Potential problem w/ Excelsior!

[anar579]

So now I have a couple questions, if you can answer them... If, let's say, there are only 5 exams I am taking which WILL have a letter grade assigned (i.e. DSST), will that be enough for me to form a GPA, or is the amount of tests not the issue??? Another question, will these pass/fail scores later be turned into a letter grade depending on your score, or is that not going to happen? This seems like a very unfortunate turn of events, as i was planning on "Clepping out" majority of the Associate's, and that too in a couple more months, but this is putting a hold on the whole situation. Thanks guys for earlier replies.

Q1 - This is just an assumption, but it doesn't matter how many graded exams you have, they are averaged out to a GPA. For example, my last status report shows a total of 39.0 credit hours; only 2 classes (6 credits) have a letter grade assigned (2 A's), and my Eval. GPA is a 4.0. I'm assuming the amount of tests is not an issue; if anyone else can add to this please do.

Q2 - If Excelsior later decides to assign a letter grade to the exam, I don't think they will assign letter grades to those who previously took the exam. It would kinda be unfair for those of us who were under the assumption of a pass/fail grading mechanism at the time of taking the test. Again, if anyone has further information on this please add.

I found the passage on Excelsior's guide about this issue:
[INDENT]Several [CLEP exams] for which we previously awarded letter grades must now use pass/fail grading because there is not sufficient data on the new computer-delivered exams to recommend minimum scores for B and A.[/INDENT]