Originally Posted by Basket Weaver

I was in the same boat; I fought the good fight and eventually was left with three choices.

#1. I could choose not to attend Excelsior.

#2. I could take the ECE English test, with essay and wait 73 days (plus mailing time) for them to grade it.

#3. I could take an 8 week English Comp course on the base here and know immediately that I passed, which is what I did.

It was a painless course and now that I'm entering into my Master's program, I'm glad I took the refresher because it appears as though I'm going to be doing quite a bit of writing. Hope this helps somehow, Lee