Possible misrepresentation of the new COSC policy

[Merlin]

CLEP, DSST and AP are all ACE-recommended for credit, so unless COSC specifically says that they will take those outside of ACE (meaning they're not counted in the 90cr limit), I'm not sure this is correct.

TECEP and UExcel exams are already RA, so those shouldn't count.

I’d want someone in charge at COSC to specifically say “CLEP, DSST & ACE will not count against the 90cr limit for ACE/NCCRS. So you could bring in 90cr of ACE/NCCRS, then an additional 24cr of CLEP, DSST and/or AP exam credit."

It's hard to say with AP and DSST. The admissions guy only assured me that CLEP falls outside the new restrictions and that they won't actualy require one to collect 24/30 cr. from regionally accredited sources. You just can't have an all alt-provider transfer (they don't consider CLEP to be an alternative education provider source). I also think that they should have made it more clear. I am not surprised by the different interpretations of the new policy.

Be careful when listening to admissions people. They are not always the best source of truth when it comes to things like credit evaluations or policy interpretation. Their job is to make the school look as good as possible so you will enroll and pay tuition. Since the published policy disagrees with this interpretation, I'd like to see an official statement from someone in the COSC registrar and/or a member of the transcript evaluations team that agrees with this interpretation before I take it for truth. Particularly given CLEP is just ACE credit provided by a different alt. ed. provider.

In any case, even if the admissions person is correct, that doesn't change anything. CLEP/DSST isn't really an option right now since they don't allow online proctoring and test centers aren't likely to reopen for quite some time. Not to mention they don't offer upper-division credit. Based on trends we're seeing on the forum, more people are looking to complete all their credit from online alt. credit providers than from CLEP or DSST exams even before COVID hit, so if they don't accept 113+ credits from alt. ed. providers, they aren't likely to be the first-choice option for many students, and not really a full-time member of the big 3 anymore.