[knucyt]

Got it. Oh What a mess! It really sucks! How attached are you to IU? Some of these 4 year univerisities are incredibly difficult to deal with - they look for whatever is going to bring them in the most money and don't put the student first. It would be nice if you could vote with your feet. Sometimes just that threat and persistence will make them change their mind.

Your only other option would be to try again at a later date w/a different registrar, academic advisor, or department head. I had a less serious, but not disimilair issue for two classes I wanted to substitute with CLEPS/DANTES and eventually after 2 years of campus classes and high grades they finally gave me an exception (if I scored >63 or higher) and agreed to match up the two classes....I just kept asking!

I also had a project management class I took in 2004 with a third party that was not ACE credited originally but eventually the training comany was able to get an ACE credit rating in 2007 and so I got credit for it in my electives. Ya never know....bug FEMA...see if they have plans for this - a few of their in person classes do have ACE credit already from what I have read elsewhere.

Sorry you are having this problem after spending all the money.

Good luck!