GPA = Letter Grade vs. Pass/Fail

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That's not exactly how things work. CLEP and DSST exam scores are sent to a school that awards semester hour credit. Most institutions treat CLEP and DSST as credit/no credit scores, not pass/fail. This is an important distinction. There is no penalty for not passing a CLEP or DSST. Notice that I didn't say failing a CLEP or DSST. If you fail a pass/fail course at a university, it adversely affects your GPA. If you don't pass a CLEP or DSST, it doesn't affect your GPA. You simply just don't receive credit for it. Usually a 50 on a CLEP or the midpoint on the old DSST two-digit scoring is a pass. But it could be higher or lower depending in the policies of the school you send your scores to.

Some schools award credit and a letter grade for CLEP and DSST exams. Your GPA at that school is affected by how well you scored on the exam.