How did you learn about testing out of your degree?

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I too read BAin4Weeks and that totally kicked my butt into high gear. I immediately went and got 3 ALEKS credits, 6 CLEP credits, 6 DSST credits, and 3 Kaplan PLA credits. I then looked at a bunch of courses I took back in 2000 for my job, and found out that I had 5 units of ACE credits in HR that I got sent to ACE/TESC.

What that all did was put me at 86 units, which made me think that I could actually finish my degree in a reasonable amount of time, with a reasonable amount of money. I am currently taking a TEEX course, and then I have 11 specific courses to take (8 TECEP's) to finish up my BSBA.

Seeing me do this, my husband then said that he was interested in finishing up his degree as well (he has an AA). I searched high and low for the right degree for him (he is a sales engineer with a large software company), so he's caught between the Computer Science world (tons of math, science and programming which does NOT interest him) and a Business Degree (tons of business courses which don't interest him either). I finally figured out the BSAST in Technical Studies would work for him, and now he may start taking all the Strayer CBE's and then 1 Strayer course if they don't transcript his CBE's until he takes an actual course. But the number of CBE's he can take there makes the price for the course worth it (works out to $36/unit).

Getting to a certain point in your degree when you realize that you are actually fairly close to achieving your goal is very motivating. Unfortunately, getting to the point when you realize that you only have courses you don't want to take (because of lack of interest or because they seem too hard) is NOT motivating! But I will get through that, I'm sure!