A&I CLEP not counted in 90cr limit

[Murdockb]

My daughter is almost done with her history degree at TESU. Two more classes! In the process of reviewing the new academic evaluation, I found that while she transferred in 90 ACE/NCCRS credits only 84 credits were being counted toward the maximum (90) total for a BA. I asked if there was an error. I'd rather know now than when she applies for graduation.  She received the following reply from Don Stoltz (we've gotten excellent answers from him).

You currently have 84 ACE credits applied. You are allowed a maximum of 90 credits. We did our own review for CLEP’s Analyzing and Interpretation of Literature. That is why it is not counting toward the ACE credit total.

So, basically, you do NOT need 30 RA credits if you take the A&I CLEP. My daughter will have 27 cr RA, 87 cr ACE/NCCRS and 6 cr A&I CLEP assessment credit.  You are limited to 90 cr. ACE/NSSRS but the A&I CLEP is not counted in this.

Hope that helps someone!

[bjcheung77]

That's not the only CLEP that has gone through the academic review. They have a total of 4...
American Literature *
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature *
English Literature *
Humanities*

TESU CLEP Link: https://tesu.smartcatalogiq.com/en/curre...lep-exams/
* CLEP subject examination update. Thomas Edison State University has conducted an academic program review on this exam. Credit awarded for this exam will be considered TESU assessment credit, not TESU-CLEP credit, and will show on the official transcript under TESU assessment credit.

Here's the kicker, with the changes to the reviews, I think they're treating these the same as a PLA Assessment, thus they're coming in as assessment credits. If that's the case, it'll be amazingly cheap compared to doing a TECEP or even PLA for these equivalent classes... More info about PLA (including the note at the bottom) https://www.tesu.edu/degree-completion/pla

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Oh, in addition to this, for those who are just starting their journey and want to take CLEP/MS over Sophia.org, you may want to be the guinea pig! My gosh, if this works, you've saved the 24 RA credit requirement by using these 4 CLEPs towards the 30 RA credit requirement, thus leaving only the Cornerstone/Capstone to be done at TESU. Of course, people need to decide if paying that residency is favorable or doing the flat rate for 15 residency credits.