Hello,
I am in the Air Force stationed in England. I have 94 credits and an associate’s degree in Aviation Maintenance through CCAF (Community College of the Air Force). While some of these credits won't cross over to Excelsior, many will. I have contacted Excelsior and talked to a councilor to request a class list of EXACLTLY what I needed to take to finish a BS degree. As one may surmise from my user name, I really don't care what the degree is in (key words are "easiest degree"). It is a tool to open a door and nothing more. A basket weaving degree would work, should they offer one. I told the councilor this and expected a lot more help than they gave.

This is my question, (finally) is there anywhere I can get an exact list of what is required for a BS degree through Excelsior so I can CLEP, DDTS or ECE them? I want to spend as little time in a classroom as possible as I have a family and work 12 hours a day. After reading on this forum, I'm sure there are some of you out there who can give me guidance. Your help is most appreciated. Lee

I have been studying for this for about 4 weeks (using instacert only) and have recently come accross the Barron's Law Book. How relevant to my test will this book be? Obviously I do not have the time to read the entire book so I am wondering if anyone knows of specific points of interest (test related) in the book, that I should pay attention to in attempting to supplement my acquired knowledge. THANKS in advance for any input.

Kat

Part One of a Who Knows How Long Series

Well, I took my first two CLEPs today, Humanities and College Math. I studied the Math for a couple days using instacert and the Humanities for a couple weeks (nothing too strenous, just a hour every other day) and I got a 66 on the College Math and a 70 on the Humanities. Now, believe me when I say that I didn't really know ANY of the names on the Humanities instacert when I started... I probably got about 10% of the questions right on my first run through! But I kept on drilling the information, checking on wikipedia when I wanted to know more, and using the sample tests from the Official CLEP guide and the Princeton review guide and that was more than enough to learn everything! It takes some work if you're starting from scratch, but I feel it's setting me up for future tests in Literature, which is very good.

Also, I want to say that the Peterson's tests that are available on the internet for Humanities seemed a LOT harder than the actual CLEP and really, I only learned a few bits of trivia from those that I didn't see somewhere on this site or in one of the sample tests that I talked about. And in the end, it only served to make me paranoid that I didn't know as much as I should know. So, basically, I wouldn't suggest spending too much time on them. If you want to take them, go ahead, but don't worry if it seems a bit overwhelming.

My overall philosophy to learning was take the information that sticks out to you and don't worry about cramming in that stuff which you don't know right away. The goal should be to get somewhat familiar with names, not neccesarily knowing them stone cold. Because the test, afterall, is multiple choice, and seeing names in front of you is a lot easier than having to simply recall them. I was amazed at how many answers just pop out at you after you're read through the instacert tests a few times.

As for more specifically the College Math, I found using the Princeton Review book to be very helpful in one way in particular. They suggest for alegrabic equations on the CLEP to, in a lot of cases, simply plug the answer choices into the equation and see what works. That may seem time-consuming, but I'm no genius when it comes to math but I was able to do that for every possible question in that format on the CLEP today and I finished with 10 minutes to spare and the satification of knowing that I did a good job because the method is idiot-proof, so to speak. Of course, you need to be able to identify WHICH questions you can do that for, which is what instacert can help you with.

I know a lot of you have probably already taken these tests, but I just wanted to contribute my experiences because reading some of your posts have really helped me and I want to give back. Also, I made this its own thread because I'm an egomaniac and love attention.

Next up, I'll be taking the Social Sciences and History and Natural Sciences CLEP. I hope to take them within the next two weeks. A full report will be issued at that time.

Good luck and happy CLEPing!

~Banta

Has anyone taken any theology courses on line. I wouldn't mind getting a theology degree as long as it is not too expensive. I see Thomas Edison has one.:o

I am trying to decide between getting a degree in the field I am already in and am successful in or pursuing a whole new career path for the next half of life. There are good reasons to go either way.

