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I was all set to finish my B.S. in Business with Excelsior. Based on everything my advisors told me, the only course I had remaining was my ECE for Organizational Behavior. I passed it this past Saturday. They told me that if they have all my scores in order for me to graduate, within 30 days of my Student date (June 4th), then instead of paying the Student Annual Fee ($450?) AND the graduation fee of $495, I'd just pay the annual fee for my 2nd year and then I could just pay the difference of $50 to graduate. Well, I just got a call this morning from an advisor saying that I've exceeded the Math cap, which now leaves me 3 credits shy of my Degree. I need a quick Arts & Sciences CLEP or DSST. Any suggestions???
Matymus Primehilarious
Waterloo, NY
Excelsior College
B.S. General Business, Class of 2008
Fall 2011 - currently pursuing Pre-Pharmacy
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Which category do you definitely need? Natural Sciences/Mathematics or Social Sciences/History or Humanities?
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Matymus Wrote:I was all set to finish my B.S. in Business with Excelsior. Based on everything my advisors told me, the only course I had remaining was my ECE for Organizational Behavior. I passed it this past Saturday. They told me that if they have all my scores in order for me to graduate, within 30 days of my Student date (June 4th), then instead of paying the Student Annual Fee ($450?) AND the graduation fee of $495, I'd just pay the annual fee for my 2nd year and then I could just pay the difference of $50 to graduate. Well, I just got a call this morning from an advisor saying that I've exceeded the Math cap, which now leaves me 3 credits shy of my Degree. I need a quick Arts & Sciences CLEP or DSST. Any suggestions???
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Uhhhhhh in what area?
First most obvious 2 for you would be macro and micro. They are economics which is great for a business person, but they are classified as social science (at TESC anyway) if you have not already taken them.
I can tell you in the social sciences area I found these to be very basic and predictable (notice I don't say easy- I like "predictable")
DSST Criminal Justice
CLEP Human Growth and Development
DSST Anthropology
CLEP Intro Sociology
CLEP Govt. might be a good fit with your existing knowledge
For humanities, I would suggest:
DSST Technical Writing
CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
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How about a history clep? if you already have macro and micro.
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Does anyone know what the caps are on each subject for excelsior. I know I have a lot of science credits
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The caps depend upon what degree you are seeking. Check out the specific Excelsior catalog for your degree.
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I would clep Criminal Justice, I thought is was pretty basic, and IC is enough to to study off of. and get an A. Intro to Soc was easy for me, but I took that one in class, and it was pretty simple and forward.
EC told me today to stop taking cleps and DSSTs and start working on the UPPER LEVEL ECEs.
For my degree, which is Crim Justice I only need under 21 upper level credits at least 9 will have to be in the classroom, Major Specific.
So I am going to focus on the following ECEs:
World Population:3 UPPER
Org Beh: 3 UPPER
Labor Relations: 3 UPPER
Any Comments or Tips will be welcome
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How about astronomy. Now that IC has the flashcards, I would think that is one that you could do quickly.
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I took that one a while back and I am still waiting for my results, I would not recommend that for an easy one.
It kicked my but, than again I am not Carl Sagan and I crammed for 1.5 days.
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Matymus must be feverishly testing right now.
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BS Liberal Studies
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Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (August 6th)[/COLOR]
You could take 25 DSST tests or 27 CLEP tests for the price of 1 UoP class.
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