I don't even know where to start with this because I'm a little frustrated now. I'm currently taking English Comp and English Prose Analysis and Interpretation online at a local community college. During this time, I also signed up for human anatomy online at BYU's site because the local school had no openings, but later dropped that class about 3 weeks into the course due to lack of support. That's when I found this website and still kicking myself for not finding it earlier. lol. I then started studying U.S. History I CLEP test. I'm sure if I take the test now I will most likely pass, but doubt I will do this. That's one of the reasons for my frustration. I spent a few months on deciding what to do with that 3rd class.

Right now, I need to get some direction. I'm beginning to think I can get a lot accomplished by taking Dantes and CLEP exams over the next year, but also take some courses at my local college. Prior to coming to this site, my goal was to complete my B.S. in Liberal Arts at Excelsior College ASAP, then study for my LSAT exam and apply to law school.

I thought about the dual MBA/JD degree route, but the schools that offer that is way too expensive and requirements to get in is too strict. I think the best route for me is to do the MBA route first, then hit law school because my current employer would pay 4,000 per year for the school. As I mentioned previously, I'm a little frustrated because I didn't take any of the foundation courses and it appears I will need to take more classes than I have left to graduate. To a certain point, I don't mind because my current GPA is 3.0 and I have a few "C" I can replace.

I have checked out a few schools that mention I need to complete Foundation courses prior to doing the MBA. Others that don't require it, strongly suggest you complete in order to become successful in passing the MBA.

Foundation Courses - Of course I haven't done these.
1.) Survey of Accounting or Financial and Managerial Accounting
2.) Survey of Economics or Micro and Macroeconomics
3.) Survey of Quantitative Business Analysis or Bus. Statistics and College Algebra
4.) Survey of Management & Operations or Principles of Management or higher
5.) Survey of Marketing or Principles of Marketing
6.) Survey of Finance or Business Finance.

I currently have 3 lower division and 7 upper division Arts & Sciences classes to graduate. I've already completed my applied professional portion. Of course, I know I need to take additional, as some courses above are not A&S courses.

Here is the initial route I'm thinking of doing and hope to get some feedback. First off my math SUCKS. It's been over 20 years since I have taken algebra. My transcript shows a "C" for Intro to Algebra and I know I will have a hurdle to get past Statistics.

It appears that Sac State has an agreement with Math Success located at for 35 dollars I can brush up on my math using this program and IC, as well as studying for Dantes Fundamentals of College Algebra, then study for Dantes Principles of Statistics. I take it, I should work on my math skills prior to the other courses.

I need to get some feedback on the rest of the route. Which ones to CLEP, Dantes, or recommend from any online courses. Maybe like order of preferences. I'm sure I will still have more upper division arts & sciences left to complete even though I do the foundation courses above. As you see, I'm a little frustrated because it will take me longer than expected.

On the MBA, I was really focusing on regional schools, but CCU is really looking attractive as I can do this at my own pace and not get too old to apply to law school. I just want to make sure I get the MBA done prior to hitting law school.

Joe Lomas

Okay, I took the online DSST practice exam for Environment and Humanity offered on DSST's website. I printed everything out and after having to calculate myself what kind of score I got, it didn't turn out the greatest. So now I'm reviewing everything and their so-called "Rationale" have ZERO rationale behind it! For example, Q). Which of the following does NOT represent an environmentally sound land use management system? R). Correct answer represents an unsound system. What is That?!?! I'm extremely frustrated at DSST's lack of competence in this area.

To get to my main point, sorry for the delay, I need to know the Percentage of Annual Population Change Here was the Question:

Q). The mathematical formula that represents the percentage of annual population change is expressed as which formula? (Note: CBR [crude birth rate] = # births/1000 population/year. CDR [crude death rate] = # deaths/1000 population/year.)

A. (CBR / CDR) x 10% = % population change/yr.
B. (CBR - CDR) / 10% = % population change/yr.
C. (CDR + CBR) / 10% = % population change/yr.
D. (CBR x CDR) / 10% = % population change/yr.

R). All but the correct answer are completely contrived and make no mathematical sense. "laugh" THAT was their answer and rationale behind it!

HELP! :confused:

Hi Guys I just registered and paid for the information literacy course today. Can I start it now or do I have to Wait till NOv. 5th for the semester to start. Can I download the material now and get it organized then take the test or have to wait to do that too. Thank you! Cindy

Ok, first things first. Be sure to write down on your scrap paper the information given to you at the beginning of the exam. You are given various significance levels and the appropriate Z score. They write it in an unusual way. It is written as follows:

Z. 0.0050 1.96
Z 0.010 1.645

You need this data to answer four or five questions in which you are asked about significance levels but not given the critical z-score. That’s why you need this information.

There were no questions, on my exam, that required you to calculate the correlation coefficient ( r ). There were two questions of this type: What can you say about the relationship of x and y if r = -0.80. Answer: strong and negative, although the answer on the exam used the word inverse, not negative. There was also a question that asked for the formula of the correlation coefficient of non-determination. I believe that was 1-r^2. There was also a question that asked what the correlation coefficient of determination tells you?

