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First CLEP done, now Im hooked!
#1
First CLEP was a bit of cheating on my part, I work in IT so CLEPing the Information Systems Exam should have been a no brainer any way. In full disclosure, I do have professional certificates in IT and military training. About 4 hours watching some videos and 90 minute of testing has me a few credits closer!!

I scored a 63.

Next exam will be American Govt or Introductory Business Law.
Kyle

Active Duty Military (FREE CLEPS!!)
Communication/IT background

Enrolled- University of Maryland University College
BS Computer Networks and Security

DESTINATON- LAW SCHOOL!

Tests so far:

ETHICS 311- The Institutes.

CLEPs
Information Systems 63
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#2
You might want to do Management Info Systems and Fundamentals Cybersecurity DSST's also. I'm a big believer in grouping exams together by type.
TESU BSBA/HR 2018 - WVNCC BOG AAS 2017 - GGU Cert in Mgmt 2000
EXAMS: TECEP Tech Wrtg, Comp II, LA Math, PR, Computers  DSST Computers, Pers Fin  CLEP Mgmt, Mktg
COURSES: TESU Capstone  Study.com Pers Fin, Microecon, Stats  Ed4Credit Acct 2  PF Fin Mgmt  ALEKS Int & Coll Alg  Sophia Proj Mgmt The Institutes - Ins Ethics  Kaplan PLA
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#3
dfrecore Wrote:You might want to do Management Info Systems and Fundamentals Cybersecurity DSST's also. I'm a big believer in grouping exams together by type.

Seconded! I took something like five different psychology exams all in a couple of weeks together - it's a much more efficient strategy than taking exams one at a time.

If you're taking American Government, you might want to look into doing Saylor's two political science exams at the same time (I believe they are Western Political Thought and Comparative Politics). Saylor also has a Business Law and Ethics class approved for college credit. Saylor's for-credit classes/exams are $25 each - the study materials themselves are free though. I know you have free CLEPs & DSST through the military, so you don't necessarily need Saylor, but sometimes it's nice to be able to get a few extra credits without having to make a special trip to a testing center, and some of Saylor's offerings don't have a directly corresponding CLEP or DSST exam.
DSST | Astronomy - 68 | Anthropology - 73 | HTYH - 450 | Intro to Comp. - 454 | Religions - 459 | Lifespan Dev. - 419 | Counseling - 409 | Substance Abuse - 456 | Geography - 463 | Environment & Humanity - 463 | CLEP | A & I Lit - 75 | Humanities - 57 | Psych - 64 | Western Civ I - 57 | College Comp. - 65 | College Math - 61 | Ed. Psych - 65 | US History I - 68 | Soc Sci & History - 69 | Western Civ II - 53 | US History II - 61 | UExcel | College Writing - A | Social Psych - B | Abnormal Psych - B | Cultural Div. - B | Juvenile Delinquency - B | World Pop. - A | Psych of Adulthood & Aging - A | Straighterline | Intro to Philosophy - 75% | American Gov. - 89% | Macroecon | Microecon | Bus. Communication | Bus. Ethics | Cultural Anth. - 96% |

AAS in Intelligence Operations Studies - Graduated 2015!
BA in Social Sciences & Humanities from TESU - in progress

186 credits and counting...
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#4
Congrats! Keep the momentum going!
CLEPS Passed: 10 DSST Passed: 11 TECEPS: 1

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#5
It is so exhilarating when you hit that submit button and see passing test results. Its always even more exciting to me when I walk back to my car from the testing center and think how I just got the same amount of credit with that test as I would have if I sat through an 8-16 week course that required all kinds of busy work and for a fraction of the cost.

keep it up...and 2nd the idea of taking the other IT related CLEPS and DSST exams.
MS CSIA From WGU - December 2018
B.S. Cybersecurity - COSC - August 2016
A.S. - COSC - May 2015
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#6
You know, it does make sense to continue with my "strengths" and do the Management Info Systems and Fundamentals of Cybersecurity too! I think I am going to double tap and do the American Govt too!!
Kyle

Active Duty Military (FREE CLEPS!!)
Communication/IT background

Enrolled- University of Maryland University College
BS Computer Networks and Security

DESTINATON- LAW SCHOOL!

Tests so far:

ETHICS 311- The Institutes.

CLEPs
Information Systems 63
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#7
krm944 Wrote:First CLEP was a bit of cheating on my part, I work in IT so CLEPing the Information Systems Exam should have been a no brainer any way. In full disclosure, I do have professional certificates in IT and military training. About 4 hours watching some videos and 90 minute of testing has me a few credits closer!!

I scored a 63.

Next exam will be American Govt or Introductory Business Law.

I wouldn't call that cheating. There are plenty of people with foreign language experience who earn 12 credits for passing the foreign language CLEP. I've worked in law for more than 13 years as a certified paralegal so any business law courses were easy for me. Many of the social science CLEPs were more common sense than anything else. Way to go! I could be wrong but I don't think CLEP was ever designed for crash course studying and then a quick pass. I think the intention was to be able to CLEP out of topics you already know. But, it just so happens that the determined can learn enough in a week or so to pass many of these tests.
Don't miss out on something great just because it might also be difficult.

Road traveled: AA (2013) > BS (2014) > MS (2016) > Doctorate (2024)

If God hadn't been there for me, I never would have made it. Psalm 94:16-19
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#8
krm944 Wrote:You know, it does make sense to continue with my "strengths" and do the Management Info Systems and Fundamentals of Cybersecurity too! I think I am going to double tap and do the American Govt too!!

With Am Govt, may I suggest History of the US I as well as the Saylor courses? There is a lot of overlap there.

What degree are you going for, and at what school? Others can chime in as well on what kinds of courses have overlap, making it very easy to study for them together.

Just a quick note: DSST Intro to Computers is a duplicate of CLEP Info Systems, so don't take it!! But if you're a TESC student, you might want to add the Computer Concepts & Applications TECEP, which while very similar, is not a duplicate course. And there is also a Network Technology TECEP if you're up for it.

Good luck!!
TESU BSBA/HR 2018 - WVNCC BOG AAS 2017 - GGU Cert in Mgmt 2000
EXAMS: TECEP Tech Wrtg, Comp II, LA Math, PR, Computers  DSST Computers, Pers Fin  CLEP Mgmt, Mktg
COURSES: TESU Capstone  Study.com Pers Fin, Microecon, Stats  Ed4Credit Acct 2  PF Fin Mgmt  ALEKS Int & Coll Alg  Sophia Proj Mgmt The Institutes - Ins Ethics  Kaplan PLA
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#9
So - welcome to the club!

I think adults are always a little excited by the exams not being as hard as they expected them to be (not that there isn't anything to learn, or that you shouldn't study....) but as a mid-career adult, of COURSE you're going to know what a kid in Computers 101 is learning. I know I had an inflated idea of what was going on in "college" before I started testing. Way to go!! Rock these out and grab all the low hanging fruit you can, some will be hard later- save your brain space for them. Smile
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#10
JTP Wrote:It is so exhilarating when you hit that submit button and see passing test results. Its always even more exciting to me when I walk back to my car from the testing center and think how I just got the same amount of credit with that test as I would have if I sat through an 8-16 week course that required all kinds of busy work and for a fraction of the cost.

YES!!! CLEP and DSST are a blessing straight from Heaven!!!!
BA, Liberal Studies - Charter Oak State College, 2018
AAS, Police Administration - Nashville State Community College, 2016
AAS, Board of Governors, West Virginia University at Parkersburg, 2015


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