Hey Everyone,

Did you hear that Excelsior College has obtained Title IV status and that we can now use financial aid there. At least that's the impression I got from a letter in the mail the other day.

If this is true, that is probably some great news for some students.

If anyone has more information on this subject; Please elaborate.

Hi everyone,

There has been a lot of discussion lately about the change being implemented on September 1st with regard to Excelsior's business degree requirements (anyone who enrolls after that date cannot "test out of" the Business Policy requirement, but must take Excelsior's course instead).

With that in mind, I wanted to make sure that anyone planning to enroll before September 1st to avoid that requirement are aware that they need to apply now (if they haven't yet begun at all). You do NOT want to wait until it's closer to September, because the entire application/enrollment process can sometimes take 6-8 weeks. Also, keep in mind that Excelsior may be inundated with applications & enrollments right now because of this upcoming change, and that will slow things down also.

I just wanted to ensure that no one missed the deadline because they didn't realize the time involved.

JoAnne

I had to take the paper-based version because the computer based exams were down at the testing center. I believe that I failed it in a big way. After the first go through I was feeling pretty decent about the questions that I had answered, only to realize that I had answered less than half of them! After counting how many I had answered on the first time through my optimism quickly faded. There was a total of 97 questions. I would say that I felt pretty good about 40 of them, made some decent guesses at about 15, and pretty much had to guess at about 40.

Unless this thing is graded on the mother of all curves there is no way I passed. It would be a miracle! It was an insanely hard exam. It made Civil War seem like reciting the alphabet. I have no idea how it can even be considered LL. Also, I have no idea how some have scored well using only IC. If ever there was a group of cards that could be revised this is it. Can you say Null Hypothesis? There had to be like 20 questions related to it and I think IC has two cards on it. There was also a lot of symbols, etc., that I did not even recognize. I can't blame IC though. IC rules!

I knew that I had to review other sources I just didn't have the time. I had to meet a graduation deadline. Unfortunately, with a fail I will have to accept the BSL instead of a BS in Psychology. BTW, I think that it is silly that this course/exam is needed for a degree in psychology. With modern computer software, etc., who even ever uses statistics any more?

My wife has an MS in School Psychology and has never had to use statistics one time in her profession. Anyway, as you can all tell I'm annoyed and feel like I wasted my time trying to pass this. At least I can say I tried I guess.

Hi everyone,

For those of you who might be interested, you can watch the live Webcast of the Excelsior College 2007 Commencement this Friday, July 13th, at 3 p.m. (Eastern time).

Just log onto http://www.excelsior.edu/commencement

JoAnne

I went to the Dantes Website to Purchase a Pratice Exam for Management Information System, but I could not find it after searching for a long time.

Does anyone know where I can find this Pratice Test I am writing the Exam on Friday morning and I would use some pratice
Mwansa

Hello everyone,

Does anyone know if Excelsior would take a Business writing course as a substitute for their WER?

Thanks,
Mike

Does anyone know which English Comp is required for Thomas Edison?

Here is what my testing center informed me as it relates to calculators:


Larry,

We will provide you with a very basic solar non-programmable calculator (sharp elsi mate EL – 334F) as we have done in the past.

Students are not allowed to use their own to avoid insistencies. By using the calculators we have always provided, there is assurance that all DSST exams that allow a calculator to be used are being proctored the same way for everyone.

If I can assist further, feel free to let me know.



This seems very odd to me. The calculator they want me to use, I can not find. It is not on Amazon. This seems odd that you can not use a calculator with the Standard Deviation button, Present Value, Future Value, etc. These calculators are used and allowed when testing in a traditional school.

I've tried searching the forum, and can't seem to get this info.

Since Excelsior are changing their requirements for business degree's as of Sept 1st. The only option after that will be to take their Business Strategy as a class/course.

Has anyone taken this course? Does anyone have a syllabus?
I can't seem to find specific course details on their website.

I'm interested to know:
- how much effort the course will be
- if the exam(s) will be proctored, and how many?
- How do their online courses work e.g. is it paced, can you go out your own speed, can you finish it in a few weeks?

Took Abnormal Psych on Friday. Had to wait till today since the results flashed on the screen for a millisecond and there was also no printout!! Worth the wait---got an A! Adulthood and Aging tomorrow and Foundations of Gerentology on Friday!! Thanks for all the feedbacks on these exams.