[quote=hsing]Thanks, Jennifer for your detailed response!
Were you able to find this level of information (the specific pros and cons) BEFORE you submitted an application (plus $75 fee) to each institution? If so, how? (just by phone calls?)>>
Well, I ended up applying to both ($150) because I have an Associate Degree that I had hoped would count (it didn't) and so I shelled out the bucks anyway. BUT, you should be able to do this without cost.
<<Or, did you just apply to both and see how you would come out best?>>
For me, I only had 1 course (2 credits) that either college counted. My other degree was NA and didn't count.
<<BTW, I failed to included the required (BSBM) TESC online of Managerial Communications. A whopping $530!>>
Yikes!
<<I'm sure I've missed some other things here and there on both sides...>>
I think you nailed the gist of it. I spent weeks playing with tests and fitting them into a plan. I found it fun in a type A kinda way. 
<<Yes. The ability to count various DSST and CLEP (200 level and above) in the Major area of study seems to be a big plus!
Here is the link to the TESC college catalog:
http://www.tesc.edu/catalog/pdf/catalog.pdf
On page 106 & 107 you will find a list of all the CLEP and DSST tests and how they fit into each level (100, 200, 300 or 400). >>
That is what I used at TESC. You are lucky to find it! I thought it was quite hidden!
<<Does anyone know if Excelsior has a similar equivalence chart printed somewhere in their materials?
Here is what I did: You have to sign in and go to the course listing. (forgive me here, it has been a few months, so I can't recall the exact names of tabs and links from that website) Anyway, you open the course description and it will have a name/number PSY101 Introduction to Psychology and then there will be a listing of where it fits into each degree at the bottom. (lower level or upper level, in major or gen ed). Use that for the "exact matches" of course titles for the CLEP and DSSTs. (Intro Psych is Intro Psych) I didn't recall a course equivalency guide for other CLEPs and DSSTs, but there may be one- and someone here who is enrolled might really be better able to answer that question.>>[/b]