Dartmouth College AP credit

What each AP score earns at Dartmouth College: 16 exams, credit shown in credits. Always confirm with the school before you plan your schedule.

Rules that apply to every exam

Guidelines on this page are effective March 27, 2026.
See Types of Credit at Dartmouth for more information about how Dartmouth grants credit on entrance for AP and IB examinations, as well as offers exemptions and placement.
Scores that earn no credit, exemption, or placement are not listed.

AP exam	Score	Credit	Courses
AP Calculus AB	4+	—	Math 3Placement into Math 8. Also applies to AB subscore from Calculus BC.
AP Calculus BC	4+	—	Math 3, Math 8Placement into Math 9 or 11.
AP Chemistry	4+	—	Chemistry 5Placement into Chemistry 11.
AP Computer Science A	4+	—	Computer Science 1Placement into Computer Science 10, 30.
AP Environmental Science	4+	—	Environmental Studies 2
AP French Language and Culture	5	—	—Exemption from French 3.
	4	—	—Exemption from French 2. Placement into French 3.
AP German Language and Culture	5	—	—Exemption from German 1, German 2, German 3. Placement into German 10, German 10.01, German 10.02, German 10.03, German 10.06.
	4	—	—Exemption from German 1, German 2. Placement into German 3.
AP Human Geography	5	—	Geography 02.01
	4	—	—Exemption from Geography 02.01.
AP Italian Language and Culture	5	—	—Exemption from Italian 3.
	4	—	—Exemption from Italian 2.
AP Latin	4+	—	—Exemption from Latin 3. Placement into Latin 10.
AP Microeconomics	5	—	Economics 1Placement into intermediate or advanced course.
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism	4+	—	Physics 4
AP Physics C: Mechanics	4+	—	Physics 3
AP Spanish Language and Culture	4+	—	—Exemption from Spanish 3.
AP Spanish Literature and Culture	5	—	Spanish 9Exemption from Spanish 3. Credit on entrance for Spanish 9.
	4	—	—Exemption from Spanish 3.
AP Statistics	4+	—	Math 10