Tomorrow at 6:30 AM sharp I am getting up and going to a testing center that is over an hour away to take Here's to your Health and Fundamentals of Counseling. I studied IC ALL day for these until I scored 100% on every section. I'm pretty apprehensive, as I have never been to this testing center (no DSST's are offered in my immediate area), and I have never taken a DSST exam before. I hope I have studied enough, but I can't turn back now. It's not exactly my cup of tea to not only take vacation time to study, but to get up that early on a Saturday, but I am determined to get this done. After this, I only have two more exams to take (shooting for October) and I will be finished with the testing process.

I guess I wanted to post, because you all know how it is and what a sense of accomplishment you get when you complete these tests. I don't think my friends really "get it."

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Machelle

HG&D - 62
Ed. Psych - 57
Humanities - 59
A&I Literature - 59
Here's To Your Health - 59
Fund. of Counseling - 49
Criminal Justice - 55
Intro to Law Enforcement - 51

Good luck! I hope you do really, really well! Don't be nervous!!! We're pulling for you!

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DONE! History degree from TESC!

CLEPS:
College Math-69, Sociology-70, Humanities-72, Am. Lit-61, English Lit-69, S. Sciences & History-65, Eng. Comp/w essay-75, Microec.-64, Macroec.-73, Western Civ. I-71, Western Civ. II-71, American Gov't-71, US History I-75, US History II-65, A&I Lit-77, Prin. of Mgmt-76, Prin. of Mktng-76. Biology-69

DSST's:
Civil War & Reconst.-70, Modern Middle East-63, World Religions-76, Tech. Writing-67, Prin. of Supervision-67, HR Mgmt-69, Rise & Fall USSR-64, Vietnam War-60, Ethics-69. Intro to Bus-67, Org. Behavior-69, W. Europe-60

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Brian R. Fey Sr. +
M.S. - Psychology
B.S. - Criminal Justice
A.S. - Administrative Management

Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! =]

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Jenny =]

Thanks everyone. Well, I just got back, and I honestly don't think I did very well on the Fundamentals of Counseling exam. I had to guess on wayyy too many questions. Perhaps I didn't study enough, but I did not recognize many questions from IC at all. I think I did ok on Here's to your Health though. Now I just have to wait...I hate waiting! I am curious if others felt the way I do about Fundamentals of Counseling after you were done...

As a side note, I found the place just fine, but the proctor was nearly 20 minutes late getting there. Then he put me in a FREEZING cold room to take the exams. I was cold the entire time. I thought it was odd that there were no cameras and the guy just kept coming in and checking on me instead of sitting there. He also told me that if I wanted to, I could take a break since the exams were not timed. I know with the CLEP exams, they don't even want you going to the bathroom during the test.

Anyway, hopefully I passed both exams, but again, I'm not holding my breath.

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Machelle

HG&D - 62
Ed. Psych - 57
Humanities - 59
A&I Literature - 59
Here's To Your Health - 59
Fund. of Counseling - 49
Criminal Justice - 55
Intro to Law Enforcement - 51

GOOD LUCK!!!! I bet you do better than you think!

I was also nervous after Here's to Your Health but ended up doing ok. I am studying now for Fundamentals of Counseling so please do let us know when you get your results back. The waiting is tough but I love the relaxed atmosphere of the Dantes.

Best wishes,
Carol

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Here's To Your Health 66
Foundations of Education 66
Fundamentals of Counseling (next)
Criminal Justice or Principles of Supervision (soon)
ALL ELECTIVES NEEDED WILL BE DONE!

A.A.S. Office Systems Technology, Brunswick Community College - Phi Theta Kappa
B.S. Early Childhood Education, Mount Olive College - Dec. 08

Well, now that I have read back over some things about HTYH, I am nervous as to whether or not I passed this one as well. I know of three questions I definitely answered incorrectly. Waiting for results is not fun at all. Since my next two exams will be my last, I am going to be sure to go to a testing center that offers the computerized DSST's.

As for Fundamentals of Counseling...be sure to study Gestalt. I drew a blank on that one, and there were quite a few questions regarding Gestalt therapy. You might want to supplement IC with some other materials that others have suggested. I really did not see much on the exam that I had studied here on IC, but others have said there were a lot of questions they had to the contrary. I'm sure it was just my version.

I must say that I was a nervous wreck going to the testing center, a nervous wreck wondering if the proctor would show up (they were doing construction on the building and there was a note on the door that the student resource center was closed), I was very tired, and I was freezing cold the entire time. If I passed either exam, I will honestly be very surprised.

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Machelle

HG&D - 62
Ed. Psych - 57
Humanities - 59
A&I Literature - 59
Here's To Your Health - 59
Fund. of Counseling - 49
Criminal Justice - 55
Intro to Law Enforcement - 51

Please keep us posted on your scores. I'm interested to hear how you did on these exams.

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auminer49r

Completed a B.S. in General Business
at Excelsior College (3.86 GPA)

Left to take:

NOTHING!!!

... But, I'm still sticking around...