Gpa

From what I can discern from TESC and COSC, only COSC gives actual grade points for CLEP and DANTES tests.
Is this right or am I way off base here?

If this is the case, isn't the GPA very important if you were to go on to graduate school?

Just for grins, given the following scenario what would be the ramifications of going on to graduate school?

Scenario:
Using portfolio, CLEP and DANTES to test out for 100 credits (120 needed for BS), you managed to just get by with the minimum GPA.
Would if be unfair to you for the school to report only on the courses that you had to actually take and disregard any part of the above mentioned testing?

Thanks,

 

Hello, You can get a GPA from TESC. If you go with this school make it clear at your first advisement session that it will be necessary. Hille

 

COSC does give grades for CLEPS and DANTES but only select exams. The general CLEPS appears to be Pass / Fail and subject exams receive grades.

 

Excelsior gives letter grades (grade points) for some CLEP/DANTES exams as well.

Best Regards,

Bill

 

In my TESC program, the only test scores which were transcripted with a letter grade attached were two ECEs. Another 40+ units (by CLEP, DANTES, Portfolio, Practicum, and ACE-reviewed training) were transcripted simply as "Credit" with a descriptive title-- no grades.

Several of the grad schools I applied to had a multiple options for meeting GPA requirements for admission-- overall GPA, or GPA in the last year (or two years) of the undergraduate program. Since my last "year" included only twelve graded units-- including the two Excelsior College Exams-- while my overall GPA was a battle-scarred reminder of my younger, less-grade-conscious days, it was a no-brainer for me to cheerfully report the 4.0 "last year" average which qualified me for unconditional admission. None of the schools took issue with this interpretation.

Had my "live" grades been a little lower, but my test scores stellar, I would have high-tailed it to COSC or Excelsior.. and I would have slept like a baby when I reported *that* high GPA to grad schools. IMO, there's nothing deceptive about the way any of the Big Three transcript credits, whether earned by testing or by transfer.