12-01-2007, 11:19 PM
Marshall:
We are glad to see you here. It sound like you are exited about getting a degree, thatâs good. I am sure you will make your 18 month goal. I am pursuing a General Business from Excelsior (they were cheaper that TESC last time I cheeked) and started last February and have 90 hrs. I donât know how TESC works so I can only make generalizations, but this will give you a good start.
Your absolutely most valuable resource will be the search function on this forum. Here you will find recommended study recourses for each exam. There is also a thread dedicated to each exam; to find it scroll to very bottom of any page and click âarchiveâ and them select âspecific exam feed back ONLYâ
Before you take an exam, always cheek it out with your advisor, or at least cheek the catalog.
US Air Force - Education and Library Resource Center - CLEP Center At this site you will find many practice exams for CLEP and a few for DSST. There is a general agreement around here that these tests are generally a little bit harder than the real thing. Another rule of thumb, if you get over half right in practice, you may pass the real thing, shoot for 60% to be surer.
Here are some activation codes for the site above. They are only good for 90 days. When one runs out use the next and then go back the first.
FL5518
FL5587
FL5682
Look over this site: 123collegedegree.com
Exam Difficulty - BA in 4 weeks Here is a good index of difficulty for different exams. He says that some exams donât require preparation. I am not so sure; I would recommend at least taking a practice exam if there are available.
This is my recommended sequence of exams. I have grouped exams together that seem to complement each other, or overlap in material covered on the exams. I suggest taking exams in the clusters one after the other, in the order listed, some can be taken at the same time; two in a day.
Humanities and Social Sciences/History:
1. CLEP Freshman College composition. or English composition (cheek you advisor or catalog)
2. CLEP English Literature 6 credits, this is an elective which you may not need
3. CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature 6 credits
4. CLEP Humanities 6 credits, half of humanities is Literature which you are already familiar with if you have taken English Literature
5. CLEP Social Sciences and History, 6 credits
Math:
1. CLEP Mathematics 6 credit hours, a good warm up for Algebra
2. CLEP Algebra 3
3. DSST Statistics 3, Algebra is not a prerequisite, but it helped me understand formulas
4. Not a must, but now would be a good time to take Production/Operations Management, it deals with statistics.
Management:
1. DSST Supervision
2. CLEP Management
3. ECE (Excelsior) Human Resource Management
Behavior:
1. CLEP Sociology
2. CLEP Psychology
3. DSST Counseling
4. ECE Organizational Behavior
Law:
1. CLEP Introduction to Business Law
2. DSST Business Law II, this is upper level and you may not need this
Economics:
1. CLEP Marketing 3
2. CLEP Macroeconomics 3
3. CLEP Microeconomics 3
Money:
1. CLEP Financial Accounting
2. Now would be a good time take a Managerial accounting class. There is no test available. Financial Accounting may be a prerequisite
3. DSST Principles of Finance, Defiantly take accounting first (my personal opinion)
4. DSST Money and Banking. I didnât take this one, if you have to take it get the economics cluster in first.
This is not a complete list of requirements for your degree. So you can fit in the other class/exams wherever. These are the tests that should be grouped together. Somebody else can help me out if I have forgotten anything.
This big long list looks scary. It is good to have a long term plan but you canât focus on the big picture all the time. That can be discouraging. Take one test at a time, and then move on the next one. Slow and Steady win ever time.
Hope this helps you
Cade
We are glad to see you here. It sound like you are exited about getting a degree, thatâs good. I am sure you will make your 18 month goal. I am pursuing a General Business from Excelsior (they were cheaper that TESC last time I cheeked) and started last February and have 90 hrs. I donât know how TESC works so I can only make generalizations, but this will give you a good start.
Your absolutely most valuable resource will be the search function on this forum. Here you will find recommended study recourses for each exam. There is also a thread dedicated to each exam; to find it scroll to very bottom of any page and click âarchiveâ and them select âspecific exam feed back ONLYâ
Before you take an exam, always cheek it out with your advisor, or at least cheek the catalog.
US Air Force - Education and Library Resource Center - CLEP Center At this site you will find many practice exams for CLEP and a few for DSST. There is a general agreement around here that these tests are generally a little bit harder than the real thing. Another rule of thumb, if you get over half right in practice, you may pass the real thing, shoot for 60% to be surer.
Here are some activation codes for the site above. They are only good for 90 days. When one runs out use the next and then go back the first.
FL5518
FL5587
FL5682
Look over this site: 123collegedegree.com
Exam Difficulty - BA in 4 weeks Here is a good index of difficulty for different exams. He says that some exams donât require preparation. I am not so sure; I would recommend at least taking a practice exam if there are available.
This is my recommended sequence of exams. I have grouped exams together that seem to complement each other, or overlap in material covered on the exams. I suggest taking exams in the clusters one after the other, in the order listed, some can be taken at the same time; two in a day.
Humanities and Social Sciences/History:
1. CLEP Freshman College composition. or English composition (cheek you advisor or catalog)
2. CLEP English Literature 6 credits, this is an elective which you may not need
3. CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature 6 credits
4. CLEP Humanities 6 credits, half of humanities is Literature which you are already familiar with if you have taken English Literature
5. CLEP Social Sciences and History, 6 credits
Math:
1. CLEP Mathematics 6 credit hours, a good warm up for Algebra
2. CLEP Algebra 3
3. DSST Statistics 3, Algebra is not a prerequisite, but it helped me understand formulas
4. Not a must, but now would be a good time to take Production/Operations Management, it deals with statistics.
Management:
1. DSST Supervision
2. CLEP Management
3. ECE (Excelsior) Human Resource Management
Behavior:
1. CLEP Sociology
2. CLEP Psychology
3. DSST Counseling
4. ECE Organizational Behavior
Law:
1. CLEP Introduction to Business Law
2. DSST Business Law II, this is upper level and you may not need this
Economics:
1. CLEP Marketing 3
2. CLEP Macroeconomics 3
3. CLEP Microeconomics 3
Money:
1. CLEP Financial Accounting
2. Now would be a good time take a Managerial accounting class. There is no test available. Financial Accounting may be a prerequisite
3. DSST Principles of Finance, Defiantly take accounting first (my personal opinion)
4. DSST Money and Banking. I didnât take this one, if you have to take it get the economics cluster in first.
This is not a complete list of requirements for your degree. So you can fit in the other class/exams wherever. These are the tests that should be grouped together. Somebody else can help me out if I have forgotten anything.
This big long list looks scary. It is good to have a long term plan but you canât focus on the big picture all the time. That can be discouraging. Take one test at a time, and then move on the next one. Slow and Steady win ever time.
Hope this helps you
Cade
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