School acting shady about clep...

[cooperalex2004]

My community college (Normandale in Minnesota) pretends like neither CLEP or DSST exist. Buried on the website is a policy which allows for unlimited CLEP acceptance as long as the residency requirement is met (20 credits for AA). DSST appears nowhere in any policy but they have a published list for both kinds of tests which shows how they accept them. My biggest issue has been how long it takes to have them to be accepted (2-4 months) and that some of the business tests get accepted for elective credit and I have to complete a petition form. The school concentrates on their prior learning assessment program which is offered for half price tuition.

Luckily I'm finishing that off this semester and only waiting for my last score to be entered in (Prometric never mailed it!). I'm waiting for my TESC evaluation to be done so I can start that venture this summer. I'm kind of growing out of the community college setting with my 102 credits (and 9 in progress). Even if they only take 30 credits at your school, that is still a great start toward your degree. If that is their limit you should see if they will allow 30 from CLEP, 30 from DSST, and maybe even 30 more from other ACE accredited programs. Good luck on your testing.