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[Jonathan Whatley]

The UExcel/ECE test will result in graded credit on a transcript from Excelsior College.

If you barely pass the CLEP exam at the level to earn credit – congratulations! "A pass is a pass", you have credit, and there's almost no way the nothing-to-write-home about score to will redound against you in the future. If you fail the CLEP exam, that isn't "equivalent" to a D or an F in the sense that you'd get a D or F transcripted anywhere.

But if you barely pass the UExcel/ECE at the level to earn credit, you'll have a C transcripted from Excelsior. If you don't pass it, it appears you'll have an F transcripted.

CLEP is the safe road here. And nothing keeps you from using the Saylor material as part of studying for the CLEP!

I lived dangerously and took the UExcel/ECE Introduction to Psychology myself. Who else would I recommend this option to? Someone for whom this was part of a suite of study in a related field (like a psychology, social science, or health science major), who would study hard for an A, and for whom the benefit of having a transcripted grade on that would outweigh the risk.