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Bad news....
CLEP has undergone their ACE exam review and a total of 8 exams have been DOWNGRADED the recommended credit value.
If you are not locked into/enrolled in a degree plan, the new credit amounts will apply.
American Literature DOWNGRADED from 6 to 3 credits.
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature DOWNGRADED from 6 to 3 credits.
College Composition Modular DOWNGRADED from 6 to 3 credits.
English Literature DOWNGRADED from 6 to 3 credits.
Humanities DOWNGRADED from 6 to 3 credits.
All three foreign language exams remain at 6 credits for a level 1 pass but DOWNGRADED to 9 credits for level 2 passes (scores vary-see link).
https://clep.collegeboard.org/develop/ace-credit
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that's a bummer to the Analyzing and Interpreting Literature,
every school i have been to already only takes 3 for the modular.
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WOW!! Is this immediate? My spouse paid for the humanities exam two months ago and was supposed to take it at the end of October.
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Does anyone know if you've already taken one of these exams, but are not locked into a degree plan, will they be counted as the old or new values?
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if you're enrolled, then you're locked and you have already been awarded credit on your transcript. If you are still waiting to enroll, you'll be subject to the new guidelines.
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According to the ACE Guide - the downgrade was effective March 1, 2015:
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That's why I don't like the idea of taking the tests first, then enrolling and graduating. I paid for three years of student fees at Excelsior to stay enrolled ($440 a year), but it was well worth it. There were multiple and ugly changes after I enrolled that didn't apply to me.
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Overall it is still up to the school to decide what they award right? As of right now, TESC has not changed their policy still has 12 under languages and 6 CR for the random courses.
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gingerbeefE Wrote:Overall it is still up to the school to decide what they award right? As of right now, TESC has not changed their policy still has 12 under languages and 6 CR for the random courses.
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I suspect this is true, though I have no doubt once the schools fully catch on they will adjust. There is no incentive to buck the system.
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cookderosa Wrote:Bad news....
CLEP has undergone their ACE exam review and a total of 8 exams have been DOWNGRADED the recommended credit value.
If you are not locked into/enrolled in a degree plan, the new credit amounts will apply.
To quote your average 6th grader, "OMG!!!!":willynilly:
I have notoriously bad luck when it comes to timing, but for once I squeaked in under the wire having taken all 3 Lit tests in 2011-2012 and enrolling at EC in 2014. I don't think I really understood the chance I took by waiting those three years...
Now, if I'd only come to the party in 2010 I would have avoided the dreaded Capstone banghead...
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