CLEP Forum - CLEP Study - CLEP Testing

celestine_3 · #18 (**permalink**) 04-03-2008, 07:52 AM

In response to Jake's comment, I see many have already been involved in a mature, intelligent discussion on the pros and cons to "traditional" instruction vs. "testing out"... I'll throw two cents in.

I am military, and for the past 10 years, I have not been in the same geographical location for more than 2 1/2 - 3 years at a time. My husband and I are looking to transfer to Japan next year, and since I have finally found the initiative (and time), I am working on filling the general education requirements my school needs with CLEP/DSST. I have a 14 year old son

, work full time, and in addition to working full time, have military obligations that take me away from home from time to time. I DO NOT have the ability to attend a brick and mortar school, and when I tried one class, I had a guy who didn't understand Microeconomics AT ALL confusing me even more!!! By no means am I saying my chioce to serve is a bad one, I love it and wouldn't change it for the world, but those are some of the cons that come along with it...

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University has excellent safety management degree programs, which happens to be what I want to do. So why not test out of the courses I already am familiar with and concentrate more on the safety electives that focus on my area of study?

I just tested out of Business Law II yesterday (thank you so much Brandon, all your advice and the studying really paid off, I needed 44, got 56!), and I had a coworker tell me "you'll be an idiot with a degree". My reply was to start asking him about Bankrupcy Laws and contracts... concepts I taught myself and applied to pass the test. He didn't speak to me for the rest of the day, but I think I may have changed his opinion.