I think that I am addicted to testing out of credits. So far I have 48 credits via CLEP, 12 credits of CLEP tests scheduled for Tuesday, another 12 in a couple more weeks, and 12 more at some point after that for good measure! I am now sitting with the listing of CLEP tests wondering if I shouldn't just do most of the rest of them! Not doing: Algebra-Trig Combo Test (Already did the single tests) Not doing: Composition (Taking LSU course) Not doing: The foreign language tests Contemplating for the fun of it: English Literature, American Literature, Human Growth and Development, Accounting, Business Law, Information Systems, Management, and Marketing. I am doing pure liberal arts right now, which is why I haven't done the business tests, and I am not a big fan of the authors in the traditional literature classes, but I am contemplating taking these 33 credits just because. Am I insane? This would give me 117 credits, all lower level via CLEP testing. I have a bunch of those FEMA courses completed too, but I am not looking at TESC which seems to be the only one of the big three that accepts those as credits! I'm not quite sure what to do when I run out tests!
Start writing your own and sell them! ETS makes more cash than they can count doing the exact same thing.
Well... Well--you'll havwe to do upper division credits sooner or later (unless you've already go 'em)--Have you set an achievable goal for yourself? How about a secondary goal? --Orson
Well... Well--you'll havwe to do upper division credits sooner or later (unless you've already go 'em)--Have you set an achievable goal for yourself? How about a secondary goal? --Orson
You write... What about TECEP upper division tests...? You write: "I'm not quite sure what to do when I run out tests!" How are you coming on an answer? (Am I the only one here curious enough to ask you?) --Orson
I have plans to take most of the upper division ECE tests for my upper level credits, there are a couple I will probably do just for the fun of it, but I'm not big on nursing, so those tests are right out. I haven't really looked at TECEP, or DANTES for that matter (AFAIK, there are no really easy to get to testing centers near me). I suppose there are always the GREs, although at the rate they are disappearing who knows (I really want to retake that History GRE I sat on a lark now that I've actually studied some history. I am almost through the FEMA courses, so that's another 18credits or so of credit if I wish to convert it. I'm always learning stuff for the fun of it, so the discovery of tests that actually count for something is just fun! At some point I'm going to do graduate work as well, but for now I am having a lot of fun rounding out my liberal arts educational gaps. How about the rest of you, any other habitual test takers out there taking beyond the minimum required for a degree?
A possibility would be to do a grand slam. You're a little late but start with TESC because they accept FEMA, then take a degree from COSC, and end up at Excelsior. Make use of 180 credits, spend several Gs extra cash and have three pieces of paper to show for your indulgence. Your degrees should be in 3 distinct areas, saving the courses to apply to each degree. For the 3rd bachelors you probably have to convince the registrar that it is a career move so make it business.
