Keep on aiming high....

[Mateo1]

Hello fellow testers, just dropping by to share with you the good news. I was accepted to law school (ABA accredited) and will start this coming August. I have a lot to thank to all of you who provided me with the best advise from the beginning of the undergrad journey. Without your support and encouragement, I would probably be still deciding [and doubting] wether a degree from Excelsior was legit and recognized.
I would really like to shake some hands [I'm a bit old school] with the people in this forum, but this is the closest I can get. You guys are awesome!
And finally, for those still having doubts about taking this road to your degree, jump in, enjoy it, and keep on aiming high.
Mateo

[ShotoJuku]

[SIZE="5"]Congrats!!![/SIZE]

[mlwilliamsiv]

It's news like yours Mateo that keeps my juices flowing!!! I thank God that I found this site. It has done wonders for me also. I was just in the bed trying to fall asleep and couldn't because I'm still thinking about how many CLEPS I need to take before such-n-such-a-date and the, "I wonder if anyone has posted anything on the IC Forum in the last 8 minutes!!! I've gotten so bad now that I actually have CLEP in my dreams. Kid you not. I have become a CLEP-a-holic!!!! Instant Cert should start a CLEPS Anonymous group!!! 'Hi my name is Marshall'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All jokes aside...I wish you well on your journey Mateo. I can't wait till the day when I can post my great news for you all to share. But until that day comes, I (WE) will bask in your success with you.

Good luck to you in all of your future endeavors and do me a huge favor please and for all of us here at InstantCert.......kick major $%@ in law school!!!!!!!!!!!

From a loyal degree seeker,

Marshall

[bmills072200]

awesome post - out of curiousity, where are you going to law school? I have considered this as well, so I am interested.

Good luck!!!

[cookderosa]

Hello fellow testers, just dropping by to share with you the good news. I was accepted to law school (ABA accredited) and will start this coming August. I have a lot to thank to all of you who provided me with the best advise from the beginning of the undergrad journey. Without your support and encouragement, I would probably be still deciding [and doubting] wether a degree from Excelsior was legit and recognized.
I would really like to shake some hands [I'm a bit old school] with the people in this forum, but this is the closest I can get. You guys are awesome!
And finally, for those still having doubts about taking this road to your degree, jump in, enjoy it, and keep on aiming high.
Mateo

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Outstanding!!! Congrats, that is excellent news. Willing to share more about your journey??

[Mateo1]

Hello and thanks for all your kind words.
To answer a few of the questions, Bmills, I was accepted to Cleveland State so far. I am on a waiting list in a couple more that have not made their final decisions yet.
Marshall, we all got the Clep-mania at one point or another and it becomes a bit of an obsession. If you look back at some old posts, you'll get a laugh about this issue. Once you're done testing out, you get this void in your life just like some sort of addict. Also, while you do a search of old posts for a laugh, look for the Dave Letterman's 10 list about clepping or something of that nature. It is pretty funny.
Cookderosa, I assume you're asking about my journey to the undergraduate degree. I will summarize as best as I can. I'm 40, an immigrant that came to this country about 15 years ago, I'm married and have two little kids. I went to school back in my home country [more than 20 years ago] til' what would be equivalent here to the first two years of college [general ed]. I decided to get a degree here and started to get all wrapped-up about getting my credits transferred and credentials evaluated etc., etc. To make it short, I gave up on that and started searching for a way to test out of some subjects. Finally, I found the well known websites about getting a degree in six months and the 4-week B.A and so on. After many sleepless hours of research, I went back and forth about the cleps until I took my first one, Humanities in Aug. 07. From there, I applied the fast and furious method [not recommended for everybody] and got hooked on the test-out mania. To fast-forward, my last exam was Feb. 5 or 6, 08' and was granted the B.S from EC in March.
The intersting part of all this is that I took the LSAT before I even took the first Clep.
Anyhow, that's my journey in a nutshell. And again, I could not have done it without this forum and the priceless advise I got from the posters and moderators. This forum is, without a doubt, the most valuable tool for people pursuing an education via the non-traditional way. I'm sure that sooner or later, this will be the mainstream way. Or maybe we should keep it our secret shhh...
No, I think the more, the better. This is providing a way for many people, who could not do it otherwise, to get an education and, better yet, accomplish their dreams.
Thanks again for your great words and good night!
Mateo

[cookderosa]

Hello and thanks for all your kind words.
To answer a few of the questions, Bmills, I was accepted to Cleveland State so far. I am on a waiting list in a couple more that have not made their final decisions yet.
Marshall, we all got the Clep-mania at one point or another and it becomes a bit of an obsession. If you look back at some old posts, you'll get a laugh about this issue. Once you're done testing out, you get this void in your life just like some sort of addict. Also, while you do a search of old posts for a laugh, look for the Dave Letterman's 10 list about clepping or something of that nature. It is pretty funny.
Cookderosa, I assume you're asking about my journey to the undergraduate degree. I will summarize as best as I can. I'm 40, an immigrant that came to this country about 15 years ago, I'm married and have two little kids. I went to school back in my home country [more than 20 years ago] til' what would be equivalent here to the first two years of college [general ed]. I decided to get a degree here and started to get all wrapped-up about getting my credits transferred and credentials evaluated etc., etc. To make it short, I gave up on that and started searching for a way to test out of some subjects. Finally, I found the well known websites about getting a degree in six months and the 4-week B.A and so on. After many sleepless hours of research, I went back and forth about the cleps until I took my first one, Humanities in Aug. 07. From there, I applied the fast and furious method [not recommended for everybody] and got hooked on the test-out mania. To fast-forward, my last exam was Feb. 5 or 6, 08' and was granted the B.S from EC in March.
The intersting part of all this is that I took the LSAT before I even took the first Clep.
Anyhow, that's my journey in a nutshell. And again, I could not have done it without this forum and the priceless advise I got from the posters and moderators. This forum is, without a doubt, the most valuable tool for people pursuing an education via the non-traditional way. I'm sure that sooner or later, this will be the mainstream way. Or maybe we should keep it our secret shhh...
No, I think the more, the better. This is providing a way for many people, who could not do it otherwise, to get an education and, better yet, accomplish their dreams.
Thanks again for your great words and good night!
Mateo

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Mateo,
thanks for sharing your story! I think it's a fantastic testimony that you tested out of your EC degree and managed to get accepted at an ABA law school. I think it's just such a great encouragement!!!!! Did you ever get any negative comments regarding your testing through this process?
Secondly, starting law school at 40 is both scary and admirable. I wish you really really the best.