Advanced Placement (AP)

Advanced Placement exams are taken after students complete the corresponding AP course in high school. Credit toward an Eastern Florida degree is offered to those high school students who earn AP test scores of three (3) or higher. The amount of credit awarded depends on the score received as indicated on the chart below.

Visit the College Board website for more information about AP, including descriptions of courses and sample questions.

 Earning AP Credit

• Scores must be submitted on an official score report or transcript from the organization administering the examination, in this case the College Board. See details on sending documents to EFSC.
• A maximum of 45 semester hours of combined credit from accelerated mechanisms and/or prior learning assessments can be applied toward a degree.
• Duplicate credit cannot be awarded, i.e. if student has already received a grade of “C” or higher for a course, student will not be awarded credit for the course again.
• Courses may be used for grade forgiveness purposes if student did not previously pass the course.
• The grade of “S” is given for each course and will not calculate into student’s GPA.
• Students must be aware of initial testing and retake policies for each exam. Some exams require students to wait a specific amount of time before they can retake the exam.
• For graduation purposes, exams must be taken and successfully passed prior to the last date of the month in which graduation is sought.
• Students will not be assessed any tuition or fees for credits awarded. Students are responsible for costs associated with taking the exam and any documentation needed.

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