I was wondering if it was difficult for anyone else to find time slots to schedule Excelsior College Exams at their Pearson Testing Center? Mine has been especially difficult for me this month. There are maybe four apointments open per week, nearly all at 8AM near the end of the week while I'm working. I schedule my appointments usually a month or more in advance, and the calendars are still booked up. I look ahead two, three months in advance and see the same pattern. I have rescheduled two appointments in the past and noticed that the old appointments did not open back up on the online calendar. And one more odd thing I noticed: there are usually 3-4 open computers every time I test, even if the calendar shows it booked. What gives?

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BS Liberal Arts, Health Prof. & Psychology
Excelsior College - 2007
MS Psychology
California Coast University in progress (2009)

I don't know what the deal is either, but I have the same problem and there's usually a few empty chairs.

One ECE to go. I won't miss Pearson!

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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.

EXACTLY - what gives. It's the same for me!!! And then I get there and there are plenty of open seats. I wanted to post earlier but I only had one test to go and didn't want to jinx it.

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Dawn
Taking the Road Less Traveled
The Journey of A Thousand Miles Starts with The First CLEP
BS-Psychology - Excelsior College
Enrolled in the School of Business, BS in Accounting
After MIS I'll be halfway there!
72 CLEP Credits, 21 DSST Credits, 25 ECE Credits (Including Inf Lit), 6 TESC Credits, 2 FEMA Credits = 126 Total
Withholding 6 Credits for Accounting = 120 for Psychology
12 credits completed toward my accounting degree

Was that an informal way of saying you finished? CONGRATULATIONS!!!! What...no speech?

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Associates Degree, Aviation Maintenance Technology, Community College of the Air Force
Bachelors of Science, Liberal Studies Degree, Excelsior
MBA Human Resource Management, California Coast University

Sheesh, I just checked to see if I could move the date up on my next exam and there aren't ANY appointments open for the rest of the month and it's only the 13th! I guess I'll keep my appointment.

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BS Liberal Arts, Health Prof. & Psychology
Excelsior College - 2007
MS Psychology
California Coast University in progress (2009)

I have never taken a Excelsior exam but i did take my nursing boards through them and had the same problem there was not test open anywhere within 30 miles of my house unless I wanted to wait 3 months. I actually called to schedule my appointment and bamm there was a opening in 2 weeks at the center 10 miles from my house (the internet said it was booked). I would definetly recommend calling it can't hurt.

I'm a Pearson proctor for our local test center (Not the same place that I take my CLEPs/ECE's) That's at the Naval College and our local branch of Columbia.

At the Pearson center, we handle mostly certifications like Comptia, Cisco, and until recently, Microsoft. One thing I have noticed, most of the time the online schedules are completely jacked. I'll have five people booked, but only two on the server's site manager. I'll usually let people who can't find a spot online walk in the day of testing and I'll schedule it then. Provided we have the spots available, why not? I'm going to be there for the alloted time anyway, and I'd much rather let someone get their test done then sit there staring at an empty room. You might want to see if the proctors there will allow you to do the same.

If not, I'd go with what Melissa suggested and give the 800 number a call. They'll be able to see exactly what that particular test center has scheduled, and put you in an empty slot if there's one available.

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Chebasaz
PMP, CISSP, A+, Sec+, MCDST, ITIL

Knocking out the last few for Excelsior BS General Business

Credit Record
November 2008 - 156 Credits
March 2008 - 147 Credits
February 2008 - Completed Excelsior BS Liberal Studies (Management/Administration and History)
January 2008 - 123 Credits
February to December 2007 - 106 Credits Earned