ACE Credit explination

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ACE is a body that approves courses for college credit.  They are not a school (so no, you don't send transcripts to them).  They are also a credit-banking service, so when you take an ACE-approved course, you should add it to your ACE transcript (so yes, you should open a free account with them).

Once you take any ACE courses, and have them added to your ACE transcript, you can then send that ACE transcript to any schools that will accept it (just like a regular school transcript).

If you post the courses you've taken here, I can make a degree plan for you showing where your credits will most likely apply.  Separate them by school, put which type of school it is (CC, CCAF, or 4-yr school, and if it's semester or quarter based), and then list the courses including course #, course name, number of credits, and grade if less than a C.  Try to make it clear which type of numbering system the school uses (for instance if it's a CC that lists all courses as 0-99 as developmental, and 100-299 as regular courses; or if it's a 4-yr school that does the above plus 300-499 are Upper Level courses - it's good to know).

TESU will take about a month to do your eval, I can do it in about 10 minutes.

Wow, thanks for the quick reply. that helps clear things up. I will get my transcripts out today and post what I have. Thank you !

And to piggy back on Dfrecore's great explaination, ACE's purpose is to provide a transcript for your non-college learning. So, the big companies we talk about here and use a lot include Studycom, Straighterline, Sophia, Shmoop, etc and since those are NOT college, they fit under the umbrella of ACE credit (ACE "says" they are worth credit, and then a college decides whether or not they'll agree). Also in the ACE category are are a ton of professional certifications, licenses, and business training. Even the PADI scuba diving credential is "worth" ACE credit. You should browse their catalog and see if anything you may already have jumps out at you. If you have (or are in an industry that you could obtain) the credit, it might be very inexpensive and worth looking at. Pilot licenses, computer certifications, McDonald's manager training, and others are found in ACE's catalog. So, anything that is worth college credit according to ACE, but happened outside of a college, would go in your ACE transcript. Opening a transcript involves creating an account. If you don't use anything via ACE, then no reason to create an account.