I just got back from the DSST Criminal Justice exam and I got a 59! 49 was passing. Let me tell you, I thought the exam was really difficult. I don't think I would of passed it if I just studied IC alone. You definitely need another source to study from, at least thats what I think. I think there were about 10 questions I answered that were related to the IC material. The rest was from Cliff Notes on Criminal Justice. Definitely get this!

Make sure you know alot about the juvenile system, court systems, jurisdictions, crime rates past 20 years, women in the police force, community rehabilitation, juvenile delinquency. These are some of the questions:

How have crime rates been in the past 20 years?

What is true about women in the workforce in the past decade?
Answer: I choose their rate has dropped dramatically. -- something along the lines of this.

There are alot of questions that regard, what is true of the following topic, EXCEPT?

What is the US Justice System based on?
a)Code of Hammurabis
b)Justinian
c) Something irrelevant
d)English Law --> this is what I choose, might be wrong, but I am pretty sure its correct

Definitely make sure what Part I crimes are?
Make sure you know what UCR does/doesn't include in reports.
Make sure you know the court systems, limited, general, appelate, trial.

This is all I can remember right now. Thank you everyone for all the help you have given me.

Hey, my brother just forwarded me a link for Massachussetts Institute of Technology. They have "open sourced" all of their courses. ANYBODY can take access all of thier course material for free. Looks like it could be a very beneficial resource for people on this forum! If I wasn't so dang close to graduation, I would be really excited about this supplement to Instantcert.

MIT OpenCourseWare | OCW Home

Enjoy!

Hey all,

I need six hours in my Liberal Studies area, for a BA in Liberal Studies from TESC. I thought about College Math, and started a little studying on that one, but it has been some time since I've done any algebra stuff, and the thought of releanring all that has me reconsidering. Will the Humanities CLEP satisfy 6 SH in the Liberal Studies area? - I have not used either of the 2 lower level courses that I'm allowed in that area.

Humanities is listed as one of the categories the hours have to come from for the LS area, so I'm assuming this exam would work. I've asked my advisor and just haven't heard back yet, and wanted to start studying.

Thanks for any advice you've got folks,
David

Hello again. I finially talked to my councelor at Excelsior but that proved to be a monumental waste of time; for whatever reason she was unable to calculate my GPA.

As it stands now I have a 3.31 GPA with 2 A's not figured in yet. I need to know if getting an A on my last remaining test will get me 3.50 or not. I looked online and found a plethora of GPA calculators, but they required I put each class in, problem with this is each college gives credit differently.

Does anyone know the following:

1) What will my 3.31 GPA be with the 2 A's figured in?

2) Using the GPA from question 1, will geting an A on the last test put me at, or above, a 3.50?

Thanks, Lee

Woooohoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My girlfriend Anna is done!! She took her last and final exam, DSST Criminal Justice, this past Thursday, and got by with a 52 (you needed a 48 to pass). I also took this exam, (I scored a 51 - whew!) and we both thought there was a fair amount of material on the exam, that wasn't on IC. But, we didn't study super hard for that exam, so I would still say IC is enough to pass.

After we took CJ, I went on to take Intro to Law Enforcement, and then Principles of Supervision. My brain was so toasted when I was done!! I wouldn't neccessarily recomend that many tests in one day, but if they're related, and you can stay focused that long, it is doable. IC was enough for Law Enforcement, but there still seemed to be a fair amount on the exam that IC didn't cover as well. And as has been noted before, CJ and Intro to LE do overlap, so that was part of why I attempted the 3 exams in one day.

Principles of Supervision was pretty easy - with very little study (2-3 hours?) I passed with a 55 (passing: 46)

So, Anna is done! And for me: I've 9 three SH exams to go (27 SH's) - 8 exams if I end up taking the Humanities CLEP which is 6 SH.

This forum and study material is worth it's weight in gold - thanks so much for all the help folks, it would have been tons more difficult without all of you!!!

David and Anna

Before enrolling in tesc, they are not very helpful with questions. I am trying to test before i enroll to save money. I want to find a list that tells you which cleps/dantes apply to which parts of the curriculum. I can only find the general requirements for the BSAST (using an aircraft mechanic's license for the area of study). Any ideas?

This is the only relevant link i could find. Thanks.
Thomas Edison State College - Prospective Students - Undergraduate Programs - Degree Programs - Bachelor of Science in Applied Science and Technology

My friend just emailed me this link. It is a site linking to all sorts of free resources covering quite a range of topics. I haven't been able to really look through even a fraction of this. But for those interested:

Online Education Free

Pretty self explanatory question.

I have just my UL creds to go and I want to test out what is left, so I need some UL Dantes and ECE creds. and want to transfer them to TESC.

Has anyone used the Complete Idiot's Guide to Accounting. I've decided to knock this one out for my next CLEP, as it is the hardest one left on my list and was wondering if I should get this book?

I'm looking for something I can read while I'm at work and can't necessarily get access to the internet.

Also what about the Accounting Workbook for Dummies?

Hey everyone,

I plan on going with Excelsior, but I still want to take a couple classes online. I am in the military and was wondering if Excelsior accepts American Military University credits...I cannot wait until Monday to ask Excelsior, so I was wondering if anyone knew! Thanks for your help!~