Why Charter Oak State College is better than Thomas Edison State College

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More comments that show why TECEPs are not attractive options for most students...

He or she said throw ECEs in there as well as being harder. What he or she is saying is that ECEs and TECEPs are harder, which supports what I said on the first page of this thread.

http://www.degreeforum.net/excelsior-tho...-dsst.html

http://www.degreeforum.net/excelsior-tho...tecep.html

03-12-2014, 11:10 AM zenurez states: “There appear to be a LOT of study resources out there for CLEP's and DSST and I really like the flashcard system. TECEP's seem less known, harder and will likely require more books and only have four flashcard courses so far on instantcert. Additionally, I can schedule a CLEP or DSST test with 2-3 days notice but with TESC I'm still waiting for admissions to be finished so I can schedule my first TECEP. From what I understand they enroll students for TECEP just like enrolling for a semester, so you have to enroll 4-6 weeks in advance of when you want to be able take the test. I find this very inconvenient.”

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ali4nia states: “TECEP is not cheaper and is harder to pass ! usually you gotta have 60% right to get it done vs ECE with 45-50% correct answer you usually pass with a C,

I called tesc and they said they grade it manually so add the human error to this.. they graded one of my TECEP (among many other mistake they did) by 10 point below my real score 59 instead of 69 and I had to bust my a.. to make them correct their mistake

You pay way more than any other test, you wait way more than any other test to get your result(by regular mail they dont give grade on the phone after almost 1 month of waiting and their 5000 yrs old website goes blank where is supposed to show the TECEP score) and at the end you endup with a D while you have almost 70% of all your answers right,

I know some of you might not agree but I think some how TECEP is a ripoff compared to other tests,there is no enrolled or non-enrolled price for ECE, ECE A&P is 145 bucks cheaper if you paid the tecep at the enrolled price, or 625 bucks cheaper at the regular price !!!! thats huge difference at least for me,ECE is computer based and you get the score right away, drama free like dsst/clep, GO WITH ECE anytime when you can, TECEP should be really really the last option !!
ah I almost forgot: add usually a 30 bucks proctor fee for TECEP to make it even more wonderful !!”

http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...tecep.html

blu2blue states: “Which tests specifcally? These exams are known to be textbook centric. Look in the exam breakdowns available on the TESC website and see if you can buy the book(s) that are recommended in the breakdown. You can probably get a good deal on half.com, abebooks.com or one of the other used textbook sites.”

Farmerboy states: “In general TECEP's are significantly harder than CLEPS or Dantes. However they are still very doable, just require more study and a more narrow, deeper, knowledge of the subject at hand.”

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cookderosa states: “I only took 1 TECEP as a student, but took a year's worth of classes. I wouldn't take another TECEP and I wouldn't get excited about the option. I found TECEP to be much harder than CLEP and much harder than my classes. Mine (Nutrition) was text-book specific and written by a 2nd grader. Okay, maybe not, but it was awful. I remember one question was "what is the most popular sandwich in America" and most questions were short answer / fill in the blank that you wouldn't know without the text.”

http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...exams.html

Kiwi Lover (a moderator) states: “I am currently attempting to study for the TECEP Operations Management exam. After taking numerous DANTES and CLEP exams (and using IC for my main study materials), I am finding it a LOT harder studying for this TECEP exam. It has slowed me down considerably having to learn this subject by reading an entire book and then creating my own study notes. [B]I felt like I was going 70 mph using IC for the other exams and have now slowed down to a 10 mph crawl studying for this TECEP without IC[/B]. One thing is for sure...if I had had to do this for all of my other exams and not had the benefit of IC, I would not be nearly as far along in the pursuit of my degree.”

So this pretty much strongly supports if not practically demonstrates my argument that TECEPs are more difficult, more tedious, and laborious to deal with. Like I said, most people are not willing or motivated enough to study at least 8 textbooks to take exams that are harder and tests on random sentences from some page of a textbook. So far I've shown at least 7 - 10 users, including a moderator, Kiwi, who agree with the logic, and there are many more people who are on the same page on that note so I am not alone in this belief. It's why I think instantcert.com never pursued the TECEP materials because they're harder to prepare materials for, and there are less people taking them.

With this belief in mind, COSC's program becomes more attractive thanks to the flexibility of taking courses/exams from anywhere, an organized master exam table that shows what each exam will transfer in as, and being a few hundred bucks cheaper than TESC's "enrolled option" plan which is what the original post was about.