need to have an official copy of their AP scores sent to the Registrar’s Office in order to have them transferred to Drew for credit. A student can contact the College Board to request that the scores be sent.

International Baccalaureate Courses

  • International Baccalaureate courses (IB) are reviewed on an individual course by course basis and are awarded according to the guidelines below up to a max of 32 credits.

    • Higher Level IB courses (HL) – Students with a score of 5 or above will be awarded 8 Drew credits up to a maximum of 32 credits.

    • Standard Level IB courses (SL) – Students with a score of 5 or above will be awarded 4 Drew credits up to a maximum of 32 credits.

Visit our website for more information on International Baccalaureate Diploma and Courses.

A-level exams

  • Students who earned a grade of A*, A, or B on a British Advanced Level (A-Level) exam will be granted 4 Drew credits, up to a maximum of 32 credits.

  • Students who earned a grade of a C on a British Advanced Level exam in 2010 or before will be granted 4 Drew credits, grades of C thereafter will not earn Drew credit.

  • Credit is awarded for successful scores on A-Level examinations only, not on O-Levels (ordinary level) or AS-level (Advanced Subsidiary) examinations.

  • No credit may be granted for English language examinations or the general paper.

  • Drew departments have the discretion to grant up to 8 credits per appropriate A-level score in cases where the content coverage of the A-level exam so warrants.

College Level Examination Program (CLEP)

  • Drew University grants credit and exemption for all CLEP subject area exams and the mathematics general exam. No other general exams are accepted.

  • Students must earn a minimum score of 65 and above and take the exam(s) prior to matriculation to Drew. 

  • Official scores must be submitted to Drew and will be reviewed by the subject area department for articulation and credit.

College-level courses taken prior to graduation from high school

  • In order to receive credit for college-level courses taken prior to graduation from high school, students must complete the Request for College Credit Form and submit it to the Registrar’s office for a review of your credits. The form may be found online and must be approved in order for the student to receive credit.

  • Note that in order to receive credit for college-level courses taken prior to graduation from high school, the course must be listed on an official transcript from an institution that has been accredited by a body duly recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

  • The course must be comparable to those listed in the current Drew University College of Liberal Arts catalog.

  • A grade of C- or better must have been earned in the course.