What should I tell all them college students?

[burbuja0512]

This is what I always tell people when they ask me what I'm doing for college, or where' I'm going for college.

The conversation will typically look like this:

"So where are you going to college?"

Me: "I'm CLEPing out of college, do you know what CLEPs are?"

"No," (sometimes, the answer is yes)

Me: "I like to think of CLEPs as just taking the final test at the end of a class. Study on my own at my own pace, and just go take the CLEP."

99.9% of the time, I get a really positive answer. Most people, especially older will usually say "Wow, I wish I could have done that, or known about that!" And for the yougner people, they sometimes understand. If I get negative feedback, I think it's just because they wish they could do it too

This is almost exactly how I've explained it to people that I've shared with. Showing up on the last day of class and passing the final exam to get full credit for a class is something that people can relate to. It also highlights the fact that you're not just "testing out," but you also are learning the subject even if you didn't have to do a ton of homework!

Even then, I still have found it easiest to limit details unless you're talking to someone you trust and/or who may be interested in a similar program. In the biz world, things are so competitive and cutthroat. The last thing I want to do is give anyone an unfounded reason to think I'm not as qualified as I really am. Of course, my MBA program wasn't easy to get into and working on it really invalidates any potential questions about the BS, but still...