Does anyone know what the scale is for credits at Excelsior and COSC. I know COSC will offer up to 18 credits for most GRE's and Excelsior will offer up to 30 credits but I would like to know the percentage / credit scale. Thanks.
Excelsior 3 credits per 5 percentile points starting at the 35th percentile, up to a maximum 30 credits at the 80th percentile. 35%ile - 3 credits lower division 40%ile - 6 credits lower division 45%ile - 9 credits lower division 50%ile - 12 credits lower division 55%ile - 15 credits (12 lower division + 3 upper division) 60%ile - 18 credits (12 lower division + 6 upper division) . . . and so on up to . . . 80%ile - 30 credits (12 lower division + 18 upper division) COSC - a straight 18 or 24 credits for any score above the 40th percentile. 18 credits for non quantitative GRE subject exams of which 3 credits are upper division, and 24 credits for quantitative GRE subject exams of which 9 credits are upper division. The following is taken from BA in 4 Weeks page on the GRE subject exam. See that site for one-stop shopping on use of the GRE subject exam in garnering college level credit. http://geocities.com/ba_in_4_weeks/GREsubject.html "GRE DETAILS TO CONSIDER Excelsior College awards credit for GRE subject exams on a sliding scale. A score above the 80th percentile will net you 30 semester hours credits. A score above the 35th percentile will net you 3 semester hours. In between, credits are accumulated in 3 credits per 5 percentile point increments. Charter Oak State College (COSC) Awards 18 or 24 credits for GRE subject exams for any score above the 40th percentile. 24 credits are awarded for quantitative exams, 18 credits are awarded for non quantitative exams. Thomas Edison State College (TESC) does not award credit for GRE subject exams. In addition to the above, it should be noted that Excelsior awards the first 12 credits as lower division (LD) credits. That is, a pass above the 50th percentile will yield 12 LD credits. All additional credits awarded are upper division credits (UD). So, a score above the 80th percentile yields 12 LD and 18 UD semester hour credits, for a total of 30 credit hours. COSC awards 15 LD credits + 9 UD credits in the quantitative GREs, and 15 LD credits + 3 UD credits in the non quantitative GREs, for a total of 24 and 18 credit hours respectively." Lawrie Miller BA in 4 Weeks http://geocities.com/ba_in_4_weeks .
