Guys,
I'm studying Org Beh to take the ECE. I'm doing this because there's a chance that I might transfer (from tesc) to Excelsior for a business degree and this ECE will go down as Upper Level whereas the DANTES would be counted as Lower Level at Excelsior. Now, the IC flashcards say that you should use them for either the DANTES or the ECE.

Question: Is the ECE really more dificult than the DANTES (and therefore deserving of UL designation), or is this just a way of Excelsior getting people to take their ($205) exam?

Thx!

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PASSED:
CLEP-Information Systems & Computer Applications: Scored 62; Nov 07
CLEP-Analyzing & Interpreting Literature: Scored 57; Feb 08
DANTES-Criminal Justice: Scored 54; Jan 08
DANTES-Fundamentals of College Algebra: Scored 47 (and 47 is the req'd pass score! ); Jan 08
DANTES-Drug & Alcohol Abuse: Scored 57; Feb 08
DANTES-Ethics in America: Scored 55; Feb 08
DANTES-Organizational Behavior: Score 54; Mar 08
DANTES-Technical Writing: Score 58; Mar 08

FELL SHORT OF A PASSING SCORE (I'll never say the 'F' word):
ECE-Organizational Behavior: Score D (but passed DANTES version 2 hours later! )

The ECE exam is more difficult than the DSST exam. The reason is the scoring that ECE uses. There scores are not based on how many overall correct answers you have, rather, it is based on how well you do in each content area. You could do well on 2 content areas, fail the third, and as a result, fail the exam. ECE also will ask you more detailed questions, not all, but there are some were they delve more into the weeds, to use an old expression.

I used a book by Stephen Robbins for this exam, Essentials of Organizational Behavior, 8th edition. It is 13 or so chapters, 280 total pages I believe. It is easy to read, and it is worth it! The one thing you do not want to do with ECE exams, is pay the $205 and fail the exam.

I only took the ECE, but you can see my opinion with regard to the difficulty level of this EC exam as compared to DSST and CLEP exams by clicking on Organizational Behavior in my signature below.

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Michael

CLEP - ISCA 68, Sociology 72, Psych 73, A&I Lit 61, HG&D 65, Ed Psych 70, Marketing 72, Management 69, Macroeconomics 63, Microeconomics 67
DSST - Intro to Comp 66, MIS 61, Supervision 67, Counseling 58 - no study!, Personal Finance 67, Statistics 60, Criminal Justice 57, Ethics 58, Finance 63 (All A's at EC)
COC - 2007 (Community College) - Acctg I&II 10c, Work/Study 4c, Intro to Research (Info Lit req) 1c, Society and Rock & Roll 3c, Fund of Music 3c, Guitar I & II 4c, Bass Guitar I 2c
ECE - Ethics (A), HRM (B), Organizational Behavior (B) | CSU - Operations Mgmt. (A) | TECEP - Business Policy 80 (CR)

My Excelsior Degree Journey

Bachelor of Science in General Business, cum laude
Excelsior College
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