There were a few questions on the regression line. Again, no questions asked me to calculate the slope or y-intercept. I had questions that asked about the line. Given y = a + bx. What is b? Answer: the slope. What is a? Answer: the y-intercept. Then there were two questions, I believe, in which they gave you a value for x and asked you to solve for y. Very simple stuff there.

There were a few questions on hypothesis testing. I believe there were two questions that laid out a scenario then asked you to select the appropriate null and alternative hypothesis. There were one or two questions on p-values. Specifically, given the p-value of 0.034 and a significance level of 0.05, what would you say about the hypothesis. Your answers were to reject, do not reject and two off the wall answers. The answer is reject since the p-value is less than the significance level.

There were a few probability questions. One question was the following: You have 3 red balls, 2 yellow balls and 5 green balls. You select one ball, write down the color, and then place the ball back in the group. If you repeat this procedure 1000 times, how many red balls would you expect to draw? Answer: 300. Since there are 10 balls in total and 3 are red, you would have 3 in 10 chance of drawing the red ball. So, if the experiment is repeated 1000 times you would expect 300 red balls to be drawn. Another probability question was: Maria goes to Café A 60 percent of the time and Café B 40 percent of the time. Regardless of which Café she goes to, she orders the café moca 50 percent of the time. What is the probability that Maria will go to Café A and order the café moca? Answer: Since this an intersection of events and they are independent of one another, we use the multiplication rule. So we multiply Café A probability, 0.6, by the probability of ordering the café moca, which is 0.5. Answer is 30 percent or 0.3. The next probability problem was: Voter A votes 45 percent of the time, Voter B votes 30 percent of the time and Voter A and Voter B vote together 20 percent of the time. What is the probability that Voter A or Voter B will vote? Answer: You use the addition rule for non-mutually exclusive events. So, 45 percent + 30 percent – 20 percent = 55 percent.

The final part of the exam was easy. There were questions that related to the normal distribution so you need to know that 1 standard deviation = 68%, 2 standard deviations = 95% and 3 standard deviations = 99.7%. There was a question that said: the population mean for the height of women is 60 inches with a standard deviation of 2.5 inches. What percentage of women will be between 57.5 and 62.5 inches? Since this is 1 standard deviation below and above the mean, the answer is 68%. Then they ask the same question but ask, what is the percentage of women between 57.5 and 60 inches? Since this is one standard deviation below the mean, but not above the mean you would take half of the 1 standard deviation amount. Thus, the answer is 34%. Another question gives you a mean of 100, standard deviation of 0.5. What is the range of values when looking to contain 95% of the population? Remember, 95% is 2 standard deviations so the answer is 99-101.

Just buy Idiot’s Guide to Statistics and study it thoroughly and you will do fine on this exam. Take the time you need to study, and you will be just fine.

I have taken both the DSST practice tests for this exam. I am wondering since neither practice test showed actual memos, reports, etc... does the real test or does it just ask you about them like the practice ones did? I am going to try and take this Saturday.

Hello, I took English comp w/essay about a month ago and did really bad. (Not posting score) My next thought was to take a course. I'm going to have my credits transferred to TESC. I'm required to take English comp w/essay. I'm really open to any ideas. I would like to stay with something online. Thank you for your ideas!

I'm close to completing my undergrad and I've started looking for a graduate school. My goal is to earn an MBA with a focus in Human Resource Management, to complete it in 2 years or less, all online. I'm considering Aspen, St. Leo, California Coast, and Western Governors, to name a few. So many good ones out there, what's a girl to do?!?

I know it won't be a breeze but I was wondering, are the courses difficult to complete on your own (I'm nervous)? Does the school offer enough support if you get stuck? How long are the courses, are they self-paced? Please share your experiences with graduate school.

First off i would like to say hello to everyone on this form and thank you for taking the time to look over my post and hopefully give me some advice.

Ok, I'm a 24 year old Border Patrol Agent with obviously no college degree, that would really like to get one as fast and as cheaply as i can (who doesn't). I have about 50 community college credits strewn out over 3 colleges . I also graduated from a 17 week academy at FLETC (Federal Law Enforcement Training Center) that hopefully I can get some college credits for. Other than that, that's it.

My question is, from where I'm at what am I looking at timeline wise and cost wise to get my BA and what colleges would be the best. Can some explain to me what a portfolio assessment is and if its something that someone with LE experience or military experience has used and was able to get college credits for?

I don't have a lot of time to take online classes and would like to "test out" on as many classes as I can, I'm usually a very good test taker. What is the best rout for doing this?

Thanks alot guys.

Passed with a 74! I wrote an entire page on what I found on this exam, but it did not upload to this forum. Oh, well..LOL.

Advice, buy Idiots Guide to Statistics. Study that book for a few weeks then use the instacert flashcards to test how much you learned. This test is more than doable. So good luck to all that attempt this exam.

On the first attempt, I missed it by three points...(painful). I still need 6 UL credits and decided to take this exam again...:eek:! I plan to take it next week on Friday...double-eeK :eek:!!

I'm studying IC + the tips on the exam specific page. Does anyone have any additional study notes for this one? Anything will be greatly appreciated!