CLEP Score Confusion. New to this.

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Each school sets their own requirements but most use the ACE (American Council on Education) recommended score of 50 to pass (note that DSST have different scores if you go that route at all). If you fail and retake it then the new score would get sent and accepted. If you are enrolled then they send the score report when you test and when the new one is sent it cancels out the old one, if you are a future student then you send in a form to request scores are sent and it will all work out. The "40" will never hit the transcript. They will note on the eval that it was not accepted but failing scores do not show up as an "F" or a "NC" so they will know you took it again but that is in compliance with ACE recommendations so they will go along with it. Most schools also give a PASS "P" or CREDIT "CR" for the exams and not a letter grade so a pass is a pass. Study up and you'll soon see the joy of CLEP & DSST exams!