Just starting - Help with CLEP please

[TMW2010]

Hello - I am just beginning this long process at Excelsior, and would appreciate some help with the CLEP tests I need to take. I am entering the Bach of Business program there, and I am wondering - should I begin with the 90-minute "General" CLEP tests (Humanities, Social Sciences and History, ect.)? I understand that passing these qualify for 6 credits each, but exactly which classes do they replace? I notice that Excelsior no longer accepts the English Comp CLEP (you need to take their ECE for that) - do the rest of the "General" CLEP tests still qualify? I don't see any of the General tests listed on their Business Program list. If they do qualify - are the "General" tests the best way to begin? Thanks for any help!

Stephen Blackburn

The general cleps still qualify. If you look in the catalog for the degree breakdown, you'll see that there's different areas. Humanities, Social Science and History, Natural Science and Math, and so on.. The credits earned from the CLEPs will plug into those (and if you have more credits than you need, they'll roll over to the Arts & Sciences Electives or to Free Electives.)

You can take the Uexcel College Writing test now to complete the Written English Requirement. It uses the same artificial intelligence essay grading engine that they use for the ECE, consists of 2 essays, and only costs $85 and is worth 3 credits.

My advice is to pick which CLEPs and DSSTs that you need by lining them up with the requirements for your degree, and figure out which areas that you're strongest down to weakest in, and put the tests in that order, Strongest first and so on, so that you have more time to study for the areas that you're week in.