Admission & Application

Diploma name

• American High School Diploma (from an accredited high school

• American High School Diploma (from outside the US) from an accredited high school

General requirements

• Applicants are required to show proof of at least 4 Advanced Placement (AP) exams in general academic subjects* before the start of their studies.

• At the time of applying applicants must have successfully passed at least 1 AP exam with a sufficient result. 
• The minimum score in at least 2 out of the 4 AP exams must be a 4. Two APs may have a score of 3. For Calculus AB or BC, the AP score must be at least a 4. 
• Only AP exams administered by the College Board are accepted. 
• *Accepted AP subjects: Art History, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Comparative Government and Politics, European History, Human Geography, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Psychology, United States Government and Politics, United States History, World History: Modern, Calculus AB or BC, Computer Science, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics, World Languages and Cultures. 
• Not accepted: AP Capstone, AP Research, AP Seminar, AP Art and Design Program. 
• Note: A maximum of one AP language is accepted.
• Overlapping subjects (for example AP Calculus AB/Calculus BC or AP US History, AP European History and AP World History or AP Microeconomics and AP Macroeconomics) are not considered as individual subjects but counted as one AP exam. Likewise English Language and Composition/English Literature and Composition are considered as one AP exam.  

Mathematics requirement

• Applicants are required to have taken the AP exam in Calculus AB or BC with a minimum result of 4. Applicants who do not meet this requirement at the time of application are required to take a mathematics exam. SAT and ACT are not accepted.  

English requirement

• At the time of application, you have followed your secondary education fully in English or can prove that at least the past 2.5 years you were taught fully in English. This only applies to students who follow education in a native English-speaking country (USA, UK, Canada (with the exception of Quebec), Ireland, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa). 

• If you have completed your education in a non-English speaking country, you must have obtained a minimum grade of B+ for AP English during the penultimate year. If this requirement is not met, an English language test is required. 

Selection points

• Granted for an unweighted Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.3 / B+ and 1 or more AP College Board exams completed at the time of application with a sufficient grade. Applicants who do not meet these requirements will be placed in the lower tiers of the ranking.

For applicants in the final year of high school: 

• The grades of your penultimate year (the year before your final year) including your AP College Board result(s) will be used to calculate your GPA. 

For graduated applicants: 

• The results of your final year and the AP College Board results will be used to calculate your GPA. 

Additional requirements

• At the time of application, you must have already completed at least one College Board AP exam with a sufficient score 

• Applicants must list their College Board AP exams already obtained and/or the planned College Board AP exams. Always include a print-out from the College Board AP exams, signed and stamped by your school representative. 

• Applicants who follow more than one education system and next to the American High School Diploma also obtain another diploma will be assessed according to the requirements of one diploma type and must meet the requirements for one of these diplomas. A revaluation of the American High School Diploma to another diploma type is not accepted.  
• You must include the RSM diploma statement in your application. This statement must be filled in by your school counselor or school representative. If you have already graduated at the time of applying, the statement is not required.
• In the application, you must submit official grade lists signed by your mentor or school representative. Screenshots or self-made Word/Excel documents with your grades will not be accepted. Ensure that RSM can clearly understand how the grades were determined if your school uses a different grading system or calculations. 

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Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education are sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.