I'm really not that upset about this move- its probably just a sound business decision. And the Information Literacy thing is not that unusual. I received my AS from SUNY, and there I had to take 2-two credit courses in Educational Planning as a requirement! What upset me most about Info Lit was that they refused to accept anything that I had that was indeed very similar. I had the above mentioned courses, plus a "Skills for Life-long Learning" course from the University of Phoenix, not to mention a lot of completed term papers from other courses. All gave me exposure to the same stuff that was in the Info Lit course. But, like I said, most schools have some sort of "gotcha" course that hey require. Money grab? Maybe. With all that said however, I still think Excelsior is by far the best deal going. I seriously doubt that I would have continued pursuing my BS if it weren't for Excelsior. I'll "travel the extra mile" if need be (or maybe just get my butt in gear and finish Ethics prior to 9/1!

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-Need 6 more credits for Excelsior College BS in General Business
-Tested out of 46 credits to date
Credits to finish:
Operations Mgmt-CSU-Pueblo MGMT 311
Business Policy- CSU Pueblo MGMT 485 or TESC exam???

I agree totally what what you said above. INL was very easy, and I didn't mind the cost, but at the same time I had a lot of transfer credit that should have proven the same concepts. All said I still love Excelsior and it's what got me off my but to finish this degree and I'm loving every min of it

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Hi I'm Rob, and I'm an Internetaholic.
Excelsior BSLS - CIS/Psychology Student
3 Credits to go.
DSST Ethics?
.. Graduate, then start over in another program

Excelsior said this morning that if a Pearson facility was not within a 250 mile one-way drive, they could make special arrangements for the testing.

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Crystal King
BS Liberal Studies 3.87
Preparing for GRE
Goal Master Library Science 2009

Ambition is the Path to success,
Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

a 500 mile round trip? how generous of them...

Unless they drop the prices on their exams...I'm not happy with this change at all.

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CLEPS:
Social Sciences and History
College Math
English Composition (no essay)

DANTES:
World Religions
Civil War and Reconstruction
Drug & Alcohol Abuse
Management Information Systems

Excelsior:
Organizational Behavior
Ethics: Theory and Practice
World Conflicts since 1900
World Population

All done! 42 credits by exam

It would suck if your testing center was 249 miles away!


Driving 500 miles (250 each way) would take nearly 8.5 hours if you averaged 60 mph the WHOLE way there and back, without stopping to pee or eat lunch etc. Add 3hrs for the exam. That's an 11.5 hour day, for each exam. Holy Cow!

Hopefully, there are enough Pearson Vue testing centers around the country to make such a pilgrimage unnecessary for ANY of us.

Having said that, even a 2 hour drive each way (plus exam time) would require a 7 hour day for EACH exam.

Eesh!

"May the Pearson Vues be plentiful, our test centers close, our travel times short, and may every journey be fruitful! Amen!"

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My name is Rob
So far, I have earned 142 credits (12 not used).

Excelsior College
- BS Psychology (5 courses/exams to go)
- BS Business (2 courses/exams to go)
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Upcoming: N/A
In-progress: CSU-Pueblo: Labor Relations course
Most Recently Completed: English Composition at PFC (97).
Exams/Courses Passed To Date (43):
- Courses (4): 1 ECE, 1 CSU-Pueblo, 2 PFC.
- Exams (39): 24 DANTES, 15 CLEP.
GPA: 4.0

I'm not happy either and I told them so. It's four hours roundtrip with traffic. There goes an entire day. I may have to reconsider some of those cheaper DSST's and keep the money from going to Excelsior. I guess I was spoiled, but I only had to drive 29 miles before.

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Crystal King
BS Liberal Studies 3.87
Preparing for GRE
Goal Master Library Science 2009

Ambition is the Path to success,
Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

I just checked and 167.3 miles/3 hours each way is the closest I can get. Ditto on taking Dantes exams. I was so hoping that there would end up being a testing center for at least one type of exam closer. Oh well, I'm bummed, but hard and difficult to work out still leaves the possibility of success and that's better than impossible. What a month.

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Kate
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BS Psychology

Wow, you poor people. I guess us military types won't complain too much about having to go across the base to take a test anymore, even if it means waiting 8 weeks for the results to come back. Good luck and be safe on those long hikes!

LOL

I still must wonder.. I would have to drive 300+ miles one way to even take a test through their centers.

Excelsior looks like a great option for school. But its limited in to large cities if it insists on using these type testing centers.

The colleges here in my area have a common testing hall in town.. I wonder if Excelsior would allow test proctering through one of those schools there..

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Frank
3 More Credits to Go
1 Dantes Test Down/1 Clep Test Down
CCAF Audiovisual Production
1 More CLEP
Then its on to National American University, Applied Management.. 12 Credits away from AAS.

LOL Thanks Lee.

Some of those bases are pretty large though. The one my son's at would take awhile to traverse by foot. Not 3 hours but still a very, long walk and a fair portion of the day if you had to walk from one side to the other. So you all have my sympathy too.

Librevore

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Kate
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BS Psychology