The Brooks School Registrar’s Office will automatically post receive AP scores by the end of August, the year a student matriculates. Please check the Transfer Credit Report on Student Center to confirm your credit has been posted.  If you send your AP scores after August of your first year, email BrooksRegistrar@cornell.edu to retrieve the scores.

IB credit must be manually retrieved before it can be posted. Email BrooksRegistrar@cornell.edu to notify the registrar you have sent your IB scores to Cornell.

We do not allow repeated credit of the overlapping content to apply towards the degree more than once. If you take the equivalent or overlapping course at Cornell, you forfeit your AP or IB credit (example: you have AP Psychology score of 5 and you take PSYCH 1101, you will forfeit your AP Psychology credit).

Starting with students who matriculated in fall 2025 or who switched to the 2025-2026 curriculum year, the Brooks School will follow the new university transfer credit policy, which allows students to transfer up to 60 credits total.

Students on the 2024-2025 curriculum year or prior are limited to transferring 15 credits from AP/pre-college and In Absentia combined. In Absentia credit comes from credit taken at another institution after you’ve matriculated to Cornell. Once the 15 credit AP/In Absentia limit has been reached, AP exams may be used as prerequisites for higher level courses or to fulfill requirements, although the credits will not count toward graduation. For those with more than 15 credits of AP coursework, you will need to inform the Registrar’s Office which credits you wish to accept.

Generally it is encouraged to take all pre-health preparatory courses at Cornell. Pre-med/health students are encouraged to speak with a pre-health advisor before using an AP or IB course for any pre-health coursework.

Credit is not accepted for AP or IB statistics. Statistics is a critical skill set for studying public policy. Therefore, all Brooks School majors must take PUBPOL 2101 at Cornell.

Cornell University does not accept credit for dual enrollment courses sponsored by colleges but taught in high school to high school students, even if the college provides a transcript of such work. If the course did not apply towards your high school degree, was open to all students at the college/university, the course may be eligible to transfer. Please complete the high school and college transfer forms on the forms and petitions page for each course.

No, Cornell only accepts Higher Level (HL) IB exams. More information can be found in the Course Catalog.