How to earn my bachelor's in business management entirely through tests/exams

Discussion in 'CLEP, DANTES, and Other Exams for Credit' started by africanbeleza, Oct 8, 2013.

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  1. africanbeleza

    africanbeleza New Member

    Hello Everyone!

    I am new here and i know this may be a little redundant but i felt i needed to make this thread as it was a little confusing going through others.
    I intend to begin my college degree with no prior credits and i would like to this though testing out (or at least 95% of it). I want to earn a general business degree and i need to know the degree path on how i can test out using CLEP/DANTES,etc. I will be going with either TESC or Excelsior College.

    So basically for those who have gone the same route with the same degree, I need the entire degree path from start to finish of classes/credits to earn.

    Thank You in advance :shysmile:
     
  2. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    A lot of information about that is here: BAin4Weeks.com. You probably can't really do it in four weeks, especially anymore now that the colleges that support this approach have mostly added a few additional requirements, but this is probably still the best info there currently is.
     
  3. rebel100

    rebel100 New Member

  4. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    TESC is the only one left of the Big 3 with degrees without capstones that have to be taken as a course in residence, but there aren't many. The BSBAs do not have a capstone. I made a test out plan for the BSBA in General Management.
    Sanantone's BSBA General Management - Degree Forum Wiki
     
  5. africanbeleza

    africanbeleza New Member

    Thank you Sanantone. Do I need to apply to Tesc and get accepted first before testing? Or can i take all my tests and then apply, get them evaluated and then granted my degree?
    Also math is my weakness and i would like to know a good study format for passing the algebra/calculus cleps/dssts. Your help is very much appreciated!
     
  6. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    I'd suggest you do most of your tests first. I'm not a Big 3 grad myself, but I've heard that people often delay actual enrolment at TESC until they're nearly ready to graduate. That way, they save a lot of money. It's quite legitimate - and saves the cost of enrolment for every one of those semesters spent working on the degree credits. That can add up to a considerable sum. :smile:

    Johann
     
  7. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    As Johann said, you can complete all of the credits before applying and/or enrolling. You don't need calculus for the business degree. Straighterline, Propero, and Sophia Learning offer ACE-approved, self-paced options for math. ALEKS also offers a self-paced option, but no one knows if they are going to have their ACE approval reinstated. If you insist on using CLEP, Khan Academy videos are pretty good.
    https://www.khanacademy.org/

    TESC might not give you credit for college algebra for the Fundamentals of College Algebra DSST. On the website, it says they will give you credit for MAT-115 which is Intermediate Algebra.
     
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  8. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Similarly, Charter Oak State College has an annual fee, and I waited to enroll there until I was sure I was less than a year away from completion. Their admissions people even advised me to do so, and helped me figure out which exams to take even though I hadn't yet enrolled!
     
  9. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    COSC no longer has an annual fee. They charge a cheaper semester fee.
     
  10. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Good to know. Pretend I said "had". :smile:
     

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