Hello all of you fellow CLEPers and Dante exam takers,

I'm reposting this to let you all know that I have finished Production/Operations Management in 1 month with an A+.

If you're going for a business degree at Excelsior College, you will need credits in Production/Operations Management and Business Policy. CLEP and DSST do not offer these exams. TECEP exams seem to be the popular alternative, however, they are reputed to be difficult, expensive, and slow to provide your scores. Rumor has it they cost $450 each, and it takes a good 6 weeks or longer to receive your results. Let me tell you about a cheaper, and possibly quicker alternative that will get you your 3 credits quicker than TECEP.

CSU-Pueblo (Colo St. Univ) offers independent study courses for both of the Excelsior College courses I mentioned. You pay tuition of $297 per course then the Professor emails you a syllabus (which is really a workbook of 20 Application Exercise assignments). You get 6 months to turn in the required assignments and to take 4 exams. The professor will email you an exam before you need it. He will email it to you to take at home. NO PROXY EXAMS!!! You can bust out the assignments and exams as quickly as possible and the professor usually grades them within 24 hours... actually I had most of them graded within a few hours when I submitted them in the morning.

I just finished Production/Operations Management in 1 month. I started on April 9 and finished on May 10.

Plus, the Prof is available for questions by email.
PLUS... They do NOT verify that you have met the prerequisite courses. Even though you would do yourself an injustice to skip over the prerequisite courses, in my opinion. You need them anyway.

You can take the course for $297 in... let's say.. 1 month and get a final grade right away. That sure beats spending $400 for a scary TECEP test that you don't know how well to study for and a long, drug out, lag time waiting for the test to be graded. Besides... what if you fail it?? What a waste of time AND money.
See both course descriptions on this page...

http://coned.colostate-pueblo.edu/In...entStudy/Mgmt/

I've done my research and I think you'd be doing something if you found a better value for Production/Operations Management and/or Business Policy at LSU (independent study) or anywhere else. LSU has a restriction on assignments per week. CSU-Pueblo does not.

The text book was $65 online with a CD that has software you need for the assignments. The CD is a MUST HAVE!!


Hope this info helps you as much as me.

Anyone ever heard of practice exams for ECE or TECEPS!?? I have several teceps to take, but i'm using ic's question banks for the ece version. But, I can't find any practice tests
If anyone knows I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thankssss,

To save cluttering up the Post your Test Results! thread with responses to questions regarding my marathon day of testing I thought I’d start a new thread.

As for how much prep time I took the simple answer is 40+ years. In the last few weeks I concentrated on accounting because of the feedback I had read in the forum and the fact that it was one of my core requirements and I also lightly reviewed some of the other material. My approach was pretty simple, if it was a core requirement I made sure I would pass, if it was an elective than I was willing to gamble.

The detailed approach and reasoning.

Principles of Accounting – I ran my own business in Aus for 7 years so accounting wasn’t exactly new to me. I supplemented my experience with Cliffs Quick Review Accounting Principles I and II and Instantcert and because the exam was a core requirement and worth 6 credits I spent a fair amount of time reviewing the material. I also completed the practice questions from DSST Official Test Preparation Guide – Principles of Financial Accounting and CLEP Official Study Guide 18th Edition -Principles of Accounting.

Analyzing and Interpreting Literature - According to what I had seen in the forum this exam wasn’t going to hold any demons and while it was worth 6 credits a failure wouldn’t have hurt too much as it was an elective. I did look at the practice questions in the REA book which helped with the confidence levels but wouldn’t have spent more than an hour or two preparing for this exam.

Principles of Supervision – Another elective so a failure wouldn’t have hurt too much and with my experience and the fact that I had done ok with Principles of Management I decided that I could attempt this exam without further preparation. I did do the study questions in the DSST Official Test Preparation Guide but that was all I did for this exam.

Organizational Behavior – This was a core requirement so I did spend an hour or so looking at the Rudman book as well as completing the practice questions in the DSST Official Test Preparation Guide. Other than that I was relying on what I had covered when doing principles of Management along with my previous experience.

Management Information Systems – I have a trade certificate in telecommunications and started in IT in the early 80s. The course was an elective though I never really doubted that I would pass it (even having been out of IT for about 6 years). I had the Rudman book but thought it pretty much a waste of time and went into this exam cold.

