07-03-2006, 08:14 PM
i took the ece college writing today at 2:00. i used the My Access writing tool for almost a month to learn to write to the computer grading system. i found this test to be the most difficult exam i have taken so far. this is based on the 8 previous clep tests i have taken and passed. this is a 3 hour exam vs 1.5 hours for clep. i was to be prepared to be at the testing center for 3.5 hours to complete the tutorial before the exam began and then there was supposed to be something after.
begin rant:
no matter how nervous i am when taking a clep test i always settle in after about 5 to 10 minutes and begin to feel better as i answer questions. but with this test you have to be ON for 3 hours! the answers are not there in front of you. writing is not something i do well so this was very stressful for me. i had to go to a different unfamiliar testing center that was farther away. i sat down and the first and only screen was a page on how the writing screen worked. i thought this odd because i was supposed to have up to a 30 minute tutorial for extended response tests. i read the page twice and hit the start button. i wrote to the three prompts like a mad woman and thought i did pretty well. i had about 2 minutes and 48 seconds left and decided to fix my topic sentence of my second response and BOOM.....the prometric screen was there. no warning, no prompt, no nothing but this blue and white screen! also no 15 minute exit questions that i was supposed to answer according to excelsior's documentation. by now it was about 10 to 5 and i was the only one left. i knew i didn't run out of time. i asked the proctor what happened and she said my test was done. i asked her about my score and she said that it still needed to be graded. i told her that it was computer graded and i was to get a score. i explained what happened about the time and she wrote my complaints. the proctor said that she had never run this test before. she did call prometric and they stated that they didn't have my test, that excelsior has it. of course i tried to call excelsior right away but because tomorrow is a holiday no one was there. i can't even call tomorrow because it's a holiday. i hope i don't have to take this again!
end rant
the good news from all this is my husband is taking this test on wednesday morning and he will make sure everything is the way it should be and be prepared for this to happen. our theory is that the proctor had to put in some kind of internet access timer and because the test was 3 hours she entered 3 hours and then i got booted out! i just hope excelsior has my exam. i really don't want to redo this test!
has anyone else had something happen like this? please share.
begin rant:
no matter how nervous i am when taking a clep test i always settle in after about 5 to 10 minutes and begin to feel better as i answer questions. but with this test you have to be ON for 3 hours! the answers are not there in front of you. writing is not something i do well so this was very stressful for me. i had to go to a different unfamiliar testing center that was farther away. i sat down and the first and only screen was a page on how the writing screen worked. i thought this odd because i was supposed to have up to a 30 minute tutorial for extended response tests. i read the page twice and hit the start button. i wrote to the three prompts like a mad woman and thought i did pretty well. i had about 2 minutes and 48 seconds left and decided to fix my topic sentence of my second response and BOOM.....the prometric screen was there. no warning, no prompt, no nothing but this blue and white screen! also no 15 minute exit questions that i was supposed to answer according to excelsior's documentation. by now it was about 10 to 5 and i was the only one left. i knew i didn't run out of time. i asked the proctor what happened and she said my test was done. i asked her about my score and she said that it still needed to be graded. i told her that it was computer graded and i was to get a score. i explained what happened about the time and she wrote my complaints. the proctor said that she had never run this test before. she did call prometric and they stated that they didn't have my test, that excelsior has it. of course i tried to call excelsior right away but because tomorrow is a holiday no one was there. i can't even call tomorrow because it's a holiday. i hope i don't have to take this again!
end rant
the good news from all this is my husband is taking this test on wednesday morning and he will make sure everything is the way it should be and be prepared for this to happen. our theory is that the proctor had to put in some kind of internet access timer and because the test was 3 hours she entered 3 hours and then i got booted out! i just hope excelsior has my exam. i really don't want to redo this test!
has anyone else had something happen like this? please share.
Dawn
Taking the Road Less Traveled
The Journey of A Thousand Miles Starts with The First CLEP
BS-Psychology - Excelsior College
Enrolled in the School of Business, BS in Accounting
After MIS I'll be halfway there!
72 CLEP Credits, 21 DSST Credits, 25 ECE Credits (Including Inf Lit), 6 TESC Credits, 2 FEMA Credits = 126 Total
Withholding 6 Credits for Accounting = 120 for Psychology
12 credits completed toward my accounting degree
Taking the Road Less Traveled
The Journey of A Thousand Miles Starts with The First CLEP
BS-Psychology - Excelsior College
Enrolled in the School of Business, BS in Accounting
After MIS I'll be halfway there!
72 CLEP Credits, 21 DSST Credits, 25 ECE Credits (Including Inf Lit), 6 TESC Credits, 2 FEMA Credits = 126 Total
Withholding 6 Credits for Accounting = 120 for Psychology
12 credits completed toward my accounting degree
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