Hello all,

New to this GREAT site which I wish I'd found earlier....

Need to take the DSST Drug & Alcohol on 3/27 -- could not find the passyourclass notes listed on yahoo by adoncia -- if anyone has could they please email to me at
rhodes145@core.com? Many thanks.

I started this credit by exam business after finding bain4weeks site, and since I needed roughly 30 credits to finish my degree -- had credits from over 27 years ago(!) decided that if the whole degree could be gotten in 4 weeks then surely I could get a mere 30 credits all in one fell swoop by taking the GRE Psych exam and studying hard for 6 weeks beforehand. I had taken 2 psych courses about 29 years ago -- such was my reasoning.

Studied for 6 weeks using the Kaplan Psych GRE book and the REA version. On night before the Saturday am test, asked my dear husband to set the alarm and dropped off to sleep. Woke up next am as test was starting at Alfred U; a full 35 minute drive away. Alarm had not gone off! Mad as I'd ever have been, threw my clothes on and jumped in the car - no hair or teeth brushing for me - and booked it through a snow and sleet storm to the test site. I ran up hill to auditorium, only to find a sign stating that test site had been moved to another location with a kind of vague blue arrow pointing straight up as the location...After slipping and sliding thru the mud and trying over and over to make it up that hill and finally making it, I sort of crawled up the stairs to the reception area of this castle-type building, heaving for breath.

Proctor showed up about 5 minutes later and informed me that he'd have to go check exam specs because he didn't know if he'd be able to let me take the test at this point. Another 10 minutes passed and he showed back up to let me know I could take the test if I wanted to. I had to have looked like I'd slept on the street the night before, while everyone else in the room looked fresh as a daisy and about 22 years old at the most....

Didn't know if I'd have only 2 hours to finish test or if he was going to extend time for another hour; so I ripped into that thing like I had someone standing behind me with a gun. Finished with 5 minutes to spare -- enough time to fill in the little ovals with personal info and Excelsior info. I felt like all the studying I'd done had very little to do with the types of questions on the test. Whereas the Qs had a lot to do with applied knowledge, and a lot of that very contemporary knowledge, my studying had mainly been concerned with memorization of theories, applications, dates etc. To put it mildly I had to rely very much on common sense and inferring meanings about concepts that I'd never encountered in my studying.

Well, he collected test after 2 hours was up for me. I comforted myself with knowledge that at least I had the excuse that everyone else had 3 hours. Drove home wondering what exactly I was going to say to my husband about this alarm setting business -- after all, he'd never had problems setting the alarm before...why now??? Turned out there was a "weekend off" function on the alarm that neither of us knew about, and as luck would have it -- it was on.

A month later I got test results. Score was 640. Like I said, I wish I'd encountered a site where the scoring info was explained; because I went for days thinking that meant I would be awarded NO credit at all; and beating myself up for being such a stupid failure -- having the nerve to think I could amass a whole lot of credit in one fell swoop... As it turned out Excelsior awarded 21 credits for that score, so the story had a happy ending. I got 12 lower level and 9 upper level Psych credits.

Now I need to pass DSST Statistics, DSST Drugs & Alcohol, ECE Abnormal Psych; Information literacy and probably College Writing (depending on whether the AP people find that I took that AP English test way back when or not); and then I will have a Bachelors of Science in Liberal Studies with an area of focus in Psychology and possibly an area of focus in art; depending on whether Excelsior will accept 3 more UL credits from a film course I took a thousand years ago....

Hope this post not too long for this board, but that GRE story has been churning around in my gut for some time now, and I think only others who've studied like mad people would understand....

Best wishes,
Barbara

I know some people on the board have used the Excelsior practice exams for Ethics and Organizational Behavior. I am going to use them as well. I know you get 2 practice exams for $60, but is it limited to the number of times you can take the exam, or is it unlimited?

I took what I was hoping to be the last exam required before completing my degree. I failed CLEP Precalculus today with a 46. I did well on the first section I think --- it was the last one that consumed me.

I studied really hard, but I was not prepared for the Trigonometry onslaught --- it's pervasive on this exam.

I wanted to be finished. I told myself that I would graduate in June. That won't happen though. September it is. Oh, well. (lost another loan to ditech!)

I should have saved the easy stuff for last --- I registered for the class at TESC for the April term.

All one can do is face failure head-on (apply directly to where it hurts!) and move on.

Does anyone have any experience with the Business Law CLEP exam? What study materials did you use?

I am going to take it on Wednesday morning. Enjoy law and government (hope to go to law school) and have done over 60 hours of real estate instruction in contracts, land law, employment law, etc. I am hoping this will give me an edge(?).

Any tips?

Hi,

THis is a great forum!

I just got my eval back from Excelsior College for a BS in General Business. It states among other requirements, that I need to earn:
29 arts/science electives
I also have to fulfill the English and Organziation Behavior requirements which I'm asusming can contribute to the arts/science electives.
So this would leave me with 23 more to go and 9 of them have to be in social sciences.

My question is...would anyone know if FEMA credits can be used towards arts/science credit requirements?
Otherwise, I will have to test out of 7-8 courses

Advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Andy

I plan on taking my first DSST soon. I think i might like the computer version better because i have heard you get your score on the spot rather than waiting. Is this true?

Which method do you prefer?

Have you noticed or know of any differences when taking the computer version vs. the traditional version?

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I'm taking my first 2 clep exams next Friday. The subjects I'm taking them on is principles of management and introductory psychology. I'm going to cram hard for 7 days and hopefully pass both with flying colors. What do I need to do to successfully prepare myself to pass both tests?
Thanks

Hey I'm new to this forum but I've been using it for motivation for quite some time now! Anyway I just had to get this off of my chest because it's driving me insane! Today was by big day I actually took my first CLEP test (Biology) and although I was nervous I just wanted to see what I was capable of. So I go to the ed. center sit down at the computer and start by going through the tutorials and get through the first section of the test. I went back to question 2 to fix it and then I click Exit Section assuming it would fast forward to the next part saving me some time....and behold I exited the whole TEST:eek: I am so depressed this is just my luck and I'm pretty sure that this hasn't happened before....anyway I'm not going to let it get me down, my proctor is going to write a report and try to fix it but if not I'm going to be waiting six months...by then all of that studying will be out of my brain....sigh I'm ranting now I think I'll leave it alone. I just wanted to post this for any rookies like me...remember Section Exit = Test Exit! Be careful!

I took this test today. It followed very closely to the Fact Sheet provided by the dantes web site. I recognized at least 75% of the questions from IC. The rest were situation questions. They put you in the place of the counselor, and give you what would you do type questions.!
This test is very do-able using only IC.
Thanks for all the support.