Advanced Placement (AP)
Your admission is based on your secondary school curriculum. We’ll accept AP courses taken at your high school to calculate your admissions average. However, we cannot admit you based on your AP exams only.
Check out your country or curriculum in our admission requirements to find what you’ll need to get into Western.
Transfer Credit
Achieved at least a 4 on your AP exams? First of all, great job! Secondly, you may be able to receive transfer credit. These are credits that could count towards your degree at Western.
You can transfer a maximum of two (2.0) full credits. These credits need to be approved by the appropriate faculty at Western.
To consider you for transfer credit, we need the College Board to send your results directly to us as soon as they are available. Be sure to leave the ‘department code’ section blank to make sure the Undergraduate Admissions Office receives your grade report. Western's Institution Code is 0984.
There are lots of options, but they don't work for everyone. So, you should discuss what’s best for you with an advisor at Western Launch: 1-1 Course Advising.
Ask your advisor:
- Can I fast-track to second year courses or take an extra elective?
- Would using a transfer credit ease my workload?
- How can transfer credits affect my application to professional or graduate programs?
- Can a transfer credit fulfill breadth requirements?
- Could I graduate sooner?
Here’s a list to give you an idea of how your credits could transfer:
| Eligible for Transfer Credit | Equivalent at Western | Credit Weight |
| AP Art History | Visual Art History 1040 | 1.0 |
| AP Biology | Biology 1001A and 1002B | 1.0 (0.5 each) |
| AP Calculus AB | Calculus 1000A/B | 0.5 |
| AP Calculus BC | Calculus 1000A/B and 1501A/B | 1.0 (0.5 each) |
| AP Chemistry | Chemistry 1301A and 1302B | 1.0 (0.5 each) |
| AP Chinese Language & Culture | Chinese 2100 TRN* | 1.0 |
| AP Computer Science A | Computer Science 1026A/B | 0.5 |
| AP Computer Science AB | Computer Science 1026A/B and 1027A/B | 1.0 (0.5 each) |
| AP Economics | Not eligible | |
| AP English Language & Composition | Not eligible | |
| AP English Literature & Composition | English 1020E | 1.0 |
| AP Environmental Science | Environmental Science 1021G | 0.5 |
| AP French Language & Culture | French 1910 | 1.0 |
| AP French Literature | French 1900E | 1.0 |
| AP German Language & Culture | German 2200 TRN* | 1.0 |
| AP Government & Politics | Not eligible | |
| AP History | History 1020 TRN* | 1.0 |
| AP Human Geography | Geography 1400F | 0.5 |
| AP Italian Language & Culture | Italian 2200 TRN* | 1.0 |
| AP Japanese Language & Culture | Japanese 2200 TRN* | 1.0 |
| AP Languages | Language 0002 TRN* | 1.0 |
| AP Latin (Literature or Vergil) | Latin 1020 TRN* | 1.0 |
| AP Music Theory | Music 1122A/B | 0.5 |
| AP Physics C (Electricity & Magnetism) | Physics 1502A/B | 0.5 |
| AP Physics C (Mechanics) | Physics 1501A/B | 0.5 |
| AP Physics 1 | Physics 1101A (previously 1028A) | 0.5 |
| AP Physics 2 | Physics 1102B (previously 1029B) | 0.5 |
| AP Precalculus | Not eligible | |
| AP Psychology | Psychology 1002A and 1003B | 1.0 (0.5 each) |
| AP Spanish Language & Culture | Spanish 2200 TRN* | 1.0 |
| AP Statistics | Statistics 1024A/B | 0.5 |
| AP Studio Art 2D or 3D Design | Visual Arts Studio 2100A/B | 0.5 |
| AP Studio Art Drawing | Visual Arts Studio 2104A | 0.5 |
TRN = The AP course is not directly equivalent to a course at Western, but we will award generic transfer credit you may still use towards your degree.