Earn College Credit While You're Still in High School!
UK encourages you to pursue the highest level of scholastic course work available through your high school. As a high school student, you can earn college-level credit through the College Board’s Advanced Placement Program, and through the International Baccalaureate Program, offered at high schools throughout the world.
Earning college credit while you’re still in high school not only helps prepare you for the more rigorous discipline of college work; it can also give you an edge in the college admissions process!
Advanced Placement (AP) Program
The University of Kentucky recognizes examinations of the College Board Advanced Placement Program offered by high schools throughout the nation. Currently, UK ranks among the top 100 schools in the U.S. for receipt of AP test score results. A high school senior who wishes to have AP scores evaluated for academic credit or placement should have the results sent to the Office of Undergraduate Admission and University Registrar. UK's code is 1837.
Students who receive Advanced Placement credit for a course may apply this credit the same way credit earned by passing a course is applied. UK does not recognize College Board SAT II Subject Tests for placement or credit purposes.
Academic departments have designated the current policy for students who score 3 or higher on the Advanced Placement examinations.
For more information on UK's Advanced Placement policy, contact:
Office of Undergraduate Admission and University Registrar
100 W. D. Funkhouser Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0054
(859) 257-2000
For more information, see the College Board's Advanced Placement site.
International Baccalaureate (IB) Program
The University of Kentucky recognizes course credit earned through the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program offered by high schools throughout the world.
Generally, course credit is awarded for scores of 5, 6, or 7 on either the Standard Level exam or the Higher Level exam. Please refer to the chart on page 55 for the actual course credit policy in each subject.
Any student desiring credit must request an IB transcript to be sent to the University. Course credit awarded through the IB program will apply toward degree requirements just as if the course had been taken on campus, except that there will not be a specific letter grade associated with the course. Instead, a designation of CR – credit – will be awarded and the grade-point average will not be affected.
In some cases, as noted on this chart, additional curriculum information must be supplied by the student’s high school before credit will be awarded.
For more information, see the International Baccalaureate Program site.