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Admission Requirements

Your admission will be based on your current secondary school curriculum. Please revisit our Admission Requirements page and select your secondary school applicant type.

Transfer Credit Eligibility

If you are registered in Advanced Placement (AP) courses, and if you achieve a 4 out of 5 on your final AP exams, you may be considered for transfer credit to a maximum of two full credits as approved by the appropriate faculty. To be considered for transfer credit, you must have the College Board send your results directly to Western as soon as they are available.

Western's Institution Code is 0984.

Note: Exact course equivalencies are currently under review.

ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSFER CREDIT	NOT ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSFER CREDIT
AP Art History = Visual Art History 1040	AP Economics
AP Biology = Biology 1001a and 1002b	AP English Language and Composition
AP Calculus AB = Calculus 1000a/b	AP Government & Politics
AP Calculus BC = Calculus 1000a/b & 1501 a/b	AP History
AP Chemistry = Chemistry 1100a and 1200b	AP Human Geography
AP Computer Science A = Computer Science 1026a/b	AP Music Theory
AP Computer Science AB = Computer Science 1026a + 1027b
AP English Literature & Composition = English 1020 TRN
AP Environmental Science = Environmental Science 1021g
AP French Language = French 1900e
AP French Literature = French 1900e or 1910
AP Languages = (Language) 0002 TRN*
AP Latin (Literature or Vergil) = Latin 1020 TRN *
AP Physics C (Electricity & Magnetism) + Physics C (Mechanics) = Physics 1501a and 1502b
AP Physics B = Physics 1028a + Physics 1029b
AP Psychology = Psychology 1000
AP Spanish Language = Spanish 2200
AP Spanish Literature = Spanish 1020 TRN*
AP Statistics = Statistics 1024A
AP Studio Art 2D or 3D Design = Visual Arts Studio 2100a/b
AP Studio Art Drawing = Visual Arts Studio 2104a