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IB grade reports are automatically sent in July to you, your participating high school, and the colleges you designated when you took the exam. Appalachian receives these scores via email and posts them to your student records. If you did not designate Appalachian as a score recipient, you can order your scores from the International Baccalaureate Organization. To learn more about receiving college credit for IB examinations, view the latest policy.

The CLEP is a series of examinations in 35 introductory college subjects that allow individuals to earn college credit for what they already know regardless of how that knowledge was acquired-through advanced course work, independent study, work experience, professional development, or extracurricular activities. CLEP exams make it possible for you to save time and money in your college career and to advance to higher level classes.

Each AP Exam is given an overall grade of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, with 5 indicating a student who is extremely well qualified to receive college credit and/or advanced placement. Appalachian does not accept any scores lower than "3" and sometimes gives additional credit for scores of "4" or "5." To learn more about receiving college credit for AP examinations, view the latest policy. 

• A high school diploma or its equivalent;
• Four English courses;
• Four mathematics courses, including Algebra I, Algebra II, geometry, a higher level mathematics course for which Algebra II is a prerequisite; or any one of the following courses: AP Calculus, AP Statistics, Pre-Calculus (formerly Advanced Math), Discrete Mathematics, IB Mathematics Level II, Integrated Mathematics IV and Advanced Functions and Modeling;