Has your grade ever mattered?

[scorpion]

I understand that all of the external education providers which are ACE/NCCRS recommended transfer in as pass/fail or credit received only. However, has anyone had an experience where the grade earned or completion rate was actually investigated? E.g., a transcript review, an advisor meeting for a graduate program, a job application.

I'm curious if there is any benefit whatsoever to keeping grades high at providers like Study.com or Saylor compared to just passing for transfer credit, and I'd like to hear anyone's experiences involving them.

[lacussucceed]

Never.
COSC can assign grades when certain transcripts are sent directly.

[udi]

Only if it's below a C. State Accounting Board won't accept C- or below.

[eriehiker]

https://www.state.nj.us/education/licens...1900CE.pdf

This is the alternative route certification page for a math teaching certificate in New Jersey. The overall GPA needs to be at least 3.0, so that would mean that grades matter in terms of teacher certification...at least in some places.

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Oh, and they do transcript reviews all the time for teachers.

[jsh1138]

it matters for scholarships and stuff like that sometimes. Plus I don't think the Big Three will graduate you if you have less than a 2.0 average

[dfrecore]

I've not heard that the grade/percentage at a course provider has ever mattered - most places that would do a transcript review do not look at P/F or CR/NC options at all - they figure you passed, that's enough. Your actual score is not relevant, because it's not contributing to your GPA.

[lacussucceed]

I think udi, eriehiker and jsh1138 are referring to normal courses, not the "grades" of the ACE/NCCRS courses.

[eriehiker]

Another thing to think about is that some places differentiate between graded credit and non-graded credit. COSC seems to provide a way for alternative credit to have a grade. There might be some oddball situations in which a C on a COSC transcript would be better than a perfect score in an alternative course posted to a TESU transcript.

[dfrecore]

Another thing to think about is that some places differentiate between graded credit and non-graded credit.  COSC seems to provide a way for alternative credit to have a grade.  There might be some oddball situations in which a C on a COSC transcript would be better than a perfect score in an alternative course posted to a TESU transcript.

Except that it still shows as transfer credit.  So if they ask for all transcripts, you'd have to send the ACE transcript showing the pass rather than the score (ACE doesn't show scores).

[jsh1138]

I think udi, eriehiker and jsh1138 are referring to normal courses, not the "grades" of the ACE/NCCRS courses.

The point is that if you have 20 pass/fail courses and a couple where you didn't get a good grade, you're in trouble. So the grade matters. If you make all A's then of course you'd be fine. But I had a couple of C's from 20 years ago that took me forever to bring up because 90% of my credits are pass/fail.