Pre-Matriculation Credit
Entering first-year students who have taken college work in high school through dual enrollment or concurrent enrollment programs, or during summers prior to their offer of admission to Vanderbilt, must indicate such work on the undergraduate admission application. An official transcript showing any prior college work must be provided. Once all required documentation has been received, the coursework will be reviewed to determine whether it is eligible for credit at Vanderbilt.
Students should submit all required documentation for review before the first day of classes of their freshman year.
Credit will be awarded only if:
- A course is regularly offered by an accredited two-year or four-year college or university. For domestic schools, the school must be regionally accredited; for international schools, the school must have country-specific accreditation. Courses taught at a high school or taken at a college strictly for high school students do not satisfy this requirement.
- The teacher was a regular faculty member of that college or university. High school teachers who are hired as affiliate faculty to teach college courses on a high school campus do not meet this requirement.
- The majority of students in the course were duly matriculated college students seeking either an associate’s or a bachelor’s degree.
Please note: In general, dual enrollment programs offered through a student’s high school do not meet the policy requirements for pre-freshman credit.
The College of Arts and Science usually does not award credit for work at other colleges in the summer immediately preceding the student’s first semester at Vanderbilt. Summer work elsewhere will be accepted for credit only if an unusual educational opportunity can be demonstrated and if the courses sought are as rigorous as courses offered at Vanderbilt. Approval for work to be taken elsewhere must be obtained in advance from the appropriate dean.
In no case may credits completed elsewhere after the student has been offered admission by the College of Arts and Science satisfy College Core requirements.
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