Principles of Physical Science – this was an exam that I hadn’t really planned on taking just yet but as time was on my side I decided to give it a go. I have the Rudman book and had looked at the first 3 or 4 practice tests in the book and hardly missed a question so as this was another non-critical elective I decided to go for it. Unfortunately those first few tests are nothing like what I found in the exam so while I passed (barely) it was more by good luck than good management. I will write a review about this exam for those that may be considering it in the future.

US History I – As I had passed the Social Science and History test and reviewed US history when preparing for that I was hoping that it wouldn’t take a lot more to prepare for the US History I exam. I have the REA book but hadn’t managed to pass any of the practice exams with the limited preparation I had put in. I had planned on taking this exam in a couple of weeks but still had over an hour left in the day to fit in another test and just decided to go for it. Again, it was a non-critical elective so failing wouldn’t have hurt too much.

I had been frustrated by not being able to get time off to test so I wanted to make the most of the time I had while I had it. I am also a born gambler, so risking the $80 for a CLEP exam or the $90 for a DSST exam wasn’t going to worry me too much. And like most gamblers, while I was on a winning streak I didn’t want it to end.

I had planned on only doing the first 4 or 5 exams, not expecting to have the time or desire to do any more but once I had started it was hard to stop. I approached it as just another day at the office; work for an hour or so, stop for a smoke, bathroom break etc and back to it. It was a long day and I wouldn’t suggest it to anyone that doesn’t have some background, either practical or theoretical, to call on but it is doable.

Best of luck to all

Regards

How many questions am I supposed to get right for a passing score?

Bain4weeks says that "look for 40% to 45% raw score for a standardized score of 50 (out of 80) in the subject and general CLEP exams". Is it so for College Math?

I just found out this morning the UOP location I had been taking my CLEP exams was discontinueing the exams for some period of time. They did not know at his point how long it would be for.

I had two exams already scheduled for thr next two weeks. I'm now looking for a replacement test center. The web site on the College Board site has a broken link for the testing centers.

Does anyone know if there are any sites that give the exams on Saturday? Perfect case this Saturday in/around the Washington DC area. I live in Richmond, but I'm traveling this weekend.

Thanks for any input.

Paul

I am due to graduate in December 2007 majoring in business management and instead of attending graduate school I was thinking of pursuing training in the project management arena. Does anyone have experience with this or know of good training outlets. If you are in this field, do you like it and do you have any advice.

Thanks,

Journey

ive been studying for 2 weeks here on instantcert. i can do all of the modules and get a really good grade on them(like less then 10 wrong). Yesterday i did the clep sample test for it, and i got less than half right. So why do i get so many wrong on a practice test yet do so well here on instantcert.:confused:

Can someone tell me which pratice questions on IC are for life span or where could I find some study quetions for this subject.

Thanks MeMe

Melissa Jane Rosenblum RN
I am currently RN with an Associaties degree. I am trying to get my BSN as quickly as possible as I am extremely unhappy in hospital nursing and would like to pursue a career in case management with requires a Bachelors in Nursing.
I am starting to talk Clep to fufill lower level course work atJacksonville University the problem is they will allow for me to take 4 courses through exams.
I would like to switch to Excelsior or Thomas Edison as they allow more credit through exam. I am desperate to get out of floor nursing. Does anyone have any opinions on which school is better.
As a NJ Resident Thomas Edison will be cheaper for me and the campus is a 30 min drive from my house so if i have problem i have the option to go there in person and complain, but that i will have to take actual courses for all of the upper level nursing courses. Where as Excelsior will let you do the whole program by examination.

While money is something I need to consider but a couple thousand is worth it if it means i can get my degree faster.

Thank you taking the time to read my long post I apreaciate your input.

70-Human Growth and Development Clep
~Humanities Clep Next on the Horizon

Ok, so I need ECE Social Psych, Information Literacy and Dantes Statistics to have a BS in Psych from Excelsior. I'm saving the Stats for last because like most of us it freaks me out.:o The funny thing is that I keep hearing how "nasty" it is, however every score that I have seen has been 60+. For an exam that is supposed to be so "nasty" why is nobody even coming close to failing it? Could you all please simply list your:

A) Scores
B) Matreials Used
C) Calculators Used
D) Amount of time to prepare

Reading your experiences may help relieve my anxiety