Penn Foster / ACE Transcript

My son is enrolling in an Automotive Technology Management program at Pensacola Junior College in pursuit of an A.A.S. He is looking at creative ways to fulfill the general education requirements (15 hours).

All of the classes he needs are available through Penn Foster and all of them are Ace Reviewed.

From what I've read, it looks as though it would be better to use the ACE Transcript Service to provide the school with their recommendations.

Has anyone here had any experience using Penn Foster in conjunction with ACE Transcripts and if so what was the outcome?

Looking for any comments, advice, etc.

 

Pensacola Junior College also grants credit for many of the CLEP exams, which may be an even cheaper (and quicker!) option than Penn Foster.

http://www.pjc.edu/forms-apps/studentservices/ClepAwardPolicy.pdf

 

Good point Fortunato! In speaking with many college students, I find their counselors seldom inform them of DANTES or CLEP test options. Of course, time and money wise, it is more lucrative for the schools to have your butt in the classroom seat! Good advice.

Abner

 

USFA Q118 Self Study

Hi, I googled USFA Q118 Community Safety Educator which can be transcripted as 1 semester Gen.Ed. credit among other things. ACE transcript required for this. Hille

 

I take Penn Foster courses and have them transcripted by ACE before sending them to Thomas Edison State College. It's a smooth, very easy process. I think the ACE service ran me $45 or so and includes 1 transcript. Every transcript after that runs $15.

Pug

 

FYI. Pensacola Junior College will not recognize ANY credits from Penn Foster, despite any ACE recommendation.

 

That's odd, but every college has that right I suppose. I've not encountered that prooblem anywhere with ACE courses.

Pug