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Are there any penalties for not completing the 1 credit course or TECEP to get active?

policies on tecep https://www.tesu.edu/degree-completion/t...ntact-info

This is my experience with signing up for a tecep but not taking it. just like it says in the policy. shows up somewhere as NT (not taken). no GPA impact.  No transcript impact. no refund.
Check your evaluation to see how many credits per 12 months you need to do to stay active. Using the 1 credit tecep may not meet that issue whether or not you take the exam.


Now the long version of my story.
Benefit: Signing up for it let me receive more than 2 evaluations and to get some UL courses preapproved since I was considered an enrolled student.
Instead of taking the tecep, I continued to work on my lower and upper level credits and got those courses evaluated.
Penalty: out the money of the tecep, but in my mind I rolled that cost into the application process to receive the extra evaluations and course approvals while getting to the 114 mark.

I did not take the tecep. Grade wise, nothing happened. It does not show up on my transcript (that I can see on online student services). It is not on my evaluation anymore either now that the term is over. No penalty I can see. just like the policy link says. (I had access to my state's research libraries so that wasn't an issue for me to write papers for UL at SDC. I'm not in jersey)

I’m still in the 12 months since my initial application. After the tecep term, I finished my UL and was schedule wise ready for SOS 110. I am in that now and will finish it with good grade. So, I know I’m good to go for meeting my 3 credits per 12 months minimum. planning on capstone to happen during the first 12 months after initial application, but that's not relevant.

What I am not sure of is this and to me it doesn't personally matter. If I had not enrolled in sos110 (or other course at tesu) and did not complete the 3 credit tecep, then would I have met the 3 credit per 12 month requirement? I hear the stories that say yes. But I think I am not hearing all of the parts of it. In my case, it doesn’t matter because I am taking the cornerstone (sos 110).