Lawrence grants credit to transfer students as well as incoming first-year students who have successfully completed college-level coursework at an accredited college or university. Students also may receive credit for Advanced Placement tests and the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma or IB tests.
Placement Examinations
If you have completed any exams for college credit (e.g., Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate), please arrange for your test results to be sent to the Admissions office as soon as possible.
Advanced Placement Exams
Lawrence typically awards credit for scores of 4 or 5.
International Baccalaureate
Lawrence awards substantial credit to students who have scored 5 or higher on all exams in the course of achieving an IB diploma. Students who score below 5 on any exam, but who complete the IB diploma may receive whole or partial course credit for each grade of 5 or higher on higher- or subsidiary-level exams. Students who complete individual courses in the IB program, but who are not diploma candidates, will receive credit for each grade of 5 or higher on higher-level exams. (Lawrence awards credit only for those IB courses for which we offer a similar course.)
Courses Completed at Other Colleges
If you have completed any college-level courses prior to enrolling at Lawrence, please arrange for your official* college transcript(s) and course descriptions to be sent to our office as soon as possible. If the college-level course was taught in your high school and it appears on your high school transcript, we will still need to receive the official college transcript in order for our registrar to evaluate the course for credit at Lawrence.
*To be considered “official,” transcripts must come directly from the college’s registrar to our office.