I am pursuing a B.A. in Psychology at Excelsior College, with the intent to enter graduate school (for an M.A. in Counseling and licensing as a psychotherapist) immediately afterward.

I've been considering taking the Psychology GRE this Fall to see how many credits toward my major I can get. One thing I wonder about, though, is if any graduate schools look down on psychology credits granted based on GRE scores, since they will be looking at my transcript in detail. I don't believe they'd have a problem if I tested out of most of the courses individually (as in, by taking the specific CLEP, ECE, and DSST exams) but I wonder if they look on the GRE different because the credit dispersement is so much at the discretion of the college.

Obviously, I'm not looking for trouble...I just want to make the best use of my time with the highest chance of success. This would be an awkward question to approach the graduate school with, so I thought first I'd find out if anyone here had thoughts on this. Seein' as how we're all so smart.

Thanks!
Alix