by Anne W. Anderson
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Images by Anne W. Anderson
PEL students planning to take DSST exams in December or January can save $17 as part of DSST's $17 for '17 promotion, according to an email sent December 1.
Students pay for and register for DSST exams at the testing site just before taking the exam. Students enter a promotional code, which is available at the front desk, on the day of the exam.
The $17 promotional discount reduces the cost to DSST from the regular $80 fee to $63, during December 2016 and January 2017 only. Students also pay a $20 administrative fee to Eckerd College.
CLEP exams still cost $80, plus the $20 administrative fee. Students pay for CLEP exams online before coming to the test site to take the exam.
Only one testing station -- book NOW!
Eckerd College only has one approved CLEP/DSST testing station, which is located in the PEL office. Because it serves both PEL and residential students, students should call ahead and make an appointment to take exams. Exam appointments begin at 9:15 a.m. Monday-Friday and the last appointment made is at 4 p.m.
NOTE: Beginning January 3, testing appointments will be extended to a final start time of 6 p.m. on TUESDAYS ONLY. Test-takers must arrive before 6 p.m. to pay the $20 administration fee or must pay the fee in advance during regular business hours.
Timed-writing sessions for the Writing Exhibit also are scheduled through the PEL office.
To reserve a testing time in the PEL office, please call Anne Anderson or Sandra Hollander at 727-864-8226 or email pel@eckerd.edu.
To learn more about CLEP exams, which are created by the same company that administers the SAT and ACT tests, go to https://clep.collegeboard.org/exam. The site contains sample questions and offers a practice test. Libraries often have CLEP preparation materials, too.
To learn more about DSST exams, go to http://getcollegecredit.com/ and click on the Test Takers tab.
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| Sharon Clawson, Assistant Registrar for PEL |
"Official CLEP results can take up to four weeks and official DSST results can take up to six weeks to arrive in the PEL registrar's office" said Sharon Clawson '02, assistant registrar for PEL.
Clawson explained that, even though students find out as soon as they finish the exam whether or not they have passed, she cannot post the results to a student's degree plan until she receives the official results.
Additionally, while most students pass the CLEP and DSST exams on the first attempt, a few do not. If a student does not score high enough on the CLEP or the DSST exam to earn credit for a course, the student cannot retake the exam until at least 90 days after the attempt.
"So if a student takes an exam on January 6 but doesn't pass, he/she cannot retake that same exam until after April 6, but then the official results probably won't arrive until after May 6 -- which is very close to the May graduation date," Clawson said. "However, the student could take a different test without waiting the 90 days."
"After everything has been posted, the student's advisor and I conduct a final check of the degree plan to be sure all requirements have been met," Clawson added. "Considering we might have forty or more students graduating in May, it takes a lot of time to complete the process for all students."
Anne W. Anderson is PEL's director of blended and online learning
and is co-editor of The PEL Connector.
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