Dear susan03-ga;
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.
Your daughter may not only be eligible for credit for her paramedic
training but she may also be eligible for college credit for her
military service and “life experience”. Upon applying for an
educational program she will need to have with her the following items
for consideration:
MILITARY TRANSCRIPT
Proof of all formal educational training she received in the military.
The MILITARY.COM website says this: “When you request a transcript to
be sent to a school, it is sent directly from the service's transcript
office to the school. However, you should also request an unofficial
transcript so you can review its accuracy and completeness. You should
do this BEFORE requesting your transcript be sent to a school so you
can have any corrections made, if necessary. Each service has its own
transcript request”
She can request her transcript here:
http://www.au.af.mil/au/ccaf/active_transc.htm)
DD-214 (DISCHARGE PAPERS)
She will need to present this document as well. If she doesn’t have it
she needs to fill out this request and send it in. It may take a while
to get a copy of the DD-214.
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/obtain_copies/standard_form_180.pdf
(A side note here: Once she gets her DD-214 she will need to HANG ONTO
IT FOR LIFE. She’ll need this document at various points throughout
her life if she intends to use any Veteran benefits. Tell her to do
herself a favor and put this is a safe deposit box. Trust me…I know.)
PROOF OF COURSEWORK
Any classes that she has taken for which she obtained a certificate of
completion that do not appear on her transcript. The military is
notorious for sending people to hundreds of schools throughout their
career and then giving them a piece of paper without recording it on a
formal transcript. These count and they are all taken into
consideration.
OTHER TRANSCRIPTS
Any transcripts from unrelated college education should also be
presented. While the college might not consider a basket-weaving class
she took five years ago, it might consider something like a
speed-reading course, computer course, or a philosophy course. Just
because it doesn’t deal with medicine doesn’t necessarily mean it
won’t be considered for additional college credit as long as it’s not
too far out there.
CHECK WITH ADMISSIONS COUNSELORS
Check with admissions counselors in advance of your application and
see if there are other ways of gaining credit for life experience.
Also ask about the availability of “DANTES Subject Standardized Tests”
(sometimes called simply, “DANTES” or “DSST” tests) that evaluate
applicants to see if they are eligible for earned college credit based
on what they have learned in non-traditional ways.
Most colleges who participate in this type of program offer as much as
four semester hours just for military service alone regardless of your
job while you were in the military. At the other end of the spectrum,
most colleges limit the credits for prior education, life experience
and military service, etc to 28 semester hours, so if she gets that,
or even half of that, she’ll be doing great.
I hope you find that that my research exceeds your expectations. If
you have any questions about my research please post a clarification
request prior to rating the answer. I welcome your rating and your
final comments and I look forward to working with you again in the
near future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.
Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga
INFORMATION SOURCES
MILITARY.COM
http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent1/?file=college_credit#transcript
ICN – COLLEGE CREDIT FOR LIFE EXPERIENCE
http://www.icn.org/studentservices/lifeexp.html
GET COLLEGE CREDIT
http://www.getcollegecredit.com/
SEARCH STRATEGY
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Google ://www.google.com
SEARCH TERMS USED:
"COLLEGE CREDIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE"
DANTES
“EARNED COLLEGE CREDIT”
“COLLEGE CREDIT FOR LIFE EXPERIENCE” |
