{"id":16854,"date":"2026-04-07T10:35:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/?page_id=16854"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:35:33","slug":"cambridge-a-level-exam-equivalency-guide-for-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/cambridge-a-level-exam-equivalency-guide-for-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge A-Level Exam Equivalency Guide for 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students who wish to receive credit for exams not listed should contact the Registrar’s Office for more information.<\/p>\n

St. Olaf does not award credit for Advanced Subsidiary (AS) level exams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
CAL Exam and Grade<\/strong><\/th>\nCredit<\/strong><\/th>\nEquivalent Course<\/strong><\/th>\nPlacement In<\/strong><\/th>\nOLE Core Fulfilled<\/strong><\/th>\nNotes<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Art and Design
\n<\/strong>A* or A<\/td>\n		1.00<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCheck with Dept.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biology
\n<\/strong>A* or A<\/td>\n		1.00<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCheck with Dept.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chemistry
\n<\/strong>A* or A<\/td>\n		1.00<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTake placement survey.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Computer Science
\n<\/strong>A* or A<\/td>\n		1.00<\/td>\nCSCI 121<\/td>\nTake placement survey.<\/td>\n<\/td>\nUpon successful completion of CSCI 221 or higher as the first CSCI course taken at St. Olaf, AP credit will be awarded.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Economics
\n<\/strong>A* or A<\/td>\n		1.00<\/td>\nECON 121<\/td>\nEcon 200-263, subject to other prerequisites.<\/td>\nSocial Science<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
English Language
\n<\/strong>A* or A<\/td>\n		1.00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCredit awarded for only 1 CAL English exam.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
English Language and Literature
\n<\/strong>A* or A<\/td>\n		1.00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWriting and Rhetoric<\/td>\nCredit awarded for only 1 CAL English exam.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
English Literature
\n<\/strong>A* or A<\/td>\n		1.00<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWriting and Rhetoric<\/td>\nCredit awarded for only 1 CAL English exam.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mathematics
\n<\/strong>A* or A<\/td>\n		1.00<\/td>\nMATH 120<\/td>\nCheck with Dept.<\/td>\nQuantitative and Computational Reasoning<\/td>\nTake placement survey to confirm placement.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Physics<\/strong>
\nA* or A<\/td>\n		2.00<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCheck with Dept.<\/td>\nNatural Science<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Students who wish to receive credit for exams not listed should contact the Registrar’s Office for more information. St. Olaf does not award credit for Advanced Subsidiary (AS) level exams. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10411,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16854","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10411"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16854"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16856,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16854\/revisions\/16856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}