ACE College Credit Recommendations Frequently Asked Questions

All Microsoft Office Specialist certifications for Office XP and Office 2000 have been reviewed and approved by ACE for college credit recommendations. Learn more about specific college credit recommendations.

Find out how to provide the college of your choice with a record verifying your Microsoft Office Specialist certification(s).

ACE reviews and recommends examinations for college credit to the ACE Cooperating College Network. Each cooperating college or university considers ACE credit recommendations, but independently decides whether to award credit. While ACE cooperating colleges give considerable weight to ACE credit recommendations, each institution, and in many cases, each academic unit and/or department within an institution, sets its own policies for granting credit. If your college or university is not a member of the ACE Cooperating College Network, it still may consider awarding credit based on ACE college credit recommendations.

If you currently hold, or plan to pursue Microsoft Office Specialist certification, contact the admissions office at your institution, or the institution you plan to attend, and inquire about their policy regarding ACE college credit recommendations for Microsoft Office Specialist certification. Institutions independently determine the amount of credit to award, in light of how much credit is appropriate in relation to their overall academic program.

An ACE Credit Recommendations Transcript contains all of your ACE-evaluated exams in one document with easy-to-read descriptions, ACE credit recommendations, and suggested transfer areas. Your transcript can be released at any time to you or a college or university of your choice.

Yes. Your Microsoft Office Specialist digital transcript is an official record of your Microsoft Office Specialist certification(s). However, ACE-affiliated colleges and universities require an official ACE transcript in order to consider your Microsoft Office Specialist certification(s) for college credit. Once you have enrolled in the ACE Transcript Service, you can use the Microsoft Office Specialist digital transcript service to forward your certification record(s) to ACE, after which ACE will add your Microsoft Office Specialist certifications to your ACE transcript.

Visit the ACE College Credit Recommendation Service Web site or read the ACE College Credit Recommendation Service Frequently Asked Questions Web page.