Advanced Placement Waivers

Advanced placement waivers

If you have taken advanced placement exams in economics before matriculating to Penn, you may qualify for a waiver for one of the introductory economics courses (ECON 0100: Microeconomics, ECON 0200: Macroeconomics, ECON 0110: Micro- and Macroeconomics for Wharton students). Here are our rules:

The minimum scores required in the Advanced Placement, A-Levels, or the International Baccalaureate exams for waivers from Economics courses are as follows:

Advanced Placement Exams Grades Courses waived
Microeconomics 5 ECON 0100 (formerly 001)
Macroeconomics 5 ECON 0200 (formerly 002)
International Baccalaureate    
Higher Level Examination    
Economics 6,7 ECON 0100 (formerly 001), 0200 (formerly 002),