Modern States almost out of vouchers?

[mysonx3]

I know there has been some speculation that the voucher request numbers correspond to the number of vouchers Modern States has given out (they are giving out to the first 10,000 students), and I just got a voucher number in the 9300s. Are we thinking this godsend is almost through?

[MNomadic]

I guess will see in the next few weeks. Modern states did say they intended to continue the vouchers for the foreseeable future though.

[dfrecore]

I would guess that wherever the money came from in the first place, if they are happy with the plan, more could be coming. There are lots of rich people who want to help others, and like to give money to proven ventures. MS can come in and say "we had 10,000 people come through and take our courses and pass 10,000 CLEP exams, for 30,000+ free college credits." It's something I would be interested if I was a rich philanthropist. Education is HOT these days for gazillionaires to throw money at.

[MNomadic]

I would guess that wherever the money came from in the first place, if they are happy with the plan, more could be coming. There are lots of rich people who want to help others, and like to give money to proven ventures. MS can come in and say "we had 10,000 people come through and take our courses and pass 10,000 CLEP exams, for 30,000+ free college credits." It's something I would be interested if I was a rich philanthropist. Education is HOT these days for gazillionaires to throw money at.

Bill and Melinda gates come to mind.

[Tedium]

I would guess that wherever the money came from in the first place, if they are happy with the plan, more could be coming.  There are lots of rich people who want to help others, and like to give money to proven ventures.  MS can come in and say "we had 10,000 people come through and take our courses and pass 10,000 CLEP exams, for 30,000+ free college credits."  It's something I would be interested if I was a rich philanthropist.  Education is HOT these days for gazillionaires to throw money at.

I'm not disagreeing with you, and I hope that's the way it works out. I'd be very surprised if 10,000 of the vouchers given lead to a passing score. I know you were just making a point, but that brings a question to my mind. I am curious as to what MS's pass/fail rate actually is. You the option to select "this is my second attempt" on the voucher request form. I would be concerned that if not enough people that got vouchers passed, they will discontinue the program.

[Jimmy999]

Ive spoke with the founder who funded the program multiple times this year and he intends to keep modern states going but i do not think the free vouchers will continue.

[Murdockb]

Ive spoke with the founder who funded the program multiple times this year and he intends to keep modern states going but i do not think the free vouchers will continue.

Why do you say this? Did the founder say something that brought you to this conclusion?

I sent an email asking if they were nearing the 10,000 cutoff and received the following reply on August 8. It is a somewhat vague answer but if they were ending soon it would have been an opportunity for her to say so. 

Modern States will be providing vouchers at no cost to our learners for the foreseeable future. 

Sadie Glenn
Operations Coordinator
Modern States Education Alliance

[Jimmy999]

I asked him point blank in a conversation and he told me the site and learning courses will remain open, however they are unsure if they will receive funding to continue the program for free vouchers. I know they purchase the vouchers in discounted blocks so possibly they still have a large number remaining. I could never get an answer regarding how many have been issued or what was remaining.

I didn't waste any time and I hammered out 12 passed cleps since March. Get it while the getting is good

[Ideas]

I'm not disagreeing with you, and I hope that's the way it works out. I'd be very surprised if 10,000 of the vouchers given lead to a passing score. I know you were just making a point, but that brings a question to my mind. I am curious as to what MS's pass/fail rate actually is. You the option to select "this is my second attempt" on the voucher request form. I would be concerned that if not enough people that got vouchers passed, they will discontinue the program.

I thought about making a similar post. Modern States just sent out an email with some details. "In fact, more than 5,500 learners have taken CLEP (College Level Examination Program) exams paid for by Modern States. Of those, 4,208 have earned free college credit by passing the tests — that's a 77 percent pass rate!"

I believe that means out of 9300+ vouchers, only 5500 exams were taken. But vouchers last a while, and once a voucher is used, the test date can be months after. So they could have another 2000+ taken before those vouchers expire.

I would guess that pass rate includes second tries.

I'd say those are very good results. Some of CLEPs are fairly difficult.

[dfrecore]

TediumI'm not disagreeing with you, and I hope that's the way it works out. I'd be very surprised if 10,000 of the vouchers given lead to a passing score. I know you were just making a point, but that brings a question to my mind. I am curious as to what MS's pass/fail rate actually is. You the option to select "this is my second attempt" on the voucher request form. I would be concerned that if not enough people that got vouchers passed, they will discontinue the program.

I thought about making a similar post. Modern States just sent out an email with some details. "In fact, more than 5,500 learners have taken CLEP (College Level Examination Program) exams paid for by Modern States. Of those, 4,208 have earned free college credit by passing the tests — that's a 77 percent pass rate!"

I believe that means out of 9300+ vouchers, only 5500 exams were taken. But vouchers last a while, and once a voucher is used, the test date can be months after. So they could have another 2000+ taken before those vouchers expire.

I would guess that pass rate includes second tries.

I'd say those are very good results. Some of CLEPs are fairly difficult.

Even if the pass rate includes 2nd tries, it still shows the first try as a fail.  So I can't imagine it would skew the numbers much.

Do the vouchers expire?  If so, then I'm guessing that they go back to MS to reuse - in which case the numbers on the vouchers will go well past 10,000.

But, I wouldn't wait too long, as they're bound to go away at some point.