Just put my application in to TESC!

DETC accredited education is not bad. Yes its hard to transfer but you gained knowledge.
What you learned can help you to move further and test out etc.
Maybe they will accept some credit as we discussed earlier ACE reviewed credit.

 

Charter Oak has better customer service, but TESC gives 2 full evaluations before enrollment. While mostly enough, Charter Oak doesn't give a full breakdown of credits before enrollment and they only give 1 evaluation. Excelsior's evaluation is even more vague. Charter Oak was still my first choice until I found out it would be too difficult for me to complete a psychology or closely-related degree in less than a year. It all depends on the individual's situation. I decided to suffer through TESC's awful customer service and finished up my degree pretty quickly.

 

From what I read about the electronics tech course at PF it looks like it's designed to be a stand alone course. If you would've taken the basic electronics course it would've transferred three credits towards the associate degree in engineering technology at PF and given you the primer course you were probably looking for. Let's not blame DETC or NA vs. RA for your current situation. You entered into this field and simply decided to continue on to an advanced status. IMO that in itself was worth the time you expended and the price of admission.

 

If you start to second guess yourself now, life will suck. You learned stuff, gained a skill, and did it at a fair price. Take things as they come and go with it. I completed a BS and MBA from California Coast University before they were accreditied - was it a waste of time? To some it might have been but to me it was a learning experience that I benefited from.

 

Please don't take me as bashing PF, they were great. All I was saying is if I had known TESC had a similar program I would have gone that way. No big deal, not bashing. We'll see what happens now, I either will call them today or maybe they will call me to tell me what I need to di from here. By the way I was contacted by a person with this same exact degree, graduated 20 years ago and is making 200K a year. Now that is INSANE, I have no illusions of doing that kind of salary, but some variation would be nice.

 

Why not look forward to that salary? If someone else did it so can you! Never sell yourself short and expect great things from youself.

 

Thanks, I would LOVE to get there, but I'm not quite sure that happens that often with this degree. I have no idea how this guy got there, but I'm gonna ask. Thank you for the encouragement.

 

And application accepted! I can enroll anytime within 6 months. Got to get the CLEP tests out of the way. I am surprised I didn't get any calls this week. I will call Monday anyway, I have to find out if they take A&I interpreting for the Humanities requirement, I thought they do.

 

They do. It's 6 credits. These webpages will you help you a lot. The only thing is that Fundamentals of Counseling, Intro to CJ, and Intro to LE have been transcribed as social sciences for many, but they are listed as human services.

DANTES
CLEP - College-Level Exam Program
Thomas Edison State College: Course Offerings

 

Thanks sanatone, I'm a new to CLEP so I'm a bit apprehensive at this point. Gotta just do it I guess.

 

TESC is probably just returning from their Xmas/New Year break - so they are probably backlogged and so may take some extra time to answer your questions.

 

Thanks Ian, you're probably right. Let me ask you guys something, CLEP testing, is it it intimidating? At least the first one maybe? Is it a high pressure situation, are you testing with like 30 other people in the room testing too? Is there a professor present or administrator? Do they see whether you passed or failed? Thanks for the help, sorry for all the questions.

 

Thank you Steve Forester, appreciate that. I have a community college very close to my house, 9 miles so that is where I am going to go. I'm glad the staff person doesn't see either way. Maybe I should just take the plunge and take the A&I literature exam on the blind? You only need 50 right I think, and its kinda like a reading/comp test. Maybe just take it to see the whole process. Thanks again for the info.

 

I would suggest you read the REA book and take the test. I took it and passed but I have taken easier tests. Some of the symbolism is covered and things like "a running stream represents the passage of time in poems" would not be something that jumps to my mind but it is covered in the REA book.

 

Send me a PM for advice on CLEPs and DSSTs. I took several of them.

 

Thanks sanantone, I will PM you soon. I actually chatted with Excelsior today[something TESC needs to add in this day and age] and they take CLEP credits obviously, but they have a similar program through them, I forget the name. They give guidelines and tell you what books to study, what chapters to study and you can get through the GE portion quickly and cheaply. Anyone go this route because I loved the sound of it. I just had my sights set on TESC so I don't think I'd change but I like the sound of that program. Also I'm not sure the electronics engineering technology program is as good as TESC. I'm not saying it isn't but I just don't know.

 

Excelsior has Excelsior College Exams and Uexcel exams. TESC has something similar called TECEP. All of these are accepted by the Big 3: Charter Oak, Excelsior, and TESC. In other words, TESC will accept Excelsior's exams and Excelsior will accept TESC's exams. There are some differences to consider. CLEPs and DSSTs are graded on a curve. I don't think this is the case for TECEPs and ECEs, so they're generally considered to be more difficult. CLEPs and even DSSTs are widely accepted than Excelsior and Uexcel exams. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Excelsior and Uexcel exams transfer as ACE credits. TECEPs and Ohio University exams transfer as RA credits as if they are coming from the actual school. However, the pro (or maybe con) of ECEs is that Excelsior will give letter grades for them. For me, personally, I'd rather not take the chance and just have a pass/fail. I have more control over my grades when taking a class than taking a CBE (credit-by-exam).