A guy who is 16 years old just posted on the TESC forum, that he's tested out of 102 credts!! OMG!!

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You can't fail if you never give up
- Some ridiculous Zach Braff movie, but what a cool quote!!

I'm the king of procrastination. I first submitted my app to TESC in 1993. THIS will be the year of my degree completion!

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! )

Man, that guy rocks!!! I wish I had known about CLEP tests back when I was in HS.

I'm at 30 and counting.

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Jesse
BA in Liberal Studies, Thomas Edison State College, 2008

Think I earned around 33 credits through testing myself. That is impressive, wish I could motivate the girlfriend's 14 year-old daughter torwards trying to test out of her general electives.

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Brian in Virginia Beach, VA
Currently enrolled in the MS, MIS program at University of Illinois at Springfield
BSBA, CIS, Thomas Edison State College
Certificate, Accounting Specialist, Tidewater Community College
AS, Social Sciences, Tidewater Community College
AS, Business Administration, Tidewater Community College
AOS, CIS, Southeast College of Technology

24 - hopefully that will be 27 tomorrow!

I really hope that "16" was a typo because after reading his post, I feel like a real slacker

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TECEP's passed:
English Composition 102
Technical Writing
Psychology of Women
Word Processing Fundamentals
Introduction to Computer Information Systems

CLEP's passed:
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature - 60
Principles of Management - 71
Principles of Marketing - 67
Principles of Macroeconomics - 54
Principles of Microeconomics - 57
Introduction to Business Law- 65

DSST's passed:
Principles of Supervision - 59
Introduction to Business - 63
Principles of Financial Accounting- 54

FEMA Credits earned: 15

ALEKS Intro to Stats completed 3/10/09

ASBA - TESC - 3/6/09
BSBA - general management in progress

Working on: PF Business and Technical Writing

I tested out of 100 by 21 years old. I did know about these tests in high school and I thought they weren't really worth it because you couldn't learn anything but then when i joined the navy i had a great need to get a degree fast and i realized i already knew most of this stuff anyways.

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AAT, Electromechanics, Excelsior College 2007
BS, Political Science, Excelsior College 2008
MSSL, Strategic Leadership, Mountain State (currently enrolled) 2009

I've tested out of 54 credits in just over 30 days.

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Results since 2/26/08:
Drug & Alcohol Abuse - 63
Principles of Management - 68
Human Resources Management - 67
Here's to your Health - 66
Principles of Supervision - 62
Organizational Behavior - 57
Intro to Law Enforcement - 65
Criminal Justice - 58
Freshman College Composition - 67
Intro to Computing - 53
Intro to Business - 70
Intro to Psychology - 63
Fundamentals of Counseling - 56
Intro to World Religions - 64
Personal Finance - 56
Analyzing & Interpreting Literature - 67
Social Sciences & History - 62

I tested out of 66 credits altogether. In 2008 alone I completed 33 credits by exam plus 4 more traditionally; sociology and info lit. Just waiting on results for my last three exams to find out if my degree is finished.

Thanks for the inspiration, ICS

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2010 - Master of Business Administration, Strategic Leadership, TUI University (in work)
2008 - Bachelor of Science Degree, Liberal Arts, Excelsior College
2002 - Airframe & Powerplant License, Federal Aviation Administration
1998 - Associates Degree, Aviation Maintenance, Community College of the Air Force

Acquired 254 total credits: CCAF - 93, Exams - 66, ACE - 67, Trad - 28

Since 2005 I have tested out of 42 hours. 11 CLEPs and 2 DANTES. For those doing the math the Humanities CLEP counts for 6 hours. The most I passed in one year was seven just last year (2007).

I attend a private university that is quite expensive. If not for the exams I would have never been able to afford my degree. Well, not without going into major debt, which I really wanted to avoid. These exams and this website have saved me over 20K over my academic career.

I wish I would have discovered CLEP exams 10 years ago. These exams were never mentioned to me in my three attempts at state colleges going back to 1994. I tell everyone who is interested in going back to school about them along with a strong recommendation for Instacert.

To those just starting out believe me the first one is the hardest. It's just a matter of getting in a routine of putting the time aside to study. Once you get that first one out of the way the momentum just seems to build and before you know it you are well on your way to a degree. At least that’s the way it worked out for me.

Good luck to all, Jay



CLEPS

American Government 62
U.S. History I 58
U.S. History II 64
Intro Psychology 56
Humanities 51
Info Systems & Com App 60
Intro Sociology 73
Principles of Marketing 69
Principles of Management 71
Intro. Educational Psychology 58
Human Growth & Development 62


DANTES
World Religions 68
Here's to Your Health 60

As of today, I've tested out of 39 credits between AP, CLEP and DSST. By the end of May I'm hoping to have completed 87 credits through tests.

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Goal: Excelsior BSGB 61 of 121 credits earned to date
I'm halfway there! (Whoa oh, living on a prayer)
21 transfered credits
6 more from AP English (4)
EC: Info Lit (P in 2 hours)
Clep: Educational Psych (69) Management (70) American Gov (53) A&I Lit (74) Algebra (52) Marketing (72)
DSST: Intro Comp (68) MIS (67) Here's Health (66) Supervision (60)

21 clep and dsst's.
thats amazing! 106...
i'm 21 and was in the military for 2 years and all i have is 21!


ended up taking english composition w/ essay today since freshman college composition counts for nothing at charteroak....

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CHARTER OAK
English Composition W/Essay 56
Clep Freshman College Comp. 61
Clep Information Systems and Computer Applications 58
Dsst Intro to the not so modern middle east 45
intro to sociology 65
Intro to Psychology 71
U.S. History 1 50
Ethics in America 78!

3 Tests Left
Astronomy
Humanities or Art of the Western World
Principals of Public Speaking



In the military? take as many as fast as you can. You don't pay for them. Doesn't matter if you fail them. If you fail try again with another Test Provider. (DSST CLEP ECE) If you fail Humanities Try Art of the Western World.

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