CLEP Overlap

[snazzlefrag]

I'm a student at Empire State College, and I've just been told by somebody on the degree planning committee that they may not allow me full credit for some combinations of CLEP tests. Example: the claim is that since the CLEP Social Science and History test is 17% US history, then I should not get credit for the overlap with US History 1. So, the committee may decide to deduct a credit due to the overlap. The same thing with my CLEP College Math and the ECE Statistics. CLEP contains 25% statistics, so they may deduct that, too

I will not make a difference because I have way too many lower level credits, but it does seem petty. Is this normal? Has anybody heard of this occurring at ESC or another college? Do some schools get annoyed if you have allot of CLEP or other tests?

Just curious.

PS, I just passed the ECE test in Org Behavior today.

Hi Dan,

Firstly, congratulations on passing OB!

Secondly, each school sets its own policies regarding acceptance of credits from other institutions. Obviously, this also includes the acceptance (or not) of CLEP/DANTES examinations, and partial credits thereof.

From my own research, it seems that your school is rather more strict than most other schools in regards to the actual overlap of CLEP exams. Most schools I have seen, will reject certain exams because of overlap. But I have not heard of any other that literally dissects credits down to the percentage of overlap. That seems a bit much to me. If you think about it, MOST subjects have SOME elements of overlap with various other subjects. There are elements of Math in Accounting, elements of Psychology in Management, elements of Sociology in Criminal Justice, elements of Economics in Marketing, elements of Vietnam War in US History II, elements of Biology in Drug & Alcohol Abuse...and so on.

Anyway, your school HAS chosen to implement such a policy, and there isn't much you can do about that.

If nothing else, your experience should be a reminder to us all of the importance of researching the policies of our own specific school before taking exams. It's always hard to learn, after the fact, that one or more of our exams or credits won't count.

I'm sorry you are having to deal with this Dan. At least we are only talking about EXAMS that they may disallow, and not semester-long COURSES. That would be SO much more frustrating.

I hope everything works out well for you in the end.

Don't let them discourage you,
Snazzlefrag