Hello
Thanks for looking.
I am a distant student at Northeastern University, MA. About few months ago, I found about CLEPS and DSSTs and began studying for them. I studied especially hard for DSST Principles of Finance and got a 456. However, my school told me they would not grant me any credit "because they require a score of 500 or higher!" I couldn't believe it,, =(.
In the other hand, they accept score 50 or higher. That means just because this new test uses the new grading system, not the old one, I couldn't get my credit.
What should I do? I cried so much for it. It is not fair. I have emailed my academic advisor but he said this is confirmed with the Assistant Director. And that Director is not going to be back until 7/11.
Please do give me your advice. I will check everyday. Please do help me. I am a distant student, living in CA and my school is far away. I know no one at the school. Is there something I can do to get my credit?
I think the best thing to do I wait it out. Or go the next level up in Supervision. Explain your case. Thats the best you can do.
vickyvicky Wrote:Hello
Thanks for looking.
I am a distant student at Northeastern University, MA. About few months ago, I found about CLEPS and DSSTs and began studying for them. I studied especially hard for DSST Principles of Finance and got a 456. However, my school told me they would not grant me any credit "because they require a score of 500 or higher!" I couldn't believe it,, =(.
In the other hand, they accept score 50 or higher. That means just because this new test uses the new grading system, not the old one, I couldn't get my credit.
What should I do? I cried so much for it. It is not fair. I have emailed my academic advisor but he said this is confirmed with the Assistant Director. And that Director is not going to be back until 7/11.
Please do give me your advice. I will check everyday. Please do help me. I am a distant student, living in CA and my school is far away. I know no one at the school. Is there something I can do to get my credit?
07-01-2011, 02:59 PM (This post was last modified: 07-01-2011, 03:04 PM by alleycat.)
vickyvicky Wrote:Hello
Thanks for looking.
I am a distant student at Northeastern University, MA. About few months ago, I found about CLEPS and DSSTs and began studying for them. I studied especially hard for DSST Principles of Finance and got a 456. However, my school told me they would not grant me any credit "because they require a score of 500 or higher!" I couldn't believe it,, =(.
In the other hand, they accept score 50 or higher. That means just because this new test uses the new grading system, not the old one, I couldn't get my credit.
What should I do? I cried so much for it. It is not fair. I have emailed my academic advisor but he said this is confirmed with the Assistant Director. And that Director is not going to be back until 7/11.
Please do give me your advice. I will check everyday. Please do help me. I am a distant student, living in CA and my school is far away. I know no one at the school. Is there something I can do to get my credit?
Okay find out who the transfer credit adviser is. They are the ones that know everything about credit transfer. Many people in these large University do not know what is going on in another part of the university. I had an issue at my daughters universtiy about Clep exams coming in. Long and the short of this story is that the only person who really know the answer was the man in the transfer credit dept. Everyone else said something else to me. I could not even find this stuff in the hand book. This guy set it straight. Give it a try. It took a bit for me to find this person and the deptment. But I was glad I did.
Good Luck
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This doesn't seem right; I thought 500 was the best score possible in the new scoring system. Keep trying to find someone who can help you get your credits.
Maybe the info in one of the links in this post will help you too:
vickyvicky Wrote:Hello
Thanks for looking.
I am a distant student at Northeastern University, MA. About few months ago, I found about CLEPS and DSSTs and began studying for them. I studied especially hard for DSST Principles of Finance and got a 456. However, my school told me they would not grant me any credit "because they require a score of 500 or higher!" I couldn't believe it,, =(.
In the other hand, they accept score 50 or higher. That means just because this new test uses the new grading system, not the old one, I couldn't get my credit.
What should I do? I cried so much for it. It is not fair. I have emailed my academic advisor but he said this is confirmed with the Assistant Director. And that Director is not going to be back until 7/11.
Please do give me your advice. I will check everyday. Please do help me. I am a distant student, living in CA and my school is far away. I know no one at the school. Is there something I can do to get my credit?
It may be because of your degree. If you are studying a finance or business type degree, some schools require you to know the material thoroughly, some won't allow you to CLEP classes related to your major. If that's the case, it will be difficult to get it reversed, but not impossible. You may be able to petition the department head "business?" with a letter with thought out arguments why you feel you deserve credit and how you are proficient in the material. Sometimes just displaying your passion in a subject or your articulation will sway a professor/dean.
Is your degree in business or finance?
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vickyvicky Wrote:Hello
Thanks for looking.
I am a distant student at Northeastern University, MA. About few months ago, I found about CLEPS and DSSTs and began studying for them. I studied especially hard for DSST Principles of Finance and got a 456. However, my school told me they would not grant me any credit "because they require a score of 500 or higher!" I couldn't believe it,, =(.
In the other hand, they accept score 50 or higher. That means just because this new test uses the new grading system, not the old one, I couldn't get my credit.
What should I do? I cried so much for it. It is not fair. I have emailed my academic advisor but he said this is confirmed with the Assistant Director. And that Director is not going to be back until 7/11.
Please do give me your advice. I will check everyday. Please do help me. I am a distant student, living in CA and my school is far away. I know no one at the school. Is there something I can do to get my credit?
It appears that they are woefully misinformed. This should be easy to straighten out. You can't obtain a 500 "or better" because 500 is the highest score. Likewise, they can't only provide credit for a perfect score.
If I were a betting man, I would bet that they are assuming that the new system just added a "0". So--if 50 or better was required before--then 500 or better is required now. It's always depressing when this kind of thing happens in institutions of higher education. Here's the relevant excerpt from their technical data sheet:
Score Scales & Score Reporting
The new score scale introduced for the 2008 and later updated exams uses scores ranging from 200 to 500, with the cut score (pass point) set at 400 for all exams. Score reports for candidates provide the scaled score achieved and the corresponding pass/fail status.
In fact, the B-grade equivalent for the Finance exam is 432--so you actually got an "A" by DSST standards!
You can try sending them the doc at this link and if they get past the first paragraph it could help--but clearly their "500 or higher" position is indefensible. Good luck!
Yes, my degree is Accounting and Finance, but they accept my DSST organizational behavior ( i scored above 60)
I send them the pdf from the DSST website, but it doesn't seen to be any help.
It has nothing to do with my degree, they said they need a 500 or better for all dsst test.
i talked to my acadmic advisor, but he said this was confirmed with assistant director. They wouldn't let me talk to any one else.
They have the numbers wrong. Talk to the person who actually handles the transfer credits. And that is not an advisor. Because that is what this is. Something is wrong with the policy. The numbers are wrong. Is there anyway you can get the list of DSST exams that school takes and scores they will accept? I know college boards has lists for all of the schools that take and don't take exams. DSST is a little different.
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AAS Construction and Facilities Support - TESC
AA Interior Design - MCC
AA LS - MCC
Certificate Interior Design - MCC
Certificate Management - MCC
They wouldn't let me talk to another person except for my academic advisosr whenever i called.
i have attached the document that says what test and score they accept. It is dated 2009,, and they have no updated version.
This is the email I got from my academic advisor:
"Ms. Annalee Collins in CPS forwarded me your recent messages from CPS-Adviser regarding your score on the DSST exam for Principles of Finance. As you are aware, I confirmed with our admissions office as well as Mr. Neff Casaburri, Senior Academic and Student Support Specialist, that CPS requires a score of 500 or higher on the DSST exam for credit."
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