Just curious...For those of you who study for 2-3 weeks and then take the exam, are you also taking any other classes (classroom setting, online, etc.)? The reason I ask is, I am attending a 4-year traditional college that allows me to CLEP 30 credit hours of electives. I am trying to do this while also taking 1 traditional seated class, and 1 online class (both through the college). I am averaging about 5-6 hours of study time through IC a week. Does this sound sufficient?

Obviuosly without knowing my study habits and capacity, I don't expect anyone to give me an exact timeframe on preparedness, just trying to get an idea from those that take these exams every 3-4 weeks.

I am taking US History I and II, American Goverment, Business Law, and a few others once I get those out of the way. I only need 19 credits, the rest are coming from traditional means.

Thanks in advance...

Just thought I'd throw this out there--I know we have a lot of bright, accomplished members with great ideas...

Any ideas for how to get more sales? Ideas like businesses, industries, websites to partner with, places to advertise, pricing/packaging strategy....anything!

Right now we rely on search engines and word of mouth, which has been very successful, but limited.

[SIZE="2"][COLOR="Navy"]Just out of curiosity (aka: boredom) I glanced through the members list and was astounded to see so many members with an abundance of those in the "zero column" having not contributed to the forum as of yet.

Now I am sure that many of them have gained a tidbit or two of exam information and such by just reading the posts but how about sharing some of your own personal goals, achievements, triumphs, and exam studying & taking tips too.

Don't feel shy about sharing an occasional let down (aka: exam failure) as we can all learn from that as well; God knows I have (aka: %@#*&^@! - College Math Clep).

Whether it be something monumental, or just a casual hello or words of encouragement to others, don't be shy - jump on in the water's fine! [/COLOR][/SIZE]

Thought Analyzing Lit was easy. Found out at last minute that I needed a lit, so I took this one on the advice of posters here....Good Advice! Not much to study for on this test if you wanted to, but if do just learn basic literary terms (alliteration, metaphor, etc.) and basic poetry forms, (sonnet, blank verse, epic), and if you can read this post and determine if the author of the post thinks the lit test was:
A. pretty easy
B. required lots of study
C. had a scary bear in it
D. was unfair
...then you will do pretty well.

Am govt: studied instacert and a SparkChart and cruised through it. Know the Bill of Rights, Federalism, the supremcy clause and tension between it and the bill of rights. If you have basic literacy in politics (can you name a Supreme Court Justice? ok besides Clarence Thomas?) you can get past this with a quick review of Instacert. If you never pay attention to politics study Instacert a lot and you should still be fine, maybe get the Cliff Notes book on American Govt.

While I was taking the computer test I thought it was hard, I wasn't sure I was going to pass, I thought about not reporting my score, but I'm glad I did a made a 70 passing easily. I just used Instacert for computers and nothing else.

Got one last test to take, Dantes Public Speaking; any advice anyone?

Hi all,

I found this PDF file on the Excelsior website. The file is titled "Graduate School Intentions of Excelsior College Alumni". In this file, it lists many institutions that have accepted an Excelsior College Undergraduate Degree for admission into their Graduate programs.

The document can be found at http://www.excelsior.edu under Alumni Connection, Continuing Your Education.

I am providing the location of this document solely for informational purposes. I WILL NOT argue or discuss it's validity.

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I would appreciate any help. For the Dantes tests where there is no instantcert flashcards, is it worth the $ to pay for practice dante tests?? For which dsst test was it worth it?
Thanks in advance

The thought of kicking back after work this winter, and not feeling guilty about needing to study for tests or other classes...although I think I'm going to miss the instant gratification of CLEPS!

More $

Showing those who doubted that I could.

Remembering folks like these:

http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,10033,00.html

http://goforward.harpercollege.edu/page....5&ref=list

or for that matter these...when I start to get down on myself. It helps me remember that getting my degree does not define me or my talents, it's just relative to job and other college opportunities.

http://realitytv.about.com/od/theapprent...egrees.htm
So many others, including so many on this board.

What keeps you going?
CT

I would like to finish up my degree with a few of the thomas edison tecep exams. I would not like to study a huge heavy textbook!!!! I am getting very comfortable with just a small study guide and a bunch of practice questions. I am sure some of you know what I mean . Instantcert is very helpfull but dosent have tecep questions yet. Any advice?
Thanks in advance
Avi

I realize that this is a subjective question, but I would like to throw it out there anyway in case some of you have some imput - I need a BA/BS only to be able to get into graduate school (social work). So what I would like some opinions on is whether it is safe to just go with a completely external degree (like Excelsior) or whether it would be better to transfer 78-80 credits to a 'degree completion' kind of program that would give me a BA in Human Resource Mgmt after I put in my 44 odd credit hours worth of work that is their minimum required number to graduate from them. Any thoughts? How will my state university (OSU) graduate school regard an Excelsior degree versus a degree at least partially earned in actual classes?

Has anyone taken the precalculus test with no previous math class time? I am attempting to just study a clep review book and go for it. Any advice?
Thanks