I registered for this test a few months ago. Yesterday I received a letter from Excelsior, informing me that IntelliMetric, which is the automatic scoring tool used to grade the test, will be unavailable until Spring of 2007. The responses for the test will be graded by a faculty committee appointed by Excelsior - and the grades will be mailed within FORTY-FIVE DAYS! They may just be allowing themselves plenty of leeway, but this is a huge amount of time......even if they're heros and finish two weeks early, that's still an entire month. So here's my question: does anyone know of another way to test out for this course, aside from TESC? As I understand it with TESC, it also takes forever to get the grade, and it costs quite a bit more too. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

[SIZE="2"][COLOR="Navy"]Hello Excelsior College Alumni & Current Students working towards their degrees.

First, let me say how very pleased and proud I am on becoming an alumni of Excelsior College and hope that you are too!

Ever since starting/finishing my degree with Excelsior I have found myself trying to associate myself with what the school stands for and is identified with. Of course as we all know Excelsior means “ever upward” and is also to motto for New York State, but we lack, in general, a real sense of identity.

For example, most "brick and mortar” schools have some kind of sports teams such as the LSU Tigers, UF Gators, Miami Hurricanes and such. Even the University of Alaska - Fairbanks, who have very little in the ways of sports teams have the Nanooks as an identity.

But what about Excelsior College, what do we have?

I realize we have no collective sports teams or a brick and mortar campus, but we don’t even have a real unifying identity or iconic/symbolic source of school pride except for the school logo itself. However, it is that logo – the EC Globe that may in fact be one of the best sources of unifying identity of all – it’s seen on everything but lacks an identity and better yet a real name.

Of course one of the first names that came to my mind was “Globe-Trotter” but that name of course has already been taken. I then modified to “Globe-Trekkers” but that just didn’t sound right, a bit too corny. In fact any prefix or suffix to Globe just doesn’t sound or feel right but the addition of just one letter seemed to do the trick.

How about the Excelsior College – Globes!

It ties right in with the current logo itself, doesn’t sound too self-absorbed or pretentious insofar as we don’t have any sports teams but we do have thousands of alumni or should I say – “Globes” who have graduated before us. I say we give them a real source of identity, a symbol and name to reflect their school pride.

Of course, this topic may have already been addressed but I willing and hoping that perhaps my suggestion might very well spawn any new names suggestions that will give ALL Excelsior College students and alumni a symbol and name to be proud of.

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Does anyone know of a site where I can find practice cleps for French and German? Also, what is the maximum number of credits Excelsior will allow for languages in a BA Psych or possibly a BS psych? Thanks as always, Johanna

Hey,

For those of you who use OSX, there is a software called iFlash which is a good flash card software. I'd say it's alot like itunes except for flash cards. The reason I'm bringing this up is that you can upload and download other people's flashcard decks. I think this would work well if a lot of us started making flash cards for the different CLEP subjects to help others. It would be one big fat beautiful democracy, eh? I've already uploaded cards for US Hist I.

There is no Instacert prep for the DSST Business Math. I have gone through the book "Basic Business Math" by Richard P. Truchon and I have the few resources in the DSST Official Test-Preparation Guide (a sketchy overview of the test with two practice exams). I heard someone suggest going through Instacert's College Math cards, but when I reviewed the content percentage breakdowns, it looks like my time would be better spent on actual business math rather than general math. Has anyone taken this exam? Any help/suggestions? Remember anything I should study up on? I would remain eternally grateful for any suggestions.:o

Hi all,

I grad with my BSIT from UoP in March. I dont start my MBA program untill the fall(or maybe even the following spring!). Thats a 6 month gap i really dont want to have and get out of the school/learning mode. I was wondering if its possible to get a second degree in this time via exams from TESC or Excelsior? Or maybe does anyone know how a Minor works at UoP as with everything else my AC doesnt have the answer for me and will get back to me(been waiting 3 weeks already).

Basically, I think the 6 months will be detrimental to me, and would rather do something constructive in that time.
Thanks for the help!
AKay

***Actually, I just found a similar post! I apologize for posting this too soon.. I guess that CLEP just made me feel awfully discouraged***

I just took my first CLEP this morning - Principles of Microeconomics. Yikes, was it hard. I felt I had studied really well, but I ended up feeling like I had to guess on a lot of questions. I passed.. BARELY, but atleast I passed.

I have 3 Dantes tests now to take this week...
Fundamentals of Counseling
Human Resource Management
Management Information Systems

I was wondering how the CLEP and Dantes tests compare as far as difficulty. I read that the Dantes aren't timed, which sounds great. I wonder if the CLEP just seemed so much harder because I was stressed about time.. I nearly ran out.

Any insight would be helpful! I used the search feature, but didn't find a similar post, so I apologize if this is a redundant question!

Thanks in advance,
Andrea

Foundations of Gerontology is UP. There's a lot of overlap between this subject and Adulthood and Aging, so I would say take the two of them back to back if possible.

Please provide feedback if you take any of these!

Abnormal Psychology is next. Probably due for mid November.

Good luck.........

Hello everyone!

I have been reading the forum for a couple weeks and have found some valuable information here. I took my first exam last week -- Principles of Management -- and scored a 71, using only Instant Cert as my study materials. I was very pleased, and it helped me to make my final determination to finish my education via standardized exams.

I am planning on taking Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management on the same day -- both EXE versions. My question for all you experienced veterans is this: Are these tests similar enough that I should be taking them on the same day, using only IC as study material?

I've been finding that much of the information in IC also overlaps with Principles of Supervision that I have already studied for and taken, so it helps me to feel still more confident.

Many thanks for your anticipated replies!

Bongsau

I would like to hear from anyone who has taken the English Comp with essay CLEP test. I have been studying using instantcert (exclusively). Should I be focusing my studies in other areas?? Was the test difficult. Is the instantcert format very close to the real test?? Can anyone tell me their experiences of the test, and anything that I should focus on?? Any tips would be really appreciated.
Thanks so much
Fred