07-17-2011, 01:18 PM
Maybe, just maybe, you should consider NOT believing what advisors tell you to do. View whatever they tell you with skepticism. College advisors at brick and mortar schools generally do not understand credit by examination, certainly not like we do here.
As I posted previously, here in Texas you can get credit for exams that a university does not give credit for. You get a degree from a community college that does grant credit for DSST exams. After getting your degree, transfer to a public university in Texas that does not give credit for DSST. If the DSST credits were used to fulfill core requirements at the community college and a degree was conferred, the university is compelled by state law to accept the credits even though they were obtained from exams the university does not normally accept. Do you think a college advisor is going to tell you something like that? I don't think so.
Advisors are useless when it comes to telling students how to work the system. That's not intended as negative criticism. They are good at handling the routine. People who test out are edge cases, not what is typically seen in college.
As I posted previously, here in Texas you can get credit for exams that a university does not give credit for. You get a degree from a community college that does grant credit for DSST exams. After getting your degree, transfer to a public university in Texas that does not give credit for DSST. If the DSST credits were used to fulfill core requirements at the community college and a degree was conferred, the university is compelled by state law to accept the credits even though they were obtained from exams the university does not normally accept. Do you think a college advisor is going to tell you something like that? I don't think so.
Advisors are useless when it comes to telling students how to work the system. That's not intended as negative criticism. They are good at handling the routine. People who test out are edge cases, not what is typically seen in college.
63 CLEP Sociology
75 CLEP U.S. History II
63 CLEP College Algebra
70 CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
68 DSST Technical Writing
72 CLEP U.S. History I
77 CLEP College Mathematics
470 DSST Statistics
53 CLEP College Composition
73 CLEP Biology
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75 CLEP U.S. History II
63 CLEP College Algebra
70 CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
68 DSST Technical Writing
72 CLEP U.S. History I
77 CLEP College Mathematics
470 DSST Statistics
53 CLEP College Composition
73 CLEP Biology
54 CLEP Chemistry
77 CLEP Information Systems and Computer Applications