Swarthmore AP Policy

<p>What is its policy? Do they give any credit to AP exams, particularly Literature, Language, and French?</p>

<p>That information is on the registrar's website somewhere...I'd find you the link but the college website seems to be down right now.</p>

<p>I believe, if I recall correctly, that a 4 or 5 (or maybe just a 5...can't remember) for English language or lit will get you a credit (can't remember if you can get two for English or not) and the lit credit can count towards the English major. </p>

<p>In French a 4 or 5 (or maybe just a five...again, can't remember) on language or lit will get you a credit IF you take a one-credit French class at Swat. You can't get credit for both language and lit, only for one of the two.</p>

<p>Here's the official link for AP credit:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/Admin/registrar/page.phtml?sidebar=policies&content=apcredit%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.swarthmore.edu/Admin/registrar/page.phtml?sidebar=policies&content=apcredit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>It's 4 or 5 for French with a one-credit course, from experience. You can check out the rest. :]</p>

<p>Also, AP tests can be used to meet certain distribution requirements (like the language requirement), even if they don't count as a college course for Swarthmore.</p>

<p>They really come into play in placing into various stages of the college calculus sequence.</p>