07-27-2009, 04:46 PM (This post was last modified: 07-28-2009, 11:04 PM by McNulty_CM.)
Over the last 4 weeks, I have started my journey towards my degree. To date I have taken four of the six credit CLEP exams and done pretty well, thanks to all of the helpful advice here and the InstaCert flash cards. My initial plan was to use CLEP and DSST as a supplement to the traditional path that I had set myself upon. However, it has been made clear to me that my degree is much closer than I first anticipated.
My journey started as an expedition around the perimeter of a large lake. I was at the water's edge and my degree awaited me on the opposite shore. The hike around the perimeter was to take me some time, 2-3 years on first estimation. I have since seen many fine scholars blaze a new path to that distant shore. They have used the boats made available to them through Distance Learning. This concept, once foreign to me, has inspired me and I am about to set sail ACROSS the lake to reap my reward.
My concern is that I am by, by no means, an experienced seadog. I have a Ship in which to set sail, though I do not know how seaworthy the vessel is. My hope is that with these 4 weeks of watching ships sail across, I have learned enough to make the voyage as well. I have attached to this post the outline (my vessel) of classes and exams that will get me across. If you have time, and know what is needed to make the journey, please take a look and let me know if there is anything I have overlooked in my plan.
Thanks, in advance, and I'll see you on the distant shore.
P.S. LatinTea, I did spellcheck the post before I submitted it.
CLEP Freshman College Composition (70)[SIZE="1"][COLOR="Indigo"]07/02/2009[/SIZE] CLEP Social Science and History (67)[SIZE="1"]07/16/2009[/SIZE] CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature (68)[SIZE="1"]07/21/2009[/SIZE] CLEP College Mathematics (76)[SIZE="1"]07/24/2009[/SIZE] DSST Introduction to Computing (448)[SIZE="1"]08/06/2009[/SIZE] DSST Principles of Supervision (53)[SIZE="1"] 08/11/2009[/SIZE] Excelsior (A) DSST Ethics in America (439)[SIZE="1"]08/19/2009[/SIZE] DSST Principles of Finance (417)[SIZE="1"]08/31/2009[/SIZE] DSST Introduction to Business (443)[SIZE="1"]08/31/2009[/SIZE] Northern VA CC MTH163 Pre-Calculus (B)[SIZE="1"]10/20/2009[/SIZE] Northern VA CC MTH271 Applied Calculus (B)[SIZE="1"]12/20/2009[/SIZE] Northern VA CC FIN215 Financial Management (A)[SIZE="1"]12/20/2009[/SIZE] Northern VA CC MTH241 Statistics I (A)[SIZE="1"]5/10/2010[/SIZE] Straighterline Accounting I (83)[SIZE="1"]12/13/2010[/SIZE] Straighterline Accounting II (86)[SIZE="1"]12/29/2010[/SIZE]
The closer you get to perfection, the further from it you realize you are.[/COLOR]
Congrats on your decision to brave the high seas of distance learning and embrace the wind in your sails! There are a lot of us around here that were going to take the long way around, but found an easier, more fulfilling journey to be had by the call of the seas. I love your analogy...can you tell! I think you will find that this way is more thrilling than the traditional long way. Use this forum as your lighthouse and beacon to light the way, and provide shelter when you are lost and you will be successful in no time! Welcome to the forum and I look forward to your post announcing land ahoy!
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ECE - Pathophysiology - A CLEP - American Govt - 58 CLEP - Intro. to Sociology - 63 CLEP - A & I Lit - 70 DSST - Fund. of Counseling - A (65) DSST - Org. Behavior - A (67) DSST - Environment & Humanity - A (62) DSST - Found. of Education - A (64) DSST - Here's to Your Health - 461 (Pass) DSST - Substance Abuse - 460 (Pass) DSST - Principles of Supervision - A (61) DSST - Lifespan Developmental Psych - A (59) DSST - Criminal Justice - 443 (Pass) DSST - MIS - 415 (Pass) UExcel - Intro. to Psych (Beta)- Pass
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McNulty_CM Wrote:P.S. LatinTea, I did spellcheck the post before I submitted it.
