Pre-College Credit
    
A maximum of four course credits may be achieved through AP, IB, and joint enrollment courses (or any other college courses taken prior to entering college, including in the summer after high school graduation). No more than 2 of the 4 credits may be counted from joint enrollment. If you qualify for more than four such credits, you will have the opportunity to select from among your choices and, if need be, to change that selection later in your career at Davidson.
    
Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate

Davidson awards college course credit for numerous courses taught within the AP and IB programs. A score of 4 or 5 on an AP exam (3, in Calculus; 5, in History), or a score of 6 or 7 on an IB exam is required for credit at Davidson. In many cases, the credit transfers with the same name and number as a Davidson course and thus serves as a prerequisite to other courses. In those cases and others, the credit counts toward graduation and, when appropriate, as a core requirement.

See AP and IB transfer equivalents.
 
Joint enrollment courses (College courses taken while in high school)

Courses completed for credit in joint enrollment programs (high school/college) may be transferred if the courses are consistent with the academic objectives of Davidson College, if the grades earned in the courses are at least C-, and if the courses in question are not used to meet the requirements for graduation from high school or admission to Davidson College.
Transfer evaluation of courses taken prior to graduation from high school requires three items of documentation.  Item 2 below is crucial; we do not transfer as college credits courses offered at the high school or in summer programs (even Davidson's own "July Experience") offered principally to high school students.

1. An official transcript from the college or university attended (not just the high school transcript);
2. An official letter from the college or university confirming that the courses were:
        a. Taught on its campus;
        b. Taught by a regular member of its faculty;
        c. Taken in competition with degree candidates of that institution, who constitute a majority in those courses; and
        d. A regular part of the curriculum of the institution; and
3. An official letter from the high school principal or guidance counselor confirming that the courses were not used to satisfy high school graduation requirements.

NOTE: It is the student's responsibility to have  the above documents sent to the Davidson College Registrar's Office (Box 7154, Davidson, NC 28035-7154).  The transcript alone is NOT adequate.