Am I ready for my CLEP tests?

[Jenniferinfl]

Did alright, passed all three this morning.  
Principles of management,  68
Principles of marketing,  73
Principles of macroeconomics,  70

Relieved to have another group finished.  

Okay, so you're kidding right- you did "alright?"
You KILLED THEM!!! WOW congratulations!!!!
Also, did you really take THREE exams in one day??  You're my hero!

Nice

It's psychological I think, cause if I saw a 70 on a regular test I would be so mad at myself for my inadequate study..lol I told my parents I got a 70 on macro and their first reactions were, "oh, I'm sorry, do you have to retake it?" Sure wish that CLEP would have just gone with a scale like DSST instead. If you tell someone you got a 470 on your DSST, people are just like, "is that good?" but if you share you got a 70 on CLEP everyone sort of winces like you barely passed.. 
 
It was way less time-consuming taking the tests on Saturday. The cashier's office is closed, so I got to just pay right there at the testing center. They can't take cash, but, debit is easier anyways. I started my first test at 9:15 and signed out at the end of my third test at 11:45. But, none of these three were particularly time consuming other than macro. I will definitely be going on Saturday for my last two CLEP tests, way faster than going on a Friday.

[cookderosa]

Did alright, passed all three this morning.  
Principles of management,  68
Principles of marketing,  73
Principles of macroeconomics,  70

Relieved to have another group finished.  

Okay, so you're kidding right- you did "alright?"
You KILLED THEM!!! WOW congratulations!!!!
Also, did you really take THREE exams in one day??  You're my hero!

Nice

It's psychological I think, cause if I saw a 70 on a regular test I would be so mad at myself for my inadequate study..lol I told my parents I got a 70 on macro and their first reactions were, "oh, I'm sorry, do you have to retake it?" Sure wish that CLEP would have just gone with a scale like DSST instead. If you tell someone you got a 470 on your DSST, people are just like, "is that good?" but if you share you got a 70 on CLEP everyone sort of winces like you barely passed.. 
 
It was way less time-consuming taking the tests on Saturday. The cashier's office is closed, so I got to just pay right there at the testing center. They can't take cash, but, debit is easier anyways. I started my first test at 9:15 and signed out at the end of my third test at 11:45. But, none of these three were particularly time consuming other than macro. I will definitely be going on Saturday for my last two CLEP tests, way faster than going on a Friday.

Hey that's great! Yeah, I agree that 70 feels like a C lol, but you did amazing.
Random question, did your cashier charge you for 3 sitting fees or just 1? I had a school in Illinois many years ago that initially charged me per exam but as I became a regular, allowed me to pay 1 fee on days when I took 2 exams. Just curious for no reason.

[Jenniferinfl]

Hey that's great!  Yeah, I agree that 70 feels like a C lol, but you did amazing.  
Random question, did your cashier charge you for 3 sitting fees or just 1?  I had a school in Illinois many years ago that initially charged me per exam but as I became a regular, allowed me to pay 1 fee on days when I took 2 exams. Just curious for no reason.

Unfortunately, they charge a sitting fee for each exam. At least it's only $15, the school closer to me charges $30 for each exam.

[mysonx3]

Hey that's great!  Yeah, I agree that 70 feels like a C lol, but you did amazing.  
Random question, did your cashier charge you for 3 sitting fees or just 1?  I had a school in Illinois many years ago that initially charged me per exam but as I became a regular, allowed me to pay 1 fee on days when I took 2 exams. Just curious for no reason.

Unfortunately, they charge a sitting fee for each exam. At least it's only $15, the school closer to me charges $30 for each exam.

Did you use Modern States? They'll reimburse the proctoring fee if you did

[Jenniferinfl]

Hey that's great!  Yeah, I agree that 70 feels like a C lol, but you did amazing.  
Random question, did your cashier charge you for 3 sitting fees or just 1?  I had a school in Illinois many years ago that initially charged me per exam but as I became a regular, allowed me to pay 1 fee on days when I took 2 exams. Just curious for no reason.

