Cornell's Policy for AP Credit

<p>My AP Biology teacher recently told my class that if a college chooses to grant credit for an AP class, the college may convert the AP exam score into a letter grade that will be placed on the college transcript. I had never heard of this before, and so I'm wondering if any current Cornell students know if this is the policy at Cornell. I'm curious because if Cornell does something like convert an AP exam score of 4 into a B, I'd probably choose not to use the AP credit and rather to retake the course in college and hopefully earn an A.</p>

<p>Cornell will list your AP scores on the transcript but they are not factored into your Cornell GPA. Honestly, though, it's a lot harder to get an A in a Cornell intro class than to just get a 5 on the AP test.</p>

<p>Be aware that in Arts and Sciences, you can't use a Bio AP score for credit UNLESS you are a Biology major. Likewise, you can only use your History AP credit IF you are a history major. Etc. Point is: you can't use AP credit for distribution requirements- only to place out of courses IN your major.</p>

<p>(This is really, really stupid and a point of great annoyance for many A&S students).</p>

<p>You can use them towards the 120 credits you need to graduate. It's not a huge advantage but it's something.</p>