College not accepting ACE credit?

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I called the school I will be transferring into this fall, and asked if they accept ACE credits, in which I was transferred to the academic evaluation coordinator. She advised me that they do not accept ACE credits, and I spoke to the academic advisor as well as the registrars office who told me the same.

They basically told me that regardless if its on my current schools transcript (as an outside credit), they wont accept the ACE transcript. It seems it will only be accepted if it is listed on a transcript as a "institution credit". Has anyone been in this situation before?

ACE is the least accepted out of all the categories of credit, though ACE claims their credits are accepted at over 2000 schools, don't believe it. There are generally SPECIFIC credits accepted in SPECIFIC programs. For instance military credits may be accepted, a specific licence or workplace credit might count in a specific degree (real estate licence counting toward a real estate degree) but once you start talking mainstream college, you're going to find few schools that actually accept ACE in the way we talk about it around here. Example, every community college in the state of North Carolina "Accepts ACE" ...but... that's not the whole story, What they accept is 1 carpentry credential that counts in their AAS carpentry program- and it's only worth like 6 credits.
I'm sorry you're finding out this way, but for full utility of ACE credit, a good list to start is the partner schools on the Straighterline website, they'll me most likely to award credit for you.

EDIT: I'm adding the link to the ACE frequently asked questions. You can look up schools that way.