Sending a failed exam grade to a college

[topdog98]

I am not enrolled yet and have not been sending my exams scores anywhere. (I am looking to enroll at COSC soon, Lord willing). I hope not to fail any exams, but I was wondering what happens if you are enrolled in a college and take an exam, sending the score to them. If you fail that test, does it show up on your transcript at all? What does the school do with that score?

Thanks for your help.

[cooperalex2004]

I am not enrolled yet and have not been sending my exams scores anywhere. (I am looking to enroll at COSC soon, Lord willing). I hope not to fail any exams, but I was wondering what happens if you are enrolled in a college and take an exam, sending the score to them. If you fail that test, does it show up on your transcript at all? What does the school do with that score?

Thanks for your help.

Colleges don't accept failing grades and so they generally just ignore it and take in what is available as an A, B, C, D, or in this case a P.

Another tip is that you can control what is sent.

For CLEP, you can check off what exams to send or can check the box to only send scores of 50+ using their transcript form:
http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalSer...t-form.pdf

For DSST, you can check the box for scores at or above the ACE recommendation:
http://getcollegecredit.com/images/uploa...r_Form.pdf

Just make sure your college takes the ACE score (like TESC, EC, and COSC do) and doesn't set their own passing score (some colleges do but most take the ACE recommendation).

[koenigtv]

This is what you will get from TESC:

Your score on the CLEP College Algebra was below the minimum passing score recommended by the American Council on Education (ACE). ThomasEdison State College does not award credit for scores below the ACE recommendation.

No harm, no foul :p

[BGSU_Alum_86]

CooperAlex's tips are fine to follow as long as you do not send the original score report in the first place! For CLEP, you would select the option that says 'Do Not Send' and for DSST you would leave the box blank for the official score recipient. There are some people who don't want to take the chance that there would be a negative process/reaction from the registrar's office due to a non-passing score. They would rather wait until they know for sure that they passed, pay the extra transcript fee and order it directly from CLEP/DSST.

[topdog98]

Thanks! All of the replies were very helpful.

[clep3705]

If you send in failing scores, nobody will care. Failing a CBE test isn't like failing a course. Don't think that you need to retake it later and pass it to offset the fail. You failed, no big deal, move on.

[cookderosa]

So since you're not sending score reports now (a waste of time anyway) when you are ready to request your transcript, there is a nifty little box that allows you to send only passing scores and not the full record. NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW if you pass or fail unless you tell them. You have nothing to lose.

[topdog98]

So since you're not sending score reports now (a waste of time anyway) when you are ready to request your transcript, there is a nifty little box that allows you to send only passing scores and not the full record. NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW if you pass or fail unless you tell them. You have nothing to lose.

I guess what I was meaning to ask was, after enrollment, is there a drawback to sending test scores directly to the school as you are taking the exams. If I am reading the replies correctly, the consensus is that the schools just ignore failing test scores, and BSGU_Alum_86 added that some students would rather be safe than sorry and don't like to risk sending a failing score directly to their school.

[cookderosa]

I guess what I was meaning to ask was, after enrollment, is there a drawback to sending test scores directly to the school as you are taking the exams. If I am reading the replies correctly, the consensus is that the schools just ignore failing test scores, and BSGU_Alum_86 added that some students would rather be safe than sorry and don't like to risk sending a failing score directly to their school.

There is no drawback, but unless you've already sent EVERY one, you're still going to have to buy a transcript. Remember that your CLEP/DSST transcript shows all of your scores (with the option not to show failing scores) and is a one time cost, so again, unless you're ahead of the ball and have already sent all of your scores at the time you've taken the exam, you're still going to have to send in a transcript. But yes, if they have everything to date, and yes, you're enrolled, then yes, just send them when you take each test.

[Maniac Craniac]

Just remember, no matter how you feel after you have taken the test, when it asks you if you want to submit your score...

Always say YES.

...or else you will forfeit a potentially passing score (and will never know).

That's a separate question from SENDING your score to your school, but there has been some confusion in the past from other posters and I don't want to see you make a huge mistake based upon a misunderstanding.