Please don't judge me!

[CollegeStudent7]

You were already given suggestions on the thread you started a month ago here
http://www.degreeforum.net/excelsior-tho...kdown.html
Rather than take the approach that you are being criticized, why don’t you take the approach that you are being challenged.

Challenged to be honest with yourself. Do you have the FOCUS needed to study for and test out of any subjects? If you think you can, then maybe you should try one CLEP/DSST subject and see how long it takes you to master the information necessary to earn 3 credits. Then you can make an educated decision about how long it will likely take YOU to test out of 15-19 subjects required for a degree, and whether testing out is a quick and easy solution for YOU.

If not, then maybe you should go back to the plan layed out for you a month ago in this thread
http://www.degreeforum.net/excelsior-tho...kdown.html
for BA Nat Science/Math which would require that you take 4-5 courses to earn the necessary 18 UL credits for the BA Nat Science/Math and fill out the rest of your GenEd with SL courses or a couple of CLEP/DSST exams.

It is possible that you are the type of person that needs the structure of a regular course. You may lack the FOCUS needed to gather information, study for and pass CLEP/DSST/ECE/TECEP exams. You won’t know until you attempt a CLEP/DSST. On the other hand you may have an uncanny ability to take and pass CLEP/DSST/ECE/TECEP exams at the rate of two or three per week.

Again, what you may take as criticism (justly or unjustly) might really be a simple challenge to put in a little bit of effort to see if you in fact are a good candidate for testing out, instead of making assumptions based on what others have done.

Good luck with whatever plan you decide on.

If time wasn't an issue, I would probably go for a classroom setting. Unfortunately, whether it's for me or not, I'm going to have to get it together. I guess we'll find out how things go after my first actual test. ALEKS has been pretty good to me so far.