Unfortunately, they charge a sitting fee for each exam. At least it's only $15, the school closer to me charges $30 for each exam.

Did you use Modern States? They'll reimburse the proctoring fee if you did

Yes, I used Modern States. I have no extra money until tax return time, so, I'm very grateful to Modern States. After next weekend's CLEP tests I will probably just go ahead and apply to WGU. Fingers crossed I can just finish in one term. I qualify for some Pell Grant and loans. I would prefer to knock out some more classes via Straighterline, I'll do at least one more to get the discount, but, otherwise I'll only be able to afford to do one Straighterline every couple weeks. I desperately want to finish my bachelors in time to start a masters in fall.

[quigongene]

Just remember, you can only "import" 90 credits at WGU.

[Jenniferinfl]

Just remember, you can only "import" 90 credits at WGU.

A lot of my 'brick and mortar' college credits do not apply to an accounting degree. Only around 30 of my 'brick and mortar' credits are likely to transfer in as most of my credits are science/math. I expect to transfer in about 22 CLEP credits and perhaps 6 credits from Straighterline. I'll still have 60+ credits to do at WGU. I would prefer less, but, it's going to take me a long time to come up with the $1000 or so for another 30 Study.com credits. Obviously it would be cheaper than owing on a student loan- but, I have an hour commute to earn $12 an hour at a job where I have quite a bit of responsibility. I want out like yesterday.. lol

[quigongene]

I want out like yesterday.. lol

I was able to knock out 55 CUs in 15 weeks....you've picked the right school ;-)

[dfrecore]

Just remember, you can only "import" 90 credits at WGU.

A lot of my 'brick and mortar' college credits do not apply to an accounting degree. Only around 30 of my 'brick and mortar' credits are likely to transfer in as most of my credits are science/math. I expect to transfer in about 22 CLEP credits and perhaps 6 credits from Straighterline. I'll still have 60+ credits to do at WGU. I would prefer less, but, it's going to take me a long time to come up with the $1000 or so for another 30 Study.com credits. Obviously it would be cheaper than owing on a student loan- but, I have an hour commute to earn $12 an hour at a job where I have quite a bit of responsibility. I want out like yesterday.. lol

The main issue with WGU is that they have so few GE's,and so many major courses, that if you're trying to bring in a lot of GE-type courses (as many people do), you end up with tons of credit that can't be used.

I think you'd be better off really planning your degree out, and shooting for at least getting any cheap/free courses out of the way if you can - and CLEP probably isn't going to cut it at WGU (esp with that accounting degree).  You should try for College Algebra, Business Law, Financial Acct, Microecon, English Comp, and your sciences through CLEP, and then think about Saylor for Intro to Business, Managerial Acct, Stats, Org Behavior, Prin of Finance, Corp Comm, and MIS.  That way, you're only paying $175 and getting those courses out of the way, making it easier to think 1 term instead of 2.

I have no idea what your B&M credits are, but really think that you can finish up with CLEP, move onto Saylor, and knock out some courses for really cheap before you have to worry about enrolling at WGU.  That also gives you some time to try to save up some money before you enroll as well.

Don't forget that you get a $200 discount if you take 4 SL courses, plus you can get a $500 scholarship each term (I think it's almost automatic).

I forgot to mention: I think WGU will take Shmoop (??), in which case you might be able to knock out a bunch of courses for $88 as well.

Too bad Modern States doesn't work with DSST's, so that you could get Speech & HRM done.

[Merlin]

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I forgot to mention: I think WGU will take Shmoop (??), in which case you might be able to knock out a bunch of courses for $88 as well.
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WGU was the first to disallow Shmoop courses... well before TESU stopped taking them.

I was wondering if they might start accepting them once Shmoop added proctoring, but I haven't seen anything to suggest that anything has changed with their opinions of Shmoop.