Hello everybody.

Well....I finally took the plunge. I took my very first CLEP test Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 @ 2pm. I signed up for the Social Sciences & History Exam. After about a month of studying I still didn't feel like I was well prepared for this test. The closer I came to Tuesday, the more I felt that I should have canceled my appointment and maybe taken something else a little less intimidating.

I went through practice test after practice test. Tuesday morning....practice test after practice test. When I pulled into the testing center parking lot @ 1:45pm...quick review....quick prayer.

I sat down in the chair....filled in the online registration form and clicked "Begin Test"...."Here we go" I said to myself. I took the entire 90 minutes to finish the test because I wanted to make sure I answered every question and reviewed every question until my time was up. I didn't feel like I passed this test at all. Some of the questions were still alien to me.

After my time was up...I filled out the Clep Questionaire and proceeded to the cancel scores or report scores screen. I was nervous, I was afraid to click it because I believe I didn't do as well....I didn't feel confident enough. I clicked on the report scores button and guess what pops up under my score..........a 60!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Got A 60......

I smiled a smile that I haven't smiled in years. I walked out of that testing center with something that I didn't bring with me....6 credits. I am so proud of myself. I smiled all the way home.

I just wanted to thank everyone on this forum for their insight and support. IC is the best thing since sliced bread!!! I appreciate all the help I have received and all the support you have all bestowed upon me. You guys (& gals) are the best. I love this forum. Good luck to everyone on their journey to a degree.

From a loyal degree seeker,

Marshall

31 Credits---89 to go

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

Awesome - Way to go!!!

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Excelsior BS - General Business
Enrolled at Jacksonville State University - MBA - complete in 2010

121 credits...ALL DONE BABY!!!

54 credits transfered in from prior college
54 credits by examination
6 credits from community college
3 credits from CSU-Pueblo (Operations Management)
4 credits for Information Literacy and Business Strategy from Excelsior

CLEP:
Principles of Macroeconomics (64)
Principles of Microeconomics (61)
Principles of Marketing (66)
Principles of Management (72)
Info Systems and Comp Applications (57)
Introductory Business Law (65)
Social Sciences & History (61)
DSST:
Principles of Supervision (58)
Principles of Statistics (67)
Introduction to Computing (60)
Principles of Financial Accounting (56)
Principles of Finance (55)
Money and Banking (52)
Ethics in America (66)
Management Information Systems (58)
ECE:
Ethics: Theory and Practice (B)
Organizational Behavior (C)

GMAT: 600

Whooohoooo! That's awesome!!

Yippee!!!!!!!! Good for you! Keep up the good work! Schedule another one!!

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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

Way to go! Great Score.

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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)

Way to go Marshall! I knew you could do it! One down, more to go! Good Luck!

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Passed
Intro to World Religions 68, Social Science and History 60, Principles of Statistics 60,Western Civilization I 58, Intro to Sociology 55, Astronomy 54, Technical Writing 54, Humanities 50

Courses @ TESC
C Programming - C
Electronic Instrumentation and Control - A

Classes In Progress
LSU English 1001

Up Next
LSU English 1002 and then finito! I'm finished!
OR Retake the English CLEP

Thanks everybody. I believe I will take the Principles of Management CLEP next. My mom signed up for a 15 week class at the local community college for Principles of Management and I want to tease her. I plan on taking it 2 weeks from now. That will give me plenty of time to study.

I have been trying to get her on the CLEP bandwagon...but nobody in my family seems to listen to me. I showed her my test score from yesterday and she was happy for me. But I still don't think it's sinking in about CLEP. I wanted to bust out laughing when she sent me an email about the textbook she had to purchase for the class. $113.50 and that was used. Let's do the math shall we.

*Course Fee - $135 ($45 per credit hour x 3 credits)
*Textbook $113.50
TOTAL= $248.50

My cost = $80 for the same 3 credits

*NEED I SAY MORE!!!!!!!*

She says she wants to take the class at the community college because she wants the "college experience"!!!! Whatever that means!!

Nice job! 40 InstantCert forum posts deep before your first CLEP. Looks like you were ready. Congratulations on taking that big first step. It's all downhill from here (well, mostly--there will probably be at least a few inclines--but nothing you can't handle). Have fun!

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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

Er, "college experience"? How is the brick-and-mortar experience more desirable than the online experience?

Congratulations, Marshall! Keep racking up those credits, and do it YOUR way.

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Kelly
Pursuing BA, History, at Excelsior College
Transfer credits from a previous life: 30
Excelsior Information Literacy: 1
CLEPs: 36 (Humanities, Natural Sciences, Western Civ I, Western Civ II, US History I, US History II, A&I Literature, Social Sciences & History, Educational Psychology)
70 credits so far!