Blow the spelling to the wind. That was one beautifully moving narrative and no spelling error could take away from its impact. Maybe you should think about an English degree to go along with the Business one.
I am so glad you will be here to share your passage to the other side.
[COLOR="Teal"][SIZE="4"]Margo [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE="2"][B][B]"By endurance, we conquer"[/B][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE="2"] [SIZE="1"]~ Sir Ernest Shackleton[/SIZE][/SIZE]
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[SIZE="1"]College credits from my previous life:
Western Civ. I, Intro to Psych, Drawing,
U.S. Hist. I, Amer. Gov't, and Composition
for a total of 18
CLEP done through 2010:
U.S. History II (66)
Analyzing & Interpreting Lit (70)
Introduction to Sociology (71)
Social Sciences & History (70)
College Mathematics (57) :o
Hoped for end result before arthritis sets in:
BA in Art, Liberal Studies, or Humanities[/SIZE]
Hey McNulty, might wanna check if EC will accept the MGMT 311 Ops and Quality Mgt from Colorado State - Pueblo (or a similar course from another school) vs. doing it through them. Would save a few hundred bucks...
MEd, Texas A&M University, 2018
MBA, University of North Dakota, 2014
MS, University of Illinois Springfield, 2010
BSBA, Thomas Edison State University, 2008
AS / AAS, Tidewater Community College, 2004
Brian, does Colorado State have any application process, or do you jsut sign up and take the class? I have not had time to do the research yet. The really good thing about my situation is that my company has a tuition reimbursment program, so any costs are only temporary... as long as I pass them, so I might just go with EC for simplicity anyway.
CLEP Freshman College Composition (70)[SIZE="1"][COLOR="Indigo"]07/02/2009[/SIZE] CLEP Social Science and History (67)[SIZE="1"]07/16/2009[/SIZE] CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature (68)[SIZE="1"]07/21/2009[/SIZE] CLEP College Mathematics (76)[SIZE="1"]07/24/2009[/SIZE] DSST Introduction to Computing (448)[SIZE="1"]08/06/2009[/SIZE] DSST Principles of Supervision (53)[SIZE="1"] 08/11/2009[/SIZE] Excelsior (A) DSST Ethics in America (439)[SIZE="1"]08/19/2009[/SIZE] DSST Principles of Finance (417)[SIZE="1"]08/31/2009[/SIZE] DSST Introduction to Business (443)[SIZE="1"]08/31/2009[/SIZE] Northern VA CC MTH163 Pre-Calculus (B)[SIZE="1"]10/20/2009[/SIZE] Northern VA CC MTH271 Applied Calculus (B)[SIZE="1"]12/20/2009[/SIZE] Northern VA CC FIN215 Financial Management (A)[SIZE="1"]12/20/2009[/SIZE] Northern VA CC MTH241 Statistics I (A)[SIZE="1"]5/10/2010[/SIZE] Straighterline Accounting I (83)[SIZE="1"]12/13/2010[/SIZE] Straighterline Accounting II (86)[SIZE="1"]12/29/2010[/SIZE]
The closer you get to perfection, the further from it you realize you are.[/COLOR]
McNulty_CM Wrote:My concern is that I am by, by no means, an experienced yeoman.
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McNulty, I think you want to be a Quartermaster or Boatswains Mate. Yeoman are the guys on board ship who screw up your pay and your personnel records hilarious.
DEGREES EARNED: [SIZE="1"]
BA, History, TESC '10
AAS, Mechanics and Maintenance, TESC '10
[/size] TESTS PASSED:[SIZE="1"]
CLEP Social Sciences & History - 70/50
CLEP American Government - 65/50
CLEP English Composition General - 68/50
CLEP A & I Literature 70/50
CLEP Sociology 73/50
CLEP College Math 74/50
CLEP Intro Psychology 72/50
CLEP College Algebra 65/50
CLEP Macroeconomics 73/50
CLEP Microeconomics 70/50
CLEP Western Civ. I 79/50
CLEP Western Civ. II 70/50
CLEP US History I 79/50
CLEP US History II 78/50
DSST Technical Writing 63/46
DSST Intro to Computing 463/400
DSST Substance Abuse 463/400
DSST Fundamentals of Algebra 433/400
DSST World Religions 467/400
DSST The Civil War and Reconstruction 68/47
DSST A History of the Vietnam War 78/44
DSST An Introduction to the Modern Middle East 80/47
DSST Western Europe since 1945 71/47
DSST Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union 70/45
[SIZE="2"]ON DECK:[/SIZE]
A B.E. or an MBA
[/SIZE]
94Steve... Editorial comments reviewed, verified and corrections executed.
