Update…I sent an email to the Dantes folks requesting some testing info for the web based Principles of Finance test. I received a call back from Janet McCormick. As I was asking questions, and expressing my dissatisfaction, she became somewhat defensive and short with me when I expressed my concern and dissatisfaction over her answers to some of my questions.
-The test is timed and is 2 hrs long.
-She says there will be 80-120 questions per test, depending on which test you get.
-Test takers CANNOT use their own calculators, must use the on-line calculator (plus, minus, multiply, divide only). She claims that if we use our own (financial) calculators we have an unfair advantage over other students who have already taken the test, and should it be found that I did not follow the rules, my test may be invalidated!!! (I think the only people at a disadvantage are those that get stuck with the web-based test).
-Material covered is the same as the paper version.
-Minimum passing score is the same as before.
-The software is set up as a question with 4 answer choices to pick from (same as the paper version).
I would love to hunt around for a paper test, but the reason I can’t is because this test is a prerequisite for a class I need to take next. My college temporarily waved the prerequisite so I could register for the class, but proof of my passing the test must arrive to them during the week of Oct 23, or I will be withdrawn from the class. There is no time to find a paper and pencil testing center, order the test, wait for it to arrive, take the test, pay extra to rush the results, and get it to my college in time to meet their deadline.
The crazy thing is that I did put in a request to order this test about three weeks ago, but the lady at the testing had a heart attach, and it turns out the test was never ordered. By the time I found out, they were no longer ordering the tests, and web-based was all they were offering. I had accepted this, until I was told by the Dantes representative that I could NOT use my own calculator. My personal calculator is how I learned to do all the problems; and I don’t have time to relearn how to do everything via another method before my test in the morning. I may have to postpone. This is insane!!!
She did say that we should send our complaints to them via email found on the web site http://www.getcollegecredit.com . I suggest we all fire off our complaints to them for our future test takers.
So good luck to whoever takes this web-based test in the future.
Connie
PS...I just got off the phone with a DSST testing center. I asked her if I would be allowed to use my own personal calculator. She put me on hold and when she came back, she told me that the way she is interpreting the info that she received on the web-based tests is that I COULD use my own personal calculater. So maybe each testing center will intrepret the info regarding the use of a personal calculator their own way.
-The test is timed and is 2 hrs long.
-She says there will be 80-120 questions per test, depending on which test you get.
-Test takers CANNOT use their own calculators, must use the on-line calculator (plus, minus, multiply, divide only). She claims that if we use our own (financial) calculators we have an unfair advantage over other students who have already taken the test, and should it be found that I did not follow the rules, my test may be invalidated!!! (I think the only people at a disadvantage are those that get stuck with the web-based test).
-Material covered is the same as the paper version.
-Minimum passing score is the same as before.
-The software is set up as a question with 4 answer choices to pick from (same as the paper version).
I would love to hunt around for a paper test, but the reason I can’t is because this test is a prerequisite for a class I need to take next. My college temporarily waved the prerequisite so I could register for the class, but proof of my passing the test must arrive to them during the week of Oct 23, or I will be withdrawn from the class. There is no time to find a paper and pencil testing center, order the test, wait for it to arrive, take the test, pay extra to rush the results, and get it to my college in time to meet their deadline.
The crazy thing is that I did put in a request to order this test about three weeks ago, but the lady at the testing had a heart attach, and it turns out the test was never ordered. By the time I found out, they were no longer ordering the tests, and web-based was all they were offering. I had accepted this, until I was told by the Dantes representative that I could NOT use my own calculator. My personal calculator is how I learned to do all the problems; and I don’t have time to relearn how to do everything via another method before my test in the morning. I may have to postpone. This is insane!!!
She did say that we should send our complaints to them via email found on the web site http://www.getcollegecredit.com . I suggest we all fire off our complaints to them for our future test takers.
So good luck to whoever takes this web-based test in the future.
Connie
PS...I just got off the phone with a DSST testing center. I asked her if I would be allowed to use my own personal calculator. She put me on hold and when she came back, she told me that the way she is interpreting the info that she received on the web-based tests is that I COULD use my own personal calculater. So maybe each testing center will intrepret the info regarding the use of a personal calculator their own way.
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