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**ALERT** 8 CLEP exams downgraded - cookderosa - 09-30-2015
Bad news....
CLEP has undergone their ACE exam review and a total of 8 exams have been DOWNGRADED the recommended credit value.
If you are not locked into/enrolled in a degree plan, the new credit amounts will apply.
American Literature DOWNGRADED from 6 to 3 credits.
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature DOWNGRADED from 6 to 3 credits.
College Composition Modular DOWNGRADED from 6 to 3 credits.
English Literature DOWNGRADED from 6 to 3 credits.
Humanities DOWNGRADED from 6 to 3 credits.
All three foreign language exams remain at 6 credits for a level 1 pass but DOWNGRADED to 9 credits for level 2 passes (scores vary-see link).
https://clep.collegeboard.org/develop/ace-credit
**ALERT** 8 CLEP exams downgraded - gingerbeefE - 09-30-2015
that's a bummer to the Analyzing and Interpreting Literature,
every school i have been to already only takes 3 for the modular.
**ALERT** 8 CLEP exams downgraded - Prloko - 09-30-2015
WOW!! Is this immediate? My spouse paid for the humanities exam two months ago and was supposed to take it at the end of October.
**ALERT** 8 CLEP exams downgraded - Leedeedee - 09-30-2015
Does anyone know if you've already taken one of these exams, but are not locked into a degree plan, will they be counted as the old or new values?
**ALERT** 8 CLEP exams downgraded - cookderosa - 09-30-2015
if you're enrolled, then you're locked and you have already been awarded credit on your transcript. If you are still waiting to enroll, you'll be subject to the new guidelines.
**ALERT** 8 CLEP exams downgraded - Shawn A - 09-30-2015
According to the ACE Guide - the downgrade was effective March 1, 2015:
ACE CREDIT | The National Guide to College Credit for Workforce Training
**ALERT** 8 CLEP exams downgraded - GoodYellowDogs - 09-30-2015
That's why I don't like the idea of taking the tests first, then enrolling and graduating. I paid for three years of student fees at Excelsior to stay enrolled ($440 a year), but it was well worth it. There were multiple and ugly changes after I enrolled that didn't apply to me.
**ALERT** 8 CLEP exams downgraded - gingerbeefE - 09-30-2015
Overall it is still up to the school to decide what they award right? As of right now, TESC has not changed their policy still has 12 under languages and 6 CR for the random courses.
CLEP - College-Level Exam Program
**ALERT** 8 CLEP exams downgraded - rebel100 - 09-30-2015
gingerbeefE Wrote:Overall it is still up to the school to decide what they award right? As of right now, TESC has not changed their policy still has 12 under languages and 6 CR for the random courses.I suspect this is true, though I have no doubt once the schools fully catch on they will adjust. There is no incentive to buck the system.
CLEP - College-Level Exam Program
**ALERT** 8 CLEP exams downgraded - SuZQ2 - 09-30-2015
cookderosa Wrote:Bad news....
CLEP has undergone their ACE exam review and a total of 8 exams have been DOWNGRADED the recommended credit value.
If you are not locked into/enrolled in a degree plan, the new credit amounts will apply.
To quote your average 6th grader, "OMG!!!!":willynilly:
I have notoriously bad luck when it comes to timing, but for once I squeaked in under the wire having taken all 3 Lit tests in 2011-2012 and enrolling at EC in 2014. I don't think I really understood the chance I took by waiting those three years...
Now, if I'd only come to the party in 2010 I would have avoided the dreaded Capstone banghead...