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Just took my mid-term exam today for the guided-study Thomas Edison course Managerial Communications.
The exam was 15 multiple-choice questions and 2 essays.
Each essay needed to be at least 3 pages long (according to the instructions). Talk about major writer's cramp....Six pages of single-spaced essay writing.
But the essay topics were pretty straightforward, which is a good thing. Overall, I feel great about the exam.
The exam limit was 2 hours, but I finished with about 20 minutes to spare. The exam was proctored at my local public library.
This is my first and last online TESC course, so I didn't know what to expect....Everything else has been accomplished through CLEPs, DSSTs, TECEPs, and one Straighterline course.
Hope this is helpful information to somebody!
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Congrats and thanks for sharing this info!
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that is helpful. thank you sir!
we always hear bout the cleps and ECEs and stuff, but not really much about the actual classes that most us will eventually have to do.
sounds pretty good man.
Managerial Communications - is that a 200+ or 300+ class?
-Kevin Cathy
Current Degrees:
B.A. in Liberal Studies (Thomas Edison State College)
A.A. in Business Administration (Sacramento City College)
A.A. in Social Science (Sacramento City College)
A.A. in Liberal Arts (Sacramento City College)
A.S. in Transportation (CCAF)
In Progress at Community College: Certificate of Achievement in Accounting
CLEPs/DSSTs taken & passed so far:
Principles of Supervision / Human Resource Management / Social Science & History / Here's To Your Health / Civil War & Reconstruction / Substance Abuse / Business Law II / Business Ethics and Society / Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / College Composition with Essay / Technical Writing / A History of the Vietnam War / College Mathematics / Introduction to World Religions
(54 credits in 7 months. Holla!)
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kevinmanemane Wrote:that is helpful. thank you sir!
we always hear bout the cleps and ECEs and stuff, but not really much about the actual classes that most us will eventually have to do.
sounds pretty good man.
Managerial Communications - is that a 200+ or 300+ class?
Thanks! This course is a 300+ class. Fortunately, my mentor, Marilyn Hatcher, is easy to please and very helpful.
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I took my midterm for guided study Global Environmental Change Wednesday. It was thirty multiple-choice question and four essay questions. But no length was required on the essays. I stayed right about a page on all of them even though they gave me tons more room. I hope that doesn't end up hurting me. But honestly 30 questions and four essays in two hours!? How long can you expect me to get? I didn't like the fact that they made me use a pen. I was going to review but I thought there's no use b/c I can't change anything. If I misspelled something in my essay I had to scribble it out. Not very professional. I couldn't go back and re-word a sentence or anything. I really didn't like that.
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rmroberts Wrote:I took my midterm for guided study Global Environmental Change Wednesday. It was thirty multiple-choice question and four essay questions. But no length was required on the essays. I stayed right about a page on all of them even though they gave me tons more room. I hope that doesn't end up hurting me. But honestly 30 questions and four essays in two hours!? How long can you expect me to get? I didn't like the fact that they made me use a pen. I was going to review but I thought there's no use b/c I can't change anything. If I misspelled something in my essay I had to scribble it out. Not very professional. I couldn't go back and re-word a sentence or anything. I really didn't like that.
If they didn't specify an essay length, I suspect you'll be fine having one-page essays. Especially considering you had four to write.
BTW, are you enrolled with CollegePlus? You have made a LOT of progress in 7 months; Congrats!
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Levi Wrote:If they didn't specify an essay length, I suspect you'll be fine having one-page essays. Especially considering you had four to write.
BTW, are you enrolled with CollegePlus? You have made a LOT of progress in 7 months; Congrats!
I was enrolled with CollegePlus, but they didn't really help me. I am independent and self-motivated (and a bit stubborn I must admit). It seemed like they wanted me to be dependent on them and let them know every move I make and ask them before every little decision. I think CollegePlus is great for SOME people, but not me. This forum has been 10x more helpful than CollegePlus.
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