What happens after I apply for CPL?

1. For AP, IB, and CLEP:
   
   • The Transcript Evaluator Office/Admissions and Records will review and process the request. You will be notified via your Chaffey email when your form has been processed. Your test results can be viewed through the Chaffey Portal.
   • If for any reason, the Transcript Evaluator Office/Admissions and Records cannot process your request, they will note this on the Credit for Prior Learning Request Form and email you on your Chaffey email.
2. For Military Credit:
   • The Veterans Resource Counselor will process the request and forward it to the appropriate discipline faculty member.
   • The discipline faculty member will review the request and contact you if needed.
   • You will be informed of the decision.
   • The student will be informed of the decision.
   • If granted credit by the faculty, you will have the option to accept or deny the credit granted. If accepted, the credit will be on your student transcript.
3. For Credit by Examination:
   • Once the Credit for Prior Learning Request Form is submitted to Admissions and Records, you will meet with the department coordinator or a department faculty designee to discuss the next steps to process your request form.
   • If the department coordinator or faculty designee determine the Credit by Examination assessment measures mastery of the course content, the faculty will sign the CPL petition and forward it to Admissions and Records.
   • If granted credit by the faculty, you will have the option to accept or deny the credit granted. If accepted, the credit will be on your student transcript.
4. For Industry Recognized Credentials:
   • Admissions and Records will process the request form.
   • Some industry credentials may have already been evaluated by faculty to be eligible for Credit for Prior Learning. If your industry credential has already been evaluated for Credit for Prior Learning, Admissions and Records may award credit for your credential by:
     • • Notifying you of which course(s) the industry credential can be awarded.
       • Confirming your option to officially receive credit for these course(s).
       • If you agree to receive credit, the credit awarded will be posted on your student transcript.
   • If your industry credential has not yet been evaluated by faculty, the following actions will take place:
     
     • • You will meet with the department coordinator/faculty designee.
       • You will submit the industry credentials and corresponding documents to the faculty member.
       • If the faculty member determines that the industry credentials submitted by you demonstrates mastery of course content, the faculty will sign the Credit for Prior Learning Request Form and forward it to Admissions and Records.
       • If granted credit by the faculty, you will have the option to accept or deny the credit granted. If accepted, the credit will be on your student transcript.
   • If granted credit, the credit will be recorded on the student’s transcript.
5. For Student-created Portfolio Assessment:
   • Admissions and Records will process your request.
   • You will meet with the department coordinator or faculty designee to discuss the next steps to process your request form.
   • The student will submit a portfolio to the faculty following the instructions given.
   • You will submit a portfolio to the faculty member following the instructions they give you.
   • If the faculty determines that the student portfolio that you submitted demonstrates mastery of the course content, the faculty will sign the Credit for Prior Learning Request Form and forward it to Admissions and Records.
   • If granted credit by the faculty, you will have the option to accept or deny the credit granted. If accepted, the credit will be on your student transcript.