Hi All, Had a few questions hoping someone can shed some light on. I have no credits to transfer, only thing I have is an MCSE and some Cisco Certification. I would like to finish my BA in 1yr or less through Testing (most likely in IT). Should I take the CLEP, GRE, etc tests now or should I enroll to college first? Another question I have is lets say I'm enrolled and I passed a test with 3 credits. Do I owe the school 3 credits hours to transfer in those credits? thanks , I was thinking of charter oak.
If you are only looking for a QUICK degree, focus on getting a more "general" degree (liberal arts, business etc.) I also wanted to finish my degree ASAP, but I decided to take the longer route of getting a real IT degree. Right now I'm working on the BSCIS Degree from Excelsior. While it is quite easy to "quickly" take care of the general ed requirements, it is more difficult to complete the CIS Core requirements. Although there are tests you can take, I chose not to based on the complaints and comments from this forum (outdated, difficult to find study material etc.) It is also possible to take the CS GRE. But this is far from an easy test. In the end, I decided to take several self-paced courses at Athabasca University. I'm going to take my last DSST tests in a couple weeks, and then I'll probably start a couple courses in Feb. They also offer the option to test out of courses, which I'm going to try out. We'll see how it all works out. I also have Microsoft and Cisco Certs and I plan to use these Certs to satsify the CIS Electives. You should check out www.bain4weeks.com for some valuable information. Hope this helps! Brandon
Oh, and spend some time looking through the posts in this forum. The "IT and computer-related degrees" has tons of information. Spend an hour looking through all the old posts, it's worth it. Search for things like "Excelsior", "CIS Core", "Tests" etc. Brandon
thanks for the info, I'm looking for a very inexpensive degree. Moneys tights UOP i think 400+ per credit hour.
Problems searching board In one of my posts I wrote that you should search the forum. Unfortunately there seems to be some problems with the forum DB. Another member mentioned a work around: "Originally posted by decimon Google: <key words> site:degreeinfo.com Omit the < > " Brandon
You don't have to be enrolled to take CLEP or GRE tests, but if you decided to begin testing before enrolling at one of the "Big 3", there are several things you need to keep in mind: 1. Make sure that the tests you are taking will apply to your degree plan. http://www.bain4weeks.com is a good resource to find a prearranged degree plan. 2. Make sure you take tests in the correct order. Some schools will not grant credit for a lower division exam if you have already taken a more advanced exam. 3. Consider the fact that while you are not enrolled, the school can change its requirements. Generally, once you have enrolled, you are "locked in" to the degree requirements in effect at the time of enrollment. As far as your question about "owing" credits, no, if you test out of a class, you will not need to make those credit hours up elsewhere, at least not with any of the "Big 3". I did run into an issue at the University of Wyoming where I could satisfy certain requirements with CLEP exams, but no credit hours were awarded (specifically, the accounting and macroeconomics CLEP exams). Luckily, I had many, many excess hours.
