newb here with some questions you havent answered 100 times!

[dfrecore]

I recently came across your forum and am very intrigued by this "degree hacking". Here's the background. I'm currently a student attending my local community college in an accelerated program. these are hybrid online/campus classes. I work full-time like all of you and don't have the luxury of choice in degrees because I have to find programs that work around my schedule. I'm a business student, currently sitting at 51 units and enrolled for 15 more this fall semester. now here where things get tricky, I'm building a new home out in the country where I am not going to have access to high speed internet without a data cap. I will have satellite connection so I can browse but with the cap I wont be able to watch a lot of videos or upload a lot. I'm interested in information systems management business degree offered by both Excelsior and Thomas Edison. So to get to the point I'm worried about the CLEP tests. I am a 4.0 student but one 80 question test seems difficult. Also, what is required in the other ways of getting credits and capstone as far as internet capability? like the courses the colleges offer themselves and straighterline, DSST, ALEKS etc?

My advice would be to take anything that needs internet now, and save the non-internet CLEP/DSST options for later.

Also, you might be able to do some at work, during your lunch hour, and also find some other options (like a hotspot off of your phone, working at Starbucks, etc.).