Bad news, Everybody!

[Ruddigore]

I had emailed my advisor at Excelsior about the GRE results and such and got a message back this morning...

Hopefully I won't get in trouble sharing this information, but here's a line cut directly from the email conversation from my advisor about the GRE Subject tests -

'Excelsior College will no longer be accepting these examinations for credit in the very near future'

This makes me sad. Sad that EC is cutting one of the ways for students to sidestep a lot of unnecessary costs of traditional college. I wish it weren't true, but as other have pointed out GREs were not created with the intent of being used as credit (unlike DSSTs and CLEPs). I am relieved, however, since I am enrolled and my GRE Lit exam has already been approved for credit.

It would be remiss of EC, however, not to give those currently planning on it a chance to use GREs as undergrad credit. Perhaps they'll allow those enrolling before the change to take advantage of GRE Subject Tests.

And let me put in a good word for those taking GREs: These tests are tough. Taking the Literature in English GRE is definitely the most difficult academic endeavor I've engaged in thus far. Most people who sit for GREs have sat through years of classes on the subject -- and many don't score as well as you folks. Keep up the good work whatever EC has to say on the matter!