If you are, or you know of someone who is, a psych major who is also retraining midstream, I would like imput on why you chose this field, will you get your masters or PHD, what are you planning to do with your degree eventually, and do you have any other advice for someone who would be older than the other graduates when seeking an internship.

Thank you so much in advance!!
Librevore

Hi All,

Here are a few online resources I found for the DANTES Human/Cultural Geography exam. I haven't taken this exam, so I can't vouch for their usefulness. But it's better than nothing.

Reference

http://geography.about.com/


Online Videos

http://www.learner.org/resources/series85.html

http://www.learner.org/resources/series180.html


PDF Files (University of London)

http://www.londonexternal.ac.uk/current_...mplete.pdf

http://www.londonexternal.ac.uk/current_...chptrs.pdf


Study Guides/Lecture Notes

http://geog.tamu.edu/sarah/humangeog/coursetopics.html

http://www.ltcconline.net/julian/cultural/index.html

http://home.att.net/~geographyclassroom/lecturenotes.html

http://web.utk.edu/~wrobinso/531_lec_geo.html


Link Sites

http://www.gesource.ac.uk/human.html

http://www.csiss.org/SPACE/directory/?cat=12

http://dmoz.org/Science/Social_Sciences/Geography/Human_Geography/

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Use 'em if you need 'em!
hilarious

Good luck,
Snazzlefrag

I was wondering, most exams say you need to get a 50 to pass, but the score ranges from 20-80, which is an even portportion again to 50. So does this mean you would only have to get half the questions right in order to pass a CLEP?

My college says that if you get an answer wrong, it counts 1/4 point against you. So you are better off not answering the ones you have no clue about. But on the contray, on the CLEP site it says questions are only marked wrong, so it is better to atleast guess on some. Could my college infer its own grading system into the CLEP?

My school also only lets you take a CLEP once, if you fail it, you cannot retake it to get credit. Is this a normal policy?

Thanks for your help!!

[SIZE="3"][COLOR="Green"]Hello All -

My quest for two credits in math allowing me to graduate has taken me from Tampa Bay to Las Vegas. Who needs to win a million dollars on the slots when I can may win 2 math credits instead!!

My quest will last for a week so I may not be as active here on the IC-Forums.

See you all when I get back; hopefully with 2 math credits in the credit bank. Oh who am I kidding - I'll take the $million$ too!! [/COLOR][/SIZE]

[SIZE="3"][COLOR="Navy"]I picked this up from another thread regarding the various nicknames that we use here in the IC Forums so I thought I would elaborate on mine - ShotoJuku.

To begin, I have been studying/teaching Japanese ShotoKan Karatedo since 1971. The founder of Shotokan - Gichin Funakoshi used the pen name of "Shoto" meaning "Pine Waves" and his style was subsequently called Shoto-Kan.

I use a derivative of ShotoKan retaining Shoto but added Juku meaning "special or private school" thus - ShotoJuku.

How about some of the other nicknames out there????[/COLOR][/SIZE]

Hi All,

After taking the Principles of Finance exam yesterday, I have decided to prepare for Principles of Accounting while the financial stuff is still firmly lodged in my head.

I plan to study for a week and see if I am starting to grasp the material. If not, I will drop this plan and go for Civil War, as originally planned.

Anyway, I wanted to provide some online resources that I have found, just in case anybody else is studying for this exam right now.

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This first web site is already helping me understand the concepts. It takes you through everything step-by-step assuming that you know absolutely nothing about accounting (like me).

http://www.accountingcoach.com/index.html (includes "drills" at the end of each section)


This second link looks similar to the first one. It is an online book which takes you through all the necessary topics.

http://www.principlesofaccounting.com/


Here are the rest of the links I have come across so far...

http://www.rtc.edu/instruction/accountin...20Page.htm
(numerous online quizzes)

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/00.../chapter1/
(managerial accounting)

http://www.mhhe.com/business/accounting/...mgracct_s/
(managerial accounting)

http://www.quickmba.com/accounting/

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I hope somebody finds these resources useful.

Good luck,
Snazzlefrag