Excelsior Written English Requirement

[AMPawlak227]

Hi -

I plan on enrolling in Excelsior. I'm currently working temp-to-perm at a company with tuition reimbursement (yeah!!) so by waiting a few months to enroll I can have someone else pay for it. I have the course catalogs from Excelsior and I'm working my way through the applicable CLEPs.

I took the CLEP English Comp w/Essay exam before I learned of Excelsior. I know that this does not satisfy Exelsior's written english requirement. However, my community college accepts it and placed 3 credit hours of English Composition on my transcript. Does anyone know if Excelsior will backtrack that credit to the CLEP exam or just accept it off the transcript and allow it to satisfy the requirement?

Thanks!

[ShotoJuku]

[SIZE="2"][COLOR="Navy"]Very interesting!

Here is what I would do....

Send an updated copy of your community college transcript to Excelsior and see if they add the credit and written english requirement fulfillment to your records. I wouldn't tip my hand either; what have you got to lose?

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[Katterina]

I would try to petition it. Excelsior seems very reasonable compared to my last school. I was told that my Technical Writing and Intermediate Algebra courses probably would only transfer as electives, so I sent printed catalog descriptions and syllabi and they accepted both courses as general requirements. It never hurts to ask. The worst they can say is no.

Is there any way to get a copy of your essay from the exam that you could send to them? Or perhaps you could send them other written projects that would demonstrate your abilities?