GA CPA requirements

[cookderosa]

I rec'd more details by pm, but I'm copying/ my answer here in the event that someone else is looking for help too.

I believe that the section under "Transcripts" is concerning. The first requirement says:

"You must submit an official transcript from each school you attended. Transfer credits are not acceptable; you must submit a transcript from each institution."

That means that credit laundering is not allowed - so to elaborate. Say you attended ABC Community College and earned your associate degree. Within that associate degree contained CLEP, Straighterline, and courses taken at the college. The college awarded your degree because they were a partner college and also had a nice CLEP policy.

So, you now are attending XYZ University. Your first 60 credits came over perfectly from your associate degree and you're getting ready to complete the bachelor's degree.

So, you submit your XYZ University transcript to qualify for sitting the CPA exam.

With near certainty, I can promise you that they will start unraveling your credit. The first transcript from XYZ will show associate degree as transfer credit - so the first thing they'll get hung up on is the ABC Community College transcript, which you'll have to send.

Once they've rec'd the ABC transcript, they'll see the other "outside" credit earned from CLEP and Straighterline. They have a policy against CLEP so those will get excluded, but they won't know what Straighterline is - so they'll ask for an official transcript. You'll send it, and it will be excluded on the basis of it not being an RA college (it's a business).

I hope I'm wrong, but whoever wrote the rules isn't a dummy- the wording is carefully curated. The line you bolded for me in our previous chat:
"Correspondence and online courses are acceptable when you receive credit for the courses at a regionally accredited university. These courses must appear on an official transcript."

can be interpreted to mean that the RA university is the provider of the course - as an example, many people use BYU's correspondence courses, and in this instance, that would be acceptable b/c it will ORIGINATE from BYU and be on a BYU (RA) transcript.

I know this isn't good news, but I hope it helps you on your way.