Transferring English credits?

[mjno]

Hello,

This is my very first post and I would like to start out by saying what a great site this is and also to thank everyone for their help by posting great information on testing. I have been a member since October of last year and this forum has helped me pass five dantes and six cleps. I hope to to contribute if I can now that I have become brave enough to actually post something.

So again thank you all.

I do have a question regarding transferring credits (mainly English).
I am currently a business major at Regis University and I am considering transferring to Excelsior. I currently have 51 credits with Regis, 48 of which I have tested out of including their English requirement (Freshmen Coll Comp 6 credits). All testing with Regis is pass/fail but they do not post cleps or dantes on transcripts, they are listed under Regis course names. Based on what I have read in previous posts Excelsior does not accept any cleps to meet their English requirement, so my question (if have not made it confusing enough) is if Excelsior would transfer the Regis English requirement that was originally a clep? I have spoken with someone at Excelsior and the person I spoke with was not a counselor and could not give me information until I applied. If anyone could help me I would really appreciate it.

Thanks.

[Librevore]

Hello mjno,

I'm afraid I don't know the answer to how your credits will transfer but I would like to welcome you to the forum. That's fantastic that you've passed so many exams already. If you remember any feedback on the cleps & dantes that you've taken, it would be great to post it in the exam specific thread. Thanks! And again, welcome.

[skwiggey]

I am in the same boat. Excelsior says no to CLEP english, but it also says that they will accept something from your school stating that you met the written english requirement for the school that you are sending transcripts from. That might be the backdoor to the problem. I haven't enrolled yet, so I can't give a definite answer.

[barcotta]

I would just send over the transcript and ask for an evaluation. No explanation necessary.

[Matymus]

I agree with Barcotta....the only thing you can do is try. Send the transcript...if they have concerns or questions about those English credits from Regis, they'll be sure to let you know.

[skwiggey]

I got my unofficial eval. It says I am still lacking written english. So, they denied it on my unofficial eval. Might still be able to get it pushed through though.

[Kiwi Lover]

Originally Posted by mjno

I do have a question regarding transferring credits (mainly English). I am currently a business major at Regis University and I am considering transferring to Excelsior. I currently have 51 credits with Regis, 48 of which I have tested out of including their English requirement (Freshmen Coll Comp 6 credits). All testing with Regis is pass/fail but they do not post cleps or dantes on transcripts, they are listed under Regis course names. Based on what I have read in previous posts Excelsior does not accept any cleps to meet their English requirement, so my question (if have not made it confusing enough) is if Excelsior would transfer the Regis English requirement that was originally a clep? I have spoken with someone at Excelsior and the person I spoke with was not a counselor and could not give me information until I applied. If anyone could help me I would really appreciate it.

Hi mjno,

Welcome to the IC forum and congrats on finally making that first post!

I also transferred from Regis University to Excelsior for the Business degree, and I can tell you this much from MY experience:

I also took the 6-credit CLEP Freshman College Composition exam while still at Regis Univ. Excelsior applied 3 of these credits to the Humanities section of my transcript. So at the very least, you aren't going to LOSE all of the credits for that exam.

Regarding skwiggey's post stating that he thinks that Excelsior will "accept something from your school stating that you met the written english requirement for the school that you are sending transcripts from", I would be interested to see if that is true (I hope that it IS!).

The reason I say that is because Regis Univ. accepted an Intermediate Algebra class I took years ago as meeting THEIR requirement for College Algebra, so it is now listed on my Regis transcript as College Algebra. As a result, I felt confident that Excelsior would accept this as also meeting THEIR requirements. No dice! No matter how much I argued with them that a reputable university like Regis accepted it as College Algebra, they still wouldn't budge. So I truly hope for your sake that getting a letter from Regis about the WER requirement will do the trick, but thought I'd better mention what my own experience was. Who knows? This might be a totally different situation, in which case I will feel like an idiot!!

Let us know how it goes okay?

JoAnne

[skwiggey]

This is straight from the Excelsior catalog. I actually read all of it at least twice, before I submitted my application.
Section 1 is the part where there is no acceptance of CLEP w/ essay for written english requirement.
Then, Section 3 under Written English requirement states:
"Submission of an official statement of proficiency from a regionally accredited institution, from which transfer credit is being accepted, verifying satisfactory completion of its writing requirement."
The question is whether Section 1 stating Excelsior does not accept the CLEP overrules Section 3, or does section 3 overrule section 1. That is the question. Hopefully this clears up what I am referring to.

[Basket Weaver]

I was in the same boat; I fought the good fight and eventually was left with three choices.

#1. I could choose not to attend Excelsior.

#2. I could take the ECE English test, with essay and wait 73 days (plus mailing time) for them to grade it.

#3. I could take an 8 week English Comp course on the base here and know immediately that I passed, which is what I did.

It was a painless course and now that I'm entering into my Master's program, I'm glad I took the refresher because it appears as though I'm going to be doing quite a bit of writing. Hope this helps somehow, Lee

[skwiggey]

Originally Posted by Basket Weaver

I was in the same boat; I fought the good fight and eventually was left with three choices.

#1. I could choose not to attend Excelsior.

#2. I could take the ECE English test, with essay and wait 73 days (plus mailing time) for them to grade it.

#3. I could take an 8 week English Comp course on the base here and know immediately that I passed, which is what I did.

It was a painless course and now that I'm entering into my Master's program, I'm glad I took the refresher because it appears as though I'm going to be doing quite a bit of writing. Hope this helps somehow, Lee

Did you try the option of section 3?