Students will receive exemptions and/or credit for successful completion of the following:

Advanced Placement (AP) tests:
For the exam score of 4 or higher, SVA will award transfer credits for AP Art and selected Art History and Humanities & Sciences courses.
SVA awards 3 credits per qualifying AP subject.
A complete list of qualifying AP exams can be found on the Collegeboard website.
Neither credits nor exemptions are given for the English Language AP examination.
A maximum of 12 credits can be awarded for Humanities & Sciences coursework.
Studio elective credits can be awarded in conjunction with Humanities & Sciences credits.
Students who complete an AP test and wish to have it evaluated for possible transfer credit must submit their score(s) before the start of the academic term, August 15th for Fall entry and December 15th for Spring entry.
To be evaluated for credits, please send AP scores via the CollegeBoard digital platform.

For the score of 5, 6 or 7 on the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma, higher-level (HL) examinations, SVA may award 3 credits per IB subject up to 12 credits, which may count towards the Humanities Distribution Requirement. Exemptions from humanities requirements may also be granted for certain subjects provided that the subject area is compatible with SVA’s curriculum.
Minimum score of 60 on College Level Examination Program (CLEP) examinations
For GCE A-Level exams with grades of C or better and CAPE exams with grades of 1, 2 or 3, exemptions and credit may be awarded. Students must have their examination certificates evaluated by an external evaluation agency.

Exam scores may take 2 to 4 weeks to process. Notification of awarded credits will be sent via email. For questions, please contact the Manager of Transfer Admissions, Miranda Levine, at mlevine4@sva.edu.

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