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Today, my final grade for Business Strategy was recorded, and I got it in just under the September 19th deadline, so my BS-General Business will confer in October!!!
This entire experience has seemed like a whirl-wind. I had 54 credits 9 months ago from my previous college and now I can finally say that I am a college graduate.
I thank God everyday that I found this site. I started out going to Strayer in January thinking that it was going to take me 3 years and about 20 grand to get my business degree and my advisor made the mistake (at least it was a mistake for Strayer) of telling me that I could CLEP out of some classes. I started investigating CLEP exams and I stumbled onto this site. I quickly learned that going to Strayer was a stupid move and I transfered to Excelsior and started testing. Excelsior has been awesome!!!
I really appreciate everyone that has helped me through this board. I would like to personally thank Shoto and Barcotta for the advise and help along the way. You guys are awesome.
I am already working on my MBA, so don't ask the usually "What's next?" question...
Good Luck to all of those in the thick of your degree...take it one test and one class at a time and you'll be done before you know it!
Ben
Excelsior BS - General Business - 2008
Jacksonville State University - