I'm a newbie and welcome feedback!

[nayfaze]

I have read through the stickies (Thank You!) and seemingly have a list of tests that sound as though they may be the easiest/quickest but I've never traveled this road before. I am an adult learner that just got my youngest out of the house to college and am focusing on finishing my bachelors. I need 9-12 credits to be eligible to enroll in JBU's advance degree program by 9/01. I just completed 15 hours this summer and am now trying to devour some DANTES! I am currently working through the flashcards on Fundamentals of Education. This is supposed to be an easy one, but wow! these seem to be a bit time consuming. I came into this knowing these wouldn't be "gimme's" but working full-time doesn't allow many hours to work through 300-400 questions. Any suggestions to streamline the study process?
The next tests I thought to try to conquer were:
Intro to World Religions
Criminal Justice**
Intro to Law Enforcement** - thought these two would be overlapping
Intro to Business

Should say - all I need are elective credits.

Oh - one more question: I currently have a 4.0 and am curious how the DANTES exams will affect that? I've heard "passing scores" but I've also seen references to A's......

Thanks for any advice!

[burbuja0512]

Hi and welcome!

Intro to Law Enforcement was probably one of the easiest tests I took. I knew absolutely nothing about the topic before I started studying, but I found it fun and interesting. I didn't take Criminal Justice, but yes I would imagine that the two have significant overlap.

Intro to Business wasn't too bad, but I thought it was boring as heck. It was relatively easy for me as I've been in the business world my entire career. If you have too, then you'll still need to study, but it will come easier than it would to someone with no biz experience.

If you don't already have credits that would duplicate this test, you can probably get 6 credits with little to no study from Analyzing & Interpreting Lit. I also thought technical writing was an easy 3 credits, though not everyone would agree and of course, if you've got any foreign language skills, those CLEPs can be other options.

I didn't take Intro to World Religions so can't comment on that one.

[L_Hancock]

I'm not sure how it will work at your college, but at TESC (Thomas Edison State College), CLEP, DSST, and FEMA tests do not affect your transcript. They will just show up as credit, or, if you do not pass the test, they will not show up at all.

Since you mentioned you only needed free electives, have you considered doing FEMA? You read and take the test online, then, ask for college credit. You can do this either through Frederick Community College, or, if you're going to TESC, they will transfer the FEMA classes into college credit for free if you have FEMA send them a transcript.

Good luck!

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions - I don't log in here very often (now that my degree is done, I'm busy living the "working professional's" life - LOL)

Regards,
Libby