Credit towards graduation is granted for Advanced Placement exams only if a student activates Advanced Standing. Incoming students who have taken AP exams need a total of 32 credits to be eligible for Advanced Standing. Credits are earned by scoring 5 on a minimum of four AP exams. Harvard confers 4 or 8 credits for each eligible AP exam depending on whether the exam covers one semester or one full year's worth of material.
The chart below outlines the credits for eligible exams.
| EXAM | AP SCORE | HARVARD CREDIT |
|---|---|---|
| ARTS | ||
| AP Art History | 5 | 8 |
| AP Music Theory | 5 | 0 |
| AP Studio Art: 2-D Design | 5 | 0 |
| AP Studio Art: 3-D Design | 5 | 0 |
| AP Studio Art: Drawing | 5 | 0 |
| ENGLISH* | ||
| AP English Language and Composition | 5 | 4 |
| AP English Literature and Composition | 5 | 8 |
| HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE | ||
| AP Comparative Government and Politics | 5 | 0 |
| AP European History | 5 | 8 |
| AP Human Geography | 5 | 0 |
| AP Macroeconomics | 5 | 4 |
| AP Microeconomics | 5 | 4 |
| AP Psychology | 5 | 4 |
| AP United States Government and Politics | 5 | 0 |
| AP United States History | 5 | 8 |
| AP World History | 5 | 0 |
| MATH AND COMPUTER SCIENCE | ||
| AP Calculus AB* | 5 | 4 |
| AP Calculus BC* | 5 | 8 |
| AP Computer Science A | 5 | 0 |
| AP Computer Science Principles | 5 | 0 |
| AP Statistics | 5 | 4 |
| SCIENCES | ||
| AP Biology | 5 | 8 |
| AP Chemistry | 5 | 8 |
| AP Environmental Science | 5 | 0 |
| AP Physics B* | 5 | 8 |
| AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism* | 5 | 4 |
| AP Physics C: Mechanics* | 5 | 4 |
| AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based | 5 | 0 |
| AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based | 5 | 0 |
| WORLD LANGUAGES AND CULTURES | ||
| AP Chinese Language and Culture | 5 | 8 |
| AP French Language and Culture | 5 | 8 |
| AP German Language and Culture | 5 | 8 |
| AP Italian Language and Culture | 5 | 8 |
| AP Japanese Language and Culture | 5 | 8 |
| AP Latin | 5 | 4 |
| AP Spanish Language and Culture* | 5 | 8 |
| AP Spanish Literature and Culture* | 5 | 8 |
* Students may earn a maximum of 8 credits in each of English, Calculus, Physics, or Spanish.