Bals how long to finish?

[natshar]

I dont know if there is already a topic. How long does it take to finish a bals if you have zero credits? (not my case) and if you not use clep/dsst/other usa only things.

I think a motivated person can do this in 18 months.  That's how long it took me, and I had a couple of obstacles.  (1) I didn't have any money, so I had to save and pay as I went. With CLEP being free now, that would have helped me move a LOT faster, but I did my first 60 credits via CLEP/DSST in 6 months.  (2) I had little kids - so I didn't have big chunks of time every day to dedicate to studying.  If you're a single person and work a normal full time job, I think you could easily accelerate the process to about 12 months.  Again, this assumes high motivation.

I wish I had the patience to do CLEP tests, as my ADHD makes memorizing all kinds of information for testing an uphill battle.  Is it mainly getting the 2019 CLEP Book and studying for a specific course based on the information in the book?  Apologies for the dumb question.

The book tells you what could be on the test. But you can have to look up more information. They have sample questions as well. If you ace the sample questions odds are you'll pass the test.

Personally, I think CLEP is great if you already know a bunch about something. Many people on this fourm have taken CLEPs cold (no study) and passed, especially the analyzing literature CLEP. The analyzing and interpreting lit CLEP is mostly just reading comprehension. I took it with two hours of study and passed and its worth 6 credits. My point is you don't have to memorize all kinds of information for a CLEP if it is something you already know the subject matter or are good at.

Another thing cookderosa is there weren't as many options for earning credit back then. Now there are so many.