Advanced Placement
College Board Advanced Placement Examinations
MIT grants credit for a score of 5 on some College Board Advanced Placement (AP) exams. It does not grant credit for secondary school courses teaching AP curricula, or partial credit for lower scores. If you take an AP exam more than once, only your higher score will be counted. Credit is automatically recorded when scores are received from the College Board. See Reporting Your Scores below.
These policies are specific to the Class of 2027 and are subject to change for subsequent entering classes.
Biology
No credit is given for the AP Biology exam.
Chemistry
No credit is given for the AP Chemistry exam.
Computer Science
No credit is given for the Computer Science AP exams.
Mathematics
A score of 5 on the Calculus BC exam will grant you credit for 18.01.
A score of 5 on the Calculus AB exam allows you to enroll in the accelerated Calculus sequence of 18.01A/18.02A.
Physics
A score of 5 on both Physics C exams—Mechanics and Electricity & Magnetism—will grant you credit for 8.01. No credit will be given for the Physics 1 and 2 exams.
Other Science Exams
No credit is given for AP Environmental Science or Statistics exams.
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
A score of 5 on all AP exams listed in the College Board’s categories of Arts, English, History & Social Sciences, and World Languages & Cultures earn 9 units each of unrestricted elective credit. A score of 5 on both of the Capstone exams – AP Seminar and AP Research, earns a total of 9 units of unrestricted elective credit. No credit is given for AP Environmental Science or Statistics exams.
Advanced Placement credit cannot be used to satisfy any part of the HASS Requirement.
Communication Requirement
In addition to earning 9 units of unrestricted elective credit, a score of 5 on either the English Language and Composition or English Literature and Composition exam places you in the “CI-H/CI-HW Required” category without taking the First Year Essay Evaluation (FEE).
You are still required to take a Communication-Intensive subject (CI-HW or CI-H) your first year as part of the Communication Requirement. Students with scores lower than 5 on either exam should take the FEE or plan to complete a CI-HW subject.
Reporting Your Scores
The College Board reports scores electronically to MIT. You may designate MIT as a recipient (code 3514) when you register for your AP exams, or order a report later from the College Board. MIT will not accept scores from paper reports sent to you, or from your high school. Please submit all AP scores by July 21, 2023.
Any AP scores received by MIT, along with credit they earn, will appear in your Online Advising Folder, which becomes available in mid-August.
For More Information
Address questions not answered here regarding MIT’s policies and procedures on credit for Advanced Placement scores to ap@mit.edu.
For information about the use of AP and other exam scores in Admissions decisions, please visit http://www.mitadmissions.org/. We cannot answer questions about qualifications for admission to MIT.