How to get PLA Credit: AP Exams

Advanced Placement (AP) Exams

Apply your AP Exam credit to your degree or certificate program.

You, your campus Testing Center, and the District Admissions & Records Office work together to follow these steps:

1. You
   • Electronically send your AP test scores from CollegeBoard to TCC (preferred method)
   • If you take your scores to the Testing Center, you must include the fee receipt from CollegeBoard along with your AP test scores
2. Testing Center
   • Documents and forwards petition to the District Admissions & Records Office, if applicable
3. District Admissions & Records Office
   • Posts TSI status based on AP credit to be awarded
   • Applies credit to your transcript after current semester has ended, and grades have posted
4. You
   • Check My Progress in the Student Planning module of MyTCCTrack to confirm credit(s) are posted

Questions?

Ask a PLA Contact on your campus

Email us: PLA@tccd.edu

Updated June 17, 2021