CLEP Freshman College Composition (70)[SIZE="1"][COLOR="Indigo"]07/02/2009[/SIZE] CLEP Social Science and History (67)[SIZE="1"]07/16/2009[/SIZE] CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature (68)[SIZE="1"]07/21/2009[/SIZE] CLEP College Mathematics (76)[SIZE="1"]07/24/2009[/SIZE] DSST Introduction to Computing (448)[SIZE="1"]08/06/2009[/SIZE] DSST Principles of Supervision (53)[SIZE="1"] 08/11/2009[/SIZE] Excelsior (A) DSST Ethics in America (439)[SIZE="1"]08/19/2009[/SIZE] DSST Principles of Finance (417)[SIZE="1"]08/31/2009[/SIZE] DSST Introduction to Business (443)[SIZE="1"]08/31/2009[/SIZE] Northern VA CC MTH163 Pre-Calculus (B)[SIZE="1"]10/20/2009[/SIZE] Northern VA CC MTH271 Applied Calculus (B)[SIZE="1"]12/20/2009[/SIZE] Northern VA CC FIN215 Financial Management (A)[SIZE="1"]12/20/2009[/SIZE] Northern VA CC MTH241 Statistics I (A)[SIZE="1"]5/10/2010[/SIZE] Straighterline Accounting I (83)[SIZE="1"]12/13/2010[/SIZE] Straighterline Accounting II (86)[SIZE="1"]12/29/2010[/SIZE]
The closer you get to perfection, the further from it you realize you are.[/COLOR]
McNulty, you a fan of HBO's The Wire by any chance?
P.S. In case you couldn't tell I used to be a sailor.
DEGREES EARNED: [SIZE="1"]
BA, History, TESC '10
AAS, Mechanics and Maintenance, TESC '10
[/size] TESTS PASSED:[SIZE="1"]
CLEP Social Sciences & History - 70/50
CLEP American Government - 65/50
CLEP English Composition General - 68/50
CLEP A & I Literature 70/50
CLEP Sociology 73/50
CLEP College Math 74/50
CLEP Intro Psychology 72/50
CLEP College Algebra 65/50
CLEP Macroeconomics 73/50
CLEP Microeconomics 70/50
CLEP Western Civ. I 79/50
CLEP Western Civ. II 70/50
CLEP US History I 79/50
CLEP US History II 78/50
DSST Technical Writing 63/46
DSST Intro to Computing 463/400
DSST Substance Abuse 463/400
DSST Fundamentals of Algebra 433/400
DSST World Religions 467/400
DSST The Civil War and Reconstruction 68/47
DSST A History of the Vietnam War 78/44
DSST An Introduction to the Modern Middle East 80/47
DSST Western Europe since 1945 71/47
DSST Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union 70/45
[SIZE="2"]ON DECK:[/SIZE]
A B.E. or an MBA
[/SIZE]
McNulty_CM Wrote:Brian, does Colorado State have any application process, or do you jsut sign up and take the class? I have not had time to do the research yet. The really good thing about my situation is that my company has a tuition reimbursment program, so any costs are only temporary... as long as I pass them, so I might just go with EC for simplicity anyway.
Ya know, in looking at their site it's hard to tell... not cut and dry like LSU is. If someone else is paying for it, screw it, go any way you like :p . I took most of my IT courses at Excelsior with tuition reimbursement and they weren't hard at all...
I m edumakated thanx to distunce lerning.
MEd, Texas A&M University, 2018
MBA, University of North Dakota, 2014
MS, University of Illinois Springfield, 2010
BSBA, Thomas Edison State University, 2008
AS / AAS, Tidewater Community College, 2004
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