Effective for students entering Fall 2026 or later
Some students may find that courses that yielded college credit but taken during high school (e.g., AP, IB, dual-enrollment courses) did not provide the same foundational knowledge that is available through an introductory-level university course. Some students may, after consultation with an adviser, decide to waive the credits earned to enable them to register for the introductory course in a particular academic discipline. A student's decision to waive credits for a particular course must be put in writing to their First Year Advising Office no later than the end of add/drop in the first semester of the student’s enrollment at Rutgers University – New Brunswick. The decision to waive credits is irrevocable; once a student has waived pre-college credits they cannot be reinstated on their record.
- Once a letter grade (A, B+, B, C+, C, D, F) has been recorded for a course at Rutgers-New Brunswick for which a student has pre-college credit, the Rutgers University-New Brunswick course grade will be E-prefixed, and the college credit earned prior to enrollment will remain on the Rutgers transcript.
- Students who earn an Associate’s Degree cannot amend their acceptance of the credits and retain the full credits or benefits of the NJ Statewide Transfer Agreement.
- Courses appearing on a student’s Rutgers transcript but taken during high school, including those taken from the School of Health Professions, will be J-prefixed, meaning students will receive the credit but the grade will not be included in the calculation of the student’s cumulative GPA. The J-prefix cannot be removed for these courses.