I am looking for any information on the freshman college comp w/essay. Has anyone taken the exam with essay? I am trying to get an idea of how difficult the essay will be.

I have not been in school for 20 somethings years. I am the Director of Finance for the company I work for. I have been there for 5 years and now they come to me and say that I have to have a BA (preferably MBA). I have to get this degree in less than 1.5 years.

Thankfully I can test out of most of the accounting and economics courses that I will be required to take. Essay writing worries me though. If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated.

Moms going back to school

I'm scheduled to take World Conflicts next week. I'm curious if anyone has been able to pull off making an A. I'm using the Idiot's guide to WC and wikipedia. Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Cut N Shoot CamelRider

I did a search on Research Methods which I've pushed off untill the ic cards for it were ready. I noticed a couple of ppl saying that the study guide that comes along with the Experimental Psychology textbook is a very good resource for its glossary and practice tests. I went to barnesandnobles.com and found the cheapest used one for twenty something dollars besides shipping. Any opinions on how necessary or worth it this purchase would be? (I ordered an older edition of the textbook for eight something).

I thought I would see if anyone had taken any courses through Excelsior. I was thinking of taking one or two of their online courses but how do you take tests? Do you have to have a proctor? Just wondering if anyone would happen to know.

Happy new year all!!!!

This is my first post, but have been a member for several months. I am currently studying to take accounting (clep) and was wondering if anyone suggests using istudysmart as well.

I have used the info from the other acconting posts (thank you!!) but am wondering if it is worth the extra $$$

There is not much I can find thoughout the posting about istudy

Any help/suggestions would be appreciated

Traditional - Strayer (67 credits) still currently going

DSST - Principles of Supervision (62), HR Management (61), Money and banking (50), Intro to business (61), Org Behaviour (59)

CLEP - None

Hi -

I plan on enrolling in Excelsior. I'm currently working temp-to-perm at a company with tuition reimbursement (yeah!!) so by waiting a few months to enroll I can have someone else pay for it. I have the course catalogs from Excelsior and I'm working my way through the applicable CLEPs.

I took the CLEP English Comp w/Essay exam before I learned of Excelsior. I know that this does not satisfy Exelsior's written english requirement. However, my community college accepts it and placed 3 credit hours of English Composition on my transcript. Does anyone know if Excelsior will backtrack that credit to the CLEP exam or just accept it off the transcript and allow it to satisfy the requirement?

Thanks!

Hello all and Happy New Year!

I was wondering if anyone could share their opinions on which two ECE tests would be easier as far as taking and studying for - Gerontology or Research Psychology?
I wanted to start the New Year on a positive (and confidence-building) note and also needed to start my long, 2007 "test" journey as well.

Thanks in advance everyone!
-MailDog (woof-woof!)

G'day Everyone,

I am a newcomer to the forum and thought I'd take the time to introduce myself after spending the last week lurking around picking up all sorts of great tips from the many helpful threads and members.

I recently moved to the US from Australia with my US born wife and have spent the last two years getting my permanent residency status in order. Now that that has been taken care of I need to concentrate on furthering my education. Although I am currently employed fulltime in a good position with a large company I have found that future prospects are limited without a degree. So, at the age of 40+ and having been out of school for over 20 years I find that I am studying again.

That is not to say that I ever stopped studying. I have a Diploma of Business - Frontline Management and a Diploma of Training and Assessment Systems through the Australian education system. Unfortunately I have found that these qualifications do not translate directly to anything recognizable in the US. They do assist with the portfolio submissions I need to make but I have found that without a degree from a US College employers and potential employers do not put a lot of weight on what I currently have.

So to make a long story short, I have formulated a plan and expect to spend quite a bit of time at IC and the forum. I will try not to ask too many dumb questions but it is amazing how much people take for granted. For instance, when I got my drivers license over here I was told that most 6th graders could pass the written test yet I had to study for it and forget a lot of what I had learned and been doing over the last 25 years. So not having gone through the US education system and not having lived it my entire life I feel that a lot of what would be common knowledge to the average citizen will remain foreign to me. So please be gentle when I do ask what may seem to be obvious to everyone else.

Well that is my story so far. I will share with you my progress as I take this journey and look forward to spending time here at the forum.

Regards

Anyone out there have tips on passing ECE Nursing Research, Community Health Nursing and Nursing Management & Leadership. Anyone using istudysmart.com with good results?

For both DSST and CLEP tests, are all the tests preset? Meaning, are the questions always the same? Or is there a "pool" of 500 questions that each test randomly picks 100 questions from?

It seems that some people think a particular test is very easy, and others think it was difficult. Can it just be luck of the draw of test questions that you get???