Academics · Adult Learning

Count the credit
you already earned.

Many adults going back to school have more credit than they think: a semester from years ago, an AP exam, military training, a professional license. List every source with its credits, grade or score and year, and record how your college evaluates each. The inventory totals what is accepted and waiting, and flags the things that commonly stop credit from transferring.

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Credit sources

The worked example is made up: two community college courses from 2009 and 2010, an AP exam and Army medic training. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Academics · Adult Learning$5

What you finish with
A record per credit source: institution, kind, course or exam, credits, grade or score, year, how the college treats it and notes. Totals credits accepted and waiting and shows progress toward 60 and 120 credits; flags grades below C, AP scores below 3, CLEP scores below 50, older science and math courses, missing military or workplace transcripts and credits not accepted.
Who it is for
Adults returning to college, transfer students, veterans and working adults with training or licenses that may earn credit.
Format
Browser inventory with a saved record per credit source. Prints one record, the whole inventory in a table for an advising appointment or a blank sheet; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Academics Suite pass ($149) and the Caveat Suite pass ($299). Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Adult Learning space in Caveat Academics.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. List every school, exam and training you can remember.
  2. Add credits, grade or score and the year.
  3. Order the official transcripts and score reports.
  4. Record how the college evaluates each one.
  5. Bring the printout to your academic advising appointment.

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Prior credit

Where prior credit comes fromSourceProofCollege coursesOfficial transcript from each schoolAP examsOfficial College Board score reportCLEP and DSST examsAn official score transcriptMilitary trainingThe Joint Services Transcript (free)Workplace training, licensesAn ACE or NCCRS credit transcriptWhere prior credit comes fromCollege coursesProof: Official transcript from each schoolAP examsProof: Official College Board score reportCLEP and DSST examsProof: An official score transcriptMilitary trainingProof: The Joint Services Transcript (free)Workplace training, licensesProof: An ACE or NCCRS credit transcript
Each college decides what it accepts and how. The inventory is how you ask: one list, with the proof for each line.

The college decides

Every college sets its own transfer and exam credit policies: the minimum grade, the AP and CLEP scores it accepts and whether credit counts toward your major or only as an elective. Ask for an official evaluation, in writing, before you register.

Credit for what you already know

Many colleges also offer credit for prior learning through a portfolio or a challenge exam, and the American Council on Education recommends credit for many military and workplace courses. Ask the college’s registrar or adult learner office what it accepts.

Sources

  1. American Council on Education (acenet.edu): Learning Evaluations and military credit recommendations; CLEP credit-granting score of 50.
  2. College Board (collegeboard.org): AP scores and college credit policies; CLEP.
  3. National College Credit Recommendation Service (nationalccrs.org).
  4. Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (cael.org): credit for prior learning.

The worked example is made up. Each college sets its own credit policies; this inventory does not decide what transfers. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.