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I'm planning on taking a couple Clep/DSST's to document credit in particular areas for work. I have finished my degree. Is credit banking the way to go? Specifically, if I need to pull a transcript, how will these show up?
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Hi!
Check out the Student Policy Handbook p49:
https://www.excelsior.edu/Excelsior_Coll...ndbook.pdf
"Transcript Update Service" and "Adding and Deleting Credits to the Official Transcript"
It says they will add earned credits to your transcript (on a separate section) even after graduation within certain policies for a fee. I would expect that the fee would be less than the credit bank cost.
Hope this helps!
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Thanks. I should have checked out the handbook before I posted. Wasn't thinking.
Thanks for the congrats as well.
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This may be a silly question, but I am not sure why you need to bank them.
can you not just take clep and dsst's as you want to and then have them to
send a transcript when you are ready to do so?
I am not familiar with credit banking, but we have been just testing and once we are ready to go to a particular school where the credits will be needed we will have the transcripts sent at that time.
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brain122 Wrote:This may be a silly question, but I am not sure why you need to bank them.
can you not just take clep and dsst's as you want to and then have them to
send a transcript when you are ready to do so?
I am not familiar with credit banking, but we have been just testing and once we are ready to go to a particular school where the credits will be needed we will have the transcripts sent at that time.
Not a silly question at all. I've finished with my degree and have not yet made a decision regarding Grad school. I may never go, I just don't know at this point.
In the meantime, there are some credits I'd like to add to my transcripts to assist me with job promotion/opportunities. Hence my question about credit banking. As it stands, I don't need the bank. As an EC grad, apparently I'm able to have them updated to my transcript for a small fee.
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motuterry Wrote:Not a silly question at all. I've finished with my degree and have not yet made a decision regarding Grad school. I may never go, I just don't know at this point.
In the meantime, there are some credits I'd like to add to my transcripts to assist me with job promotion/opportunities. Hence my question about credit banking. As it stands, I don't need the bank. As an EC grad, apparently I'm able to have them updated to my transcript for a small fee.
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It's worth pointing out that EC may be one of (only?) school that does this. It is standard protocol that once you earn a degree, that transcript is closed to additions and modifications. This appears to be legit- and everyone should know that TESC absolutely does not allow this, and I have never heard of any colleges allowing this. This is a BIG DEAL worth putting in the "pros" column when comparing pros and cons among schools.
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Yes, I received a Transcript Update Request Form with my diploma, looks like it's $25 each time you want to add credits from CLEPS, DSSTs, or other credit sources, but that Excelsior's own courses and exams are added
for free. 
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Just to clarify. Credits are added below the conferral line in the non-applicable section of the transcript. Added credits has no impact on the GPA or degree once conferral as been completed.
As Jennifer pointed out, this is a HUGE plus and one of many reasons I have been very pleased with my experience with EC.
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