CLEP/DANTES Questions

I am new to the CLEP and DANTES and after my final 4 bachelor level classes, I need 10 associate level classes.

Just a few questions...

1. From what I know, DANTES is now available to civilians. Is there a testing center near Shaw AFB or perhaps Shaw is a testing base?

2. How would I schedule a test if I am an hour or better away from a testing center? Take 5 tests at once or what?

3. What are the easiest 10 CLEP and DANTES to take? I am great with logic and anything business. Match is not a strong point and my science is rusty. I am good with simple math, so business stats might be easy.

An unrelated question...

What do employers think about an online degree? I heard I will be getting crap for that for the rest of my career :/

V/R

Dray

 

The DSST website is your best bet for finding test sites

5 at once wouldn't be my choice. From feedback I have read, 2 is OK. I take 1.

Easy is all about what you know before beginning to prepare. The computers tests have been easy for me, but someone else might have a different experience. I would expect a motivated adult with access to a library and the Web to find these readily approachable:

Sociology CLEP
Psychology CLEP
Management CLEP
Information Systems CLEP
Marketing CLEP
Business Law CLEP
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP
Organizational Behavior DSST
Intro to Business DSST
Criminal Justice DSST

Online education is becoming quite common, but there are always going to be people who don't approve of what they don't know about. On this and other boards, it's been suggested that University of Phoenix has developed a bit of a stigma among recruiters. They have a ton of students, so their graduates are going to enjoy a range of success levels and we are most likely to hear the horror stories. I think the most sensible advice I have encountered is if you have little experience and thus are going to rely quite a lot on your education in obtaining a good job, then you want the best name-brand education you can afford. If you have experience, then it's enough that your school is accredited.


Hope this helps

Phillip

 

Some easy ones are:
CLEP English w/essay
DANTES Ethics
DANTES MIS
DANTES Here’s to you Health
DANTES Tech Writing
DANTES Intro to Business
DANTES Intro to Computing
DANTES Intro to Criminal Justice
DANTES Intro to Law Enforcement
CLEP Analy and Interp Lit
CLEP History I
CLEP General Math
CLEP Sociology

I used to go to the military base and take 2 or 3 in a day. I would look at the military passing rates for CLEP/DANTES/ECE exams and started with the exams with the highest passing rates that I knew something about. Start with those tests for easy credit and make them fit into a degree plan.
http://www.dantes.doded.mil/Dantes_web/library/docs/examinations/computer_based_exams.pdf

 

Thanks! I just want to be careful that I don't fail any tests... It costs quite a bit to take those tests. Thanks for the info, your courses line up pretty good with my own list.

 

And if you do fail, with the CLEPs you have to wait 6 months before you can retake them...

Not sure about the DSSTs though.

 

I'm sure everyone has different opinions; however, I've been recruited by several top head hunters in more than one industry and my degrees are nontraditional (Big 3). I've also been consulted on many management and executive interviews and the method a degree was earned is at the bottom of criteria being considered, if considered at all.

I've passed the aforementioned head hunters' education verification with my degrees and that's all that has ever really mattered. I can only speak for myself, but I've never experienced and friction because I didn't attend the customary 4 years of classroom teaching to earn my degree.