Switching programs = purging old credits

[perrik]

After a long angsty weekend, I decided to switch from the Lit In English major to Liberal Studies (with the lit credits becoming my Area Of Focus).

When I emailed my advisor about this, the response was interesting. You see, I enrolled at EC while they were still accepting D's, and I was unaware that I could purge certain credits within the first month after evaluation. So, my one D has been lingering in my GPA like grape juice on a white carpet. With only 15 credits left to take, and three of them being reserved for the pass/fail DSST College Algebra, that leaves me little opportunity to raise my GPA to a respectable level.

Guess what? If you switch degree programs, your credits are re-evaluated. And with re-evaluation comes a new chance to purge selected credits if you choose. The stain will remain on my transcript, of course, but now I can cover it up with a lovely new rug!

This is good-to-know info if you've realized that you need to pull up your GPA but don't have enough credits remaining to do so. If you have the flexibility to change degree programs, you have this second chance!

[malcs]

After a long angsty weekend, I decided to switch from the Lit In English major to Liberal Studies (with the lit credits becoming my Area Of Focus).

When I emailed my advisor about this, the response was interesting. You see, I enrolled at EC while they were still accepting D's, and I was unaware that I could purge certain credits within the first month after evaluation. So, my one D has been lingering in my GPA like grape juice on a white carpet. With only 15 credits left to take, and three of them being reserved for the pass/fail DSST College Algebra, that leaves me little opportunity to raise my GPA to a respectable level.

Guess what? If you switch degree programs, your credits are re-evaluated. And with re-evaluation comes a new chance to purge selected credits if you choose. The stain will remain on my transcript, of course, but now I can cover it up with a lovely new rug!

This is good-to-know info if you've realized that you need to pull up your GPA but don't have enough credits remaining to do so. If you have the flexibility to change degree programs, you have this second chance!

How bout just taking the same subject by exam and overwriting that D with the new grade?
Usually one bad mark does not have such a bad effect. Two As and one D is a B average.

One 3 credit D, added to 117 credits averaging a B, would have you graduating with a 2.95.
If you took an extra two 3 credit exams and got As on them your average would be back up to a 3.0.

[cookderosa]

After a long angsty weekend, I decided to switch from the Lit In English major to Liberal Studies (with the lit credits becoming my Area Of Focus).

When I emailed my advisor about this, the response was interesting. You see, I enrolled at EC while they were still accepting D's, and I was unaware that I could purge certain credits within the first month after evaluation. So, my one D has been lingering in my GPA like grape juice on a white carpet. With only 15 credits left to take, and three of them being reserved for the pass/fail DSST College Algebra, that leaves me little opportunity to raise my GPA to a respectable level.

Guess what? If you switch degree programs, your credits are re-evaluated. And with re-evaluation comes a new chance to purge selected credits if you choose. The stain will remain on my transcript, of course, but now I can cover it up with a lovely new rug!

This is good-to-know info if you've realized that you need to pull up your GPA but don't have enough credits remaining to do so. If you have the flexibility to change degree programs, you have this second chance!

Cheers to your new rug!

[perrik]

How bout just taking the same subject by exam and overwriting that D with the new grade?
Usually one bad mark does not have such a bad effect. Two As and one D is a B average.

One 3 credit D, added to 117 credits averaging a B, would have you graduating with a 2.95.
If you took an extra two 3 credit exams and got As on them your average would be back up to a 3.0.

There was only one D, but there were also a lot of C's. I was not an attentive student the first time around. Did much better at the 2nd B&M, but didn't take a lot of classes there.

Yes, Excelsior will allow you to overwrite old credits, but you have to find an equivalent course/exam. I had already received approval to overwrite my intro macroeconomics and intro microeconomics courses using credits from FHSU, and was considering overwriting my old intro to poli sci by taking the Uexcel exam when available. I am not sure if Excelsior will overwrite an old graded credit with a pass/fail credit (does anyone know?). Unfortunately that D was in a course which would be very difficult, expensive, and time-consuming to replace.

[peace123]

I was allowed by Excelsior to replace an old graded community college statistics course, with one through ALEKS via ACE transcript - so it came in as a pass.

[marianne202]

I didn't have any D's on my transcript, but I had a few C's from my first year at EC. When I changed my degree from nursing to LA I didn't realize I could drop them. I wish EC would tell you this and give you the option. But I did find out when I graduated with my AS that when I applied for my BS I could do this. So I dropped 2 C's from my first nursing exams. I didn't have to make up the first one because I already had too many Health Science credits, but the second one was worth 5 credits, but now I'm 2 credits short of HSE, so I had to wrestle with whether it was worth removing it to raise my GPA but have to add another exam or just leave it. I decided to remove it because I didn't want it on the transcript for Grad school. I'm amazed at how little removing those 10 credits of C actually raised my GPA. But I feel better without them on my BS transcript. I think EC could do a better job of letting students know they have this option or I would have removed them before I finished my AS degree.