The long road to graduation comes to a head for me tomorrow.......My last class (Finance) runs through the end of June but the day I've been putting off and dreading has arrived. I'm taking the Stats exam tomorrow. Whether I pass (I could care less what the passing score is) or fail it will be my final CLEP/DSST test. If I bomb it, I'll have to take the class in July.

Tomorrow will be my seventh exam over the past year and I can honestly say that the IC materials and this forum have had a lot to do with keeping me on schedule and focused. Thank you to each of you for your input and support.

I'll post my test results and observations late tomorrow.

Wish me luck....

/Bo

Hey everyone,
I just thought that I would let you know about a possible shortcut that may apply to former University of Phoenix students who switch to Excelsior College.

If you are, or were, a University of Phoenix student, it is likely that you were expected to take an online English Proficiency, Critical Thinking Proficiency, and or Math Proficiency exam. These exams were not for college credit, but were required for a degree nonetheless. Too bad they don't offer the free proficiency tests anymore. They discontinued them about 6 months ago.

According to the Business School catalog at Excelsior college, the Written English Requirement may be satisfied by an official letter of proficiency from another credit granting institution.

I coordinated between my U.of Phoenix advisor and the Main Registrar's office in Phoenix AZ. to have the registrar prepare an official letter of proficiency and mail it to Excelsior's Records Office. The folks at the registrar's office said that they had never been asked to provide such a special document, but they refered it directly to the registrar and the registrar sent the official letter to Excelsior College.

I have recently enrolled in Excelsior College and I am waiting for my official evaluation, however, I have met the Written English Requirement exactly as stated in the catalog. I may not get 3 credits for the proficiency exam, but I should be able to replace those 3 credits with a lower level CLEP or DSST, or FEMA test. Who knows... maybe if I am lucky, Excelsior may grant me college credit for U. of Phoenix's proficiency exams!

If this situation applies to you, I would suggest going through the trouble of having the registrar write a special letter. I expect it to pay off for me. I'll know more when Excelsior provides my official evaluation in the weeks to come.

I noticed some of the material in these overlap on IC such as general terms, names etc.. I am scheduled to take sociology next week. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to try and take psych too maybe the following week if I am good with the IC material. How much material on the psych exam is similar to socology or am I underestimating psychology?

Thanks

I finally graduate this saturday from high school. I was homeschooled the entire way. Im glad it finally over with.

I know i have asked many questions about this before but, I am very new to this exam thing.
So, im fairly sure that i am going to choose Excelsior for my BSN. I was wondering if anyone is currently in the Excelsior RN to BSN program or recently graduated and knows what CLEP and DANTES exams one can use for credits in the nursing program. I would like to take as many as possible before enrolling.
I know I can enroll at Excelsior and find out but they would evaluate me (look at transcripts or say what credit I am except from for having a license) without paying the 1,000 enrollment fee.

:confused: I have been going round and round in this site trying to figure out how in the world do you request that your account be closed?

I have not had to use this site for several months now and have asked several times my account to be closed, but the money keeps being taken out of my bank account..

Any information you can provide would be greatly appreciated.. Thanks sooooo much!

Maridee

Can anyone tell me roughly how long it takes for ECE exams to post when taken via the old pencil and bubble sheet. Thanks

Just trying to get an idea. How long does it normally take for a college to officially post your CLEP results to your transcript? The reason I ask is that I took the Humanities CLEP and passed on May 7th and nothing has been added to my transcript. Once these 6 credits are added, I can submit my diploma application.

I need a global perspective class can anyone tell me which is easier the dantes or excelsior version of world religions?

I'm taking my first DANTES test next week. All the others I've done have been CLEPs. My DANTES will be computer-based.

Can those of you who have taken the computer-based version of DANTES give me any idea as to the format? Is it pretty much the same as the CLEP? Any tricky things to watch out for (as in, "don't hit the Section Exit" button too soon on CLEP) or things like that? I'm just a little nervous.