03-09-2006, 08:50 AM
Can't speak for Excelsior, but I know that with state universities and most private universities and colleges here in Tennessee, your GPA is not affected by CLEP or Dantes/DSST exams. It actually sucked for me because I have a 3.77 GPA (Magna Cum Laude) and if the CLEP scores would've gone towards my GPA I would've had a GPA in the Summa Cum Laude range.
The way my school interpreted it, a pass/fail didn't have a range for grading. In other words, pass would be an "A" and fail would be an "F". They said that without having a defined range set up for passing scores, such as 50-65 = "D" 65-80 = "C" 80-90 = "B" 90-100 = "A", they couldn't apply it to the GPA. I guess some schools DO give a range for passing CLEP scores to apply to GPA, but they are few and far between.
The way my school interpreted it, a pass/fail didn't have a range for grading. In other words, pass would be an "A" and fail would be an "F". They said that without having a defined range set up for passing scores, such as 50-65 = "D" 65-80 = "C" 80-90 = "B" 90-100 = "A", they couldn't apply it to the GPA. I guess some schools DO give a range for passing CLEP scores to apply to GPA, but they are few and far between.
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