Help me !!!!

[irnbru]

...five stages of grief...

Hi Rousseau,

You appear to have a lot of energy which you can focus for short periods of time. This is fantastic as it's a great way to study then test out for college credit.

I came to find out about testing out through Lawrie Miller's website. Before you click on the link, understand that a fair amount of information is a bit out of date but the overall principle still applies. Each of the schools have additional requirements over just taking CLEPs now but all are manageable.

Caveat aside, here's the link: BAin4weeks. No it's not a scam, yes the information is real (if somewhat weathered by the progress of policy).

Get and read the student handbooks for each of the 'Big 3'. Identify the general education credit distribution requirements for an AA, AS, BA, BS and what-have-you.

If you want to jump straight in, then fire off on any of the CLEPs which satisfy those requirements but make sure the college doesn't have a specific policy, i.e. Excelsior has a written English requirement which a CLEP alone won't satisfy.

Search and read this website, it is gold. Then start setting short-term goals and get yourself moving.

Good luck

edit: oh and regarding the perceived snobbery surrounding these institutions; "Hmm, yes I got my degree from there. Yes, it was from xxx located in yyy. I took my sociology and maths exams for my course at zzz, my literature and psychology exams at aaa, the institution was very helpful."
To be honest, it depends who you are trying to justify this to and whether you actually need to justify anything (to yourself?). Once you're working, a degree is just a tick in a box.

edit2: oh, if you're a US resident, then you could get yourself another credit or more today. Search the forum for the FEMA program to fill some of those free elective credits. Mostly, just read the forum