Question on Credit Banking

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by sonny_jr, Mar 29, 2004.

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  1. sonny_jr

    sonny_jr New Member

    I know Excelsior does this, not sure if the other 2 do. Would credit banking at Excelsior be beneficial as opposed to an initial evaluation? I know if you credit bank, your'e more or less building a transcript of credits that are accepted by an institution. Can someone shed more light on this topic?


    Sonny
     
  2. MarkIsrael@aol.com

    [email protected] New Member

    > I know Excelsior does this, not sure if the other 2 do.

    Charter Oak State College has a "Credit Registry". It's more restrictive than Excelsior's Credit Bank; e.g., you can't put foreign credits on it.

    > Would credit banking at Excelsior be beneficial as opposed
    > to an initial evaluation?


    The Excelsior Credit Bank will give you some indication of whether Excelsior will accept the credits. Not a perfect indication -- a Credit Bank transcript may include courses that duplicate each other, PhysEd activity courses, credentials like teacher qualifications, and continuing education units (CEUs).

    The Credit Bank will tell you nothing about how credits apply toward a particular degree.

    > I know if you credit bank, your'e more or less building a
    > transcript of credits that are accepted by an institution.


    Bears' Guide calls the Excelsior Credit Bank "widely accepted". My experience and information from elsewhere has been quite the reverse. Nobody accepts the Credit Bank; everybody wants to see transcripts from the original institutions.

    Is there a single satisfied Credit Bank customer out there?
     
  3. mdg1775

    mdg1775 New Member

    I have to agree with Mark

    Back some time before I earned my BA Degree from TESC, I did credit banking at Regents (Excelsior), and I tried to used the "Banked" credit transcript to get into a school to work on my BA. Every school I applied to (more than a dozen) wanted to see the actual transcripts from the universities and colleges that I attended. Although I had nearly 120 hours on my "Credit Bank Transcript," the most that I could get accepted was about 90 at TESC (other schools were down in the 50's and 60's).
     

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