Okay, have read through a lot of information, maybe too much. I am a little confused.

So far I have taken my dantes, clep test and have not applied to a college as of yet. Waiting until I am just about there and go through excelsier probably with in the year and get my degree and will be finished. So I have a few questions after I have read the information I have seen on this site...

1.) Do you have to apply to TESC to have your FEMA credit transfered through them? Do you only transfer those credits from TESC and pay the $250 for those or do you transfer all your credits from colleges, dantes and clep through them also? And excelsior does take these credits through TESC (say I am getting 10 of them)? Is there more involved in this whole process besides just the $250?

2.) Do any of these FEMA test cancel out other dantes or clep test? I don't want to take a dantes is one of the FEMA test are going to be issued the same credit.

3.) These credits do apply to the applied professional lower level credits? That is all I need for lower level and do not want to take something that I do not need, even know they sound extremely easy?

4.) Will these credits from FEMA test be good in a year if they do close up shop?

So, with all that in question, how exactly do you go about doing all of this? My brain is fried and the lack of sleep is catching up so I guess I need this all in "Intro to dummies" form.

Thanks in Advance!

I have 10 lower level classes/test to take and hopefully after tomorrow I will only have 8 left(taking Intro to Computing and Information Systems and Computer Applications tomorrow a.m. WISH ME LUCK!!!). So...my question to you all is WHAT test should I go for next? Anyone taken any of these listed below and how do you think it was?

CLEP-

Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing


Dantes-

Human Resource Management
Introduction to Law Enforcement
Principles of Supervision
Introduction to Business
Business Mathematics
Personal Finance
Fundamentals of Counseling
Principles of Financial Accounting

So let me have them guys, hoping that I can get about 5 more test(or more) done before Chirstmas.

I took college math earlier today and as promised in another thread I have some thoughts about this one.

First off Don't stress. This not a difficult test.
Second Excelsior will give you credit toward Social Sciences for this test even if you have already met the math requirement. This was like finding 6 extra credits sitting on the sidewalk.

While I have taken alot of formal math classes, I haven't taken a math class in more than 20 years. I spent perhaps 15 hours reviewing (and that was too much) over 5 days and scored a 73. I'll say it again. This is not a difficult exam.

The exact objectives are listed in the college board brochure and the college board sample test is very representative of what you can expect, both in terms of content and difficulty. I'd save this for the night before to make sure you're ready.

If you need a refresher (or to learn some new concepts altogether) use the petersons book. Everything you need to know is covered in there and probably in more depth than is required. It is also presented (IMO) quite clearly. Take the time and DO THE PROBLEMS.
This is a test that covers a relatively broad area at relatively little depth. A little time with the Wiki to supplement the book, and some time with a pencil and paper and you'll be golden.

If you have the equivalent of high school algebra and trig, and the first couple weeks of a statistics course you can pass this exam. The only topic that is covered that would not be found in these places is logic. Again, learn the basics. If you can solve a truth table for 2 variables P AND Q, P OR Q, and P implies Q you've licked it.

Some observations. The sample questions in the Peterson Book are WAY harder than the real test. If you can do these, you'll ace the test.

A calculator is provided. You probably won't need it.
Bring a pencil. You WILL need it. You'll need to do a little manual figuring, but not a ton. You can do the whole thing on a single sheet of scratch paper probably.

And finally, somethings to be sure you know.

Number Systems.
Know what real numbers, rational, irrational, integers and primes are.
This information is required for a large number of the questions.
Understand absolute value and number lines.

Sets.
Know what the set of all real numbers means. Know the basics of sets.
Union, Intersection and compliment. Know what a cartesian join is (all you
database guys, it's the same for numbers)
Make sure you know what a Venn Diagram (a simple one) is and how to
interpret it.

Logic.
Just need to know the basics.
Truth tables for 2 variables. AND, OR and IMPLIES. It would be a good idea
to understand inverse, contrapositive etc. But probably not necessary.

Functions and graphs

This is an important section, especially functions. Make sure you can do a
simple composite function. Make sure you understand common function
types, lines, circles, ellipses, parabolas etc. Know the 2 forms of the
formula for a line.
Undertand domain and range. Refer to my notes about number systems
for this too.

Probability and statistics.
Reading some previous notes, there seems to be alot of stress about this
The test covers the basics. There are 2 (TWO) pages on this in the
Peterson book and it covers all you'll need to know.
Be sure to understand how to compute probability for related and
unrelated events as well as mean, median, mode etc.

Additional topics
Imaginary numbers.. This one is important
BASIC geometry. Understand area, length and the Pythagorean theorem.
The quadratic formula.. Just memorize it.
Combinations and permutations. This one always drives me crazy but there
is a really good explanation in the Petersons book.

Good luck.

As a companion to the "toughest exam" thread, name your easiest exams. Here are mine:

1. Information Systems CLEP
2. Principles of Management CLEP
3. Principles of Marketing CLEP


I need one more CLEP to fill a 3 credit elective before focusing on the harder stuff like Precalc and Statistics. I have already taken all the 6 credit tests with the exception of American Lit, Biology, and Natural Sciences.

Any thoughts on which of these CLEPs would be easier? Has anyone taken any of these?

I know there's a book exchange forum, but thought this thread would get more traffic over here. I will post this there as well.

Now to the point - Does anyone have a copy of Jack Rudman's DANTES Civil War Study Guide they would be willing to sell (or lend )? They sell for $49 at amazon, but wanted to see if I could find it cheaper somewhere else.

I plan to use this, IC, and Sparknotes to prepare. Alot of people have also said that they used the Ken Burns Video Series, but based on searches I have done here, I think I should be ok with these items.

Thanks!!!

I have heard several people refer to these videos. My library doesn't carry them. Can anyone give me info and maybe a link so I can figure out if they're useful in my quest for education hilarious ?

I studied IC for the last 5 days and took the test today. I feel I passed it but I'd say about 30% of the material was not covered by IC. Overall I think it was a pass, and since DANTES/CLEPs are either pass/fail, I'm not too concerned with the overall scores; my upcoming ECE exams are a different matter altogether. I take A&I Lit Thursday and am doing the Peterson’s practice CLEPs for it now. More to come as the rest of my 5 test results come; it's now been 5 weeks and I have yet to receive one score......:confused: Lee

I'm on for Business Law CLEP tomorrow morning at 8am pacific....wish me luck.....

/Bo