Is this correct?


TESC does not give GPAs for any prior learning, but will for their courses/tests

Excelsior gives TWO GPAs (one for their coursework and one for prior learning)

COSC does not give GPAs on the official academic record


Thanks for any clarification on this!

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Margo

"By endurance, we conquer" ~ Sir Ernest Shackleton
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College credits from my previous life:
Western Civ. I, Intro to Psych, Drawing,
U.S. Hist. I, Amer. Gov't, and Composition
for a total of 18

CLEP:
U.S. History II (66)
Analyzing & Interpreting Lit (70)
Introduction to Sociology (71)
Social Sciences & History (70)
College Mathematics (57)

Studying for:
Astronomy

Hoped for end result before arthritis sets in:
BA in Art, Liberal Studies, or Humanities

I have not been a TESC student, but this sounds right from what I've read on this forum.

YES...Although to clarify, they give two GPAs, one for all coursework completed including Excelsior courses and exams and one for Excelsior courses and exams alone.


I'm still reading my COSC catalog, but from what I can tell, COSC does list the letter grades received on my status report, and they give you a quality point average, which seems to be much like a GPA. It was recently discussed in this thread:
http://www.degreeforum.net/general-e...hats-mqpa.html

Hope that helps!

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~~ Alissa~~
"Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right." - - Henry Ford
DONE:
BS Liberal Studies, Excelsior College May 2009
Current website favorite:
http://www.careeronestop.org/

I guess I had better just say good-bye to my current gpa. Doesn't look like any of the big 3 use them like I thought they would. Of course, all I have to do is just keep getting A's and I'll be all set.

Do you have a hard copy of your COSC catalog? I have the downloaded one, but always like the hard copies instead.

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Margo

"By endurance, we conquer" ~ Sir Ernest Shackleton
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College credits from my previous life:
Western Civ. I, Intro to Psych, Drawing,
U.S. Hist. I, Amer. Gov't, and Composition
for a total of 18

CLEP:
U.S. History II (66)
Analyzing & Interpreting Lit (70)
Introduction to Sociology (71)
Social Sciences & History (70)
College Mathematics (57)

Studying for:
Astronomy

Hoped for end result before arthritis sets in:
BA in Art, Liberal Studies, or Humanities

I do have a COSC catalog, but they didn't send it to me until I enrolled. I requested a catalog twice before I enrolled, but they never sent one. They may have gone paperless? I also prefer the paper ones, I can't read off the screen forever.

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~~ Alissa~~
"Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right." - - Henry Ford
DONE:
BS Liberal Studies, Excelsior College May 2009
Current website favorite:
http://www.careeronestop.org/

TESC does not give a GPA for any credits that are transferred in. That includes classes and CLEP/DANTES tests. They do give a GPA for TECEPs and TESC courses.

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~Brittany

From 0 to 120 credits in ten months and seven days because of CollegePlus! and InstantCert!!!

AHHHH!!!!!!!! I DID IT!!!!!!!! Graduation, here I come!

"The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save." ~Zephaniah 3:17

It's worth mentioning that I have never, ever heard of a college giving you a residential GPA based on transfer credit- so TESC isn't doing anything weird.

What TESC does that IS weird, is that they don't require a residency, so it is possible to graduate without a GPA (as you have already heard).

If you took your stellar GPA to AnyState University, they wouldn't count it either, so this is the down side to situations like yours.

Some folks like to look at this as a "glass half full" and say that this policy in effect buries a poor GPA....also not true. When applying to grad school, all old transcripts are collected and NEW cumulative, in-major, and "over the last x number credits" GPAs will emerge.

There are pros and cons to each person's situation, and how important each of these is will vary from person to person. If grad school is in your future, you'll need to give this situation some thought- if it isn't - drop it and move on!!

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Jennifer
In progress
Anatomy and Physiology 2 w/Lab
Introduction to Chemistry w/Lab
ALEKS/DSST Statistics 46% so far, not far enough!

Summer Term
General Chemistry 1 w/Lab
Microbiology w/Lab
General Biology 1 w/Lab

BSN, Nursing, Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences, expected, 2012
BA & AA, Social Sciences, Thomas Edison State College, 2008

How to do your own Unofficial Evaluation http://www.degreeforum.net/general-e...ighlight=alpha

"Brick walls are there for a reason....They’re there to stop the other people.” Randy Pausch

I'm bummed a college I'm looking at attending won't keep my grades for transfer courses. I got a 4.0 GPA from our community college.

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Nick94

Much Still to Do!


Online:
Principles of Macroeconomics: Grade A / 3 Units
Music Fundamentals: Grade A / 3 Units
Computer Literacy: Grade A / 3 Units

Taken:
English Composition w/ Essay CLEP 57/80
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP 65/80

Scheduled:
Principles of Management CLEP 7/23/09

In the Queue:
None Yet

"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else." ~C. S. Lewis

Okay, I get it now. Since I've been away from all this college stuff for so long, this is sometimes like learning a new language!

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Margo

"By endurance, we conquer" ~ Sir Ernest Shackleton
__________________________________
College credits from my previous life:
Western Civ. I, Intro to Psych, Drawing,
U.S. Hist. I, Amer. Gov't, and Composition
for a total of 18

CLEP:
U.S. History II (66)
Analyzing & Interpreting Lit (70)
Introduction to Sociology (71)
Social Sciences & History (70)
College Mathematics (57)

Studying for:
Astronomy

Hoped for end result before arthritis sets in:
BA in Art, Liberal Studies, or Humanities