G’day Everyone,

I am not really looking for a fight but would like to know peoples thoughts on obtaining their qualifications through testing, portfolios and online providers.

I have read a number of posts as well as experiencing a number of comments personally about how certain organizations do not recognize qualifications obtained from online providers, or how getting a degree online doesn’t compare to getting one through traditional means so I thought I’d start a survey to see what other forum members might think.

Personally I think my wife’s response to someone’s reaction to my first day of CLEP tests was spot on. The individual commented on how it only took 1 day for me to get 9 credits and how unfair that seemed. My wife agreed, 1 day plus a lifetime and only 9 credits

Anyway, I look forward to seeing how this survey goes and reading other member comments.

Regards

Okay... so I took the CLEP for English and passed, but now I feel like I may have cheated myself out of something.
I'm taking a 2000 level English classes, as a requirement, and I am finding that I struggle over the assignments. Not because I find them too difficult, but more so because I find them not interesting or engaging.
My worst habit when it comes to these assignments is that I tend to "nuke it" (some of you may know what that means).

Overall, I just have no interest in learning the subject of English in the way the instructor wants to teach it. For the first time I seriously considered dropping a class.

Hi there. Haven't been on the boards much lately as I had a family crisis. But, I'm back now. Just picked up 8 credits for Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. Yippee!!!

Here's some of what you need to know:

Nursing theories and people who originated them.

Role of the therapist in individual, family, group and community settings.

Dynamics of the small group, including facilitator and member roles.

Actions and side effects of commonly presribed drugs and what they're prescibed for.

Common nursing terms; diaphoresis, orthostatic, hypertensive etc.

Therapeutic milieu-originator and purpose.

Anxiety, depression, bi-polar, schizophrenic, anorexic, buliemic, delirium, dementia (alzheimers) ; how to recognize and treat.

Primary, Secondary, tertiary and the nursing role.

Defense mechanisms, ego protective devices.

Cognitive and Behavorial strategies.

Psychological theories: Interpersonal, Psychoanalytic, Social, Existential, Medical.

How the medical role is different from the Psychiatric Nurse role.

Nothing on legal-ethics, committment, and legal decisions like guilty by reason of mental illness.

Review ECT and non-conventional therapies.

Prepared by reading Excelsior's 840 page book and doing the exercises at the end of each chapter. Also used the associated web site and disc that came with the book.

Everything was situational based on a particular nursing theory.

Woohoo yet again! I took Into to World Religions last Thursday, and passed with IC only. I'd concur with the rest of the comments, IC is enough, although as with most exams, there are some things on there that IC does not cover. One religion, Dadism or something? That wasn't on IC at all, and there was a q or two about that.

Humanities.... Wheeewwww.... That's a doozy! But, I passed with a 59 (needed a 50) with about 25 hours of study, IC only. That one had me scared the most, of all the other 13 exams I've taken! I go through each question, and mark the ones I don't think I'm getting right - when I finished with Humanities, I had over 90 of 140 q's marked! But, I went ahead and scored it, much to my very relieved surprise!!! If you're a slower reader, this exam might be tight for time, with 90 minutes and 140 questions, but Imanaged to do the whole thing in 45 minutes. There were a few passages, poems, scripts, etc to read in the test, just like Analy. and Inter. Literature, so be ready for that.

So, all I can say is that Humanities is straightforward, and easy, if you've studied for all the material. The catch is figuring out how to study for it all - IC has a lot of it right on for the exam, but there was still some other subjects, writers, artists, etc., that I had no clue about. I'll still say IC is enough for this one, but the recommendations here are right on - study IC well, and a couple of other sources to be sure you pass.

18 SH - 6 classes to go!
David

Hey Everyone,
I am new to the boards and was wondering if there was a reason no one really responds to my posts? It seems everyone is so helpful but I can never really seem to get an answer. Let me know. Thanks....

Hey i have a question i am trying to figure out what is upper level and what is not. I believe all the CLEP are lower level? and ECE all are UPPER level? Which of that Dantes Exams are Upper Level?

I thought I read on IC that there were only a few DSST (DANTES) exams that were computerized. I talked with a rep from Thomson Prometric that administers the tests and all tests are now computerized except for Public Speaking, which makes sense. I may be wrong but I thought there were some posts concerning if the tests were available on computer.

I need 21 upper level Arts and Sciences units to complete a BS in Liberal Arts at Excelsior college.

I'm thinking of using the ECE exams below to complete my degree:

world population
psychology of adulthood and aging
foundations of gerontology
juvenile delinquency
social psychology
organizational behavior
religions of the world

Are there better choices for quick preparation? I do not have a management background, so I'm not sure I should try the organizational behavior exam. I also found one thread that said the religions of the world exam takes lots of preparation because it is an essay exam.
I haven't found one post from anyone who had anything to say about the juvenile delinquency exam.

I also noticed that there are any not instant cert prep guides available that are designed for ECE exams.
Excelsior only has practice exams or guided study packages for three of the exam choices above (Abnormal Psychology, Foundations of Gerontology and Organizational Behavior.)

Any recommendations?

Hello. This is the first time posting but I have been reading other posts in this forum and I have found them very helpful. I found this site searching for additional information on CLEP exams after failing my last English composition CLEP with a 46. I can't tell you how disappointed I was. Now here I am again taking a different CLEP and trying my luck again. I'm certainly not looking forward to the experience again and since I failed the last exam I am feeling extremely nervous. I guess I should get to the point. I will be taking Humanities Friday morning and I have been studying off and on for sometime being that I am attending classes through the University of Phoenix. I have been studying with IC, Comex book (CLEP humanities) as well as using wikipedia for additional research. I have also used this forum search features. I have studied so many areas in preparation for the exam. As experienced CLEP takers do you think these resources have assisted you in passing and do you have any additional pointers before I dive in to this test in a few days?:confused:

I need 4 exams to complete my degree and 2 of these will have to be Math/Statistics and College Writing.
I am Math-phobic and very nervous to even start studying.I want to complete my degree by March 15 and was wondering if there is any course i can take for Math/Statistics.A short course that i can start now and complete by March..with no proctored exam of coursehilarious
Also the same for English but most important for me now is to get rid of Math.
Please help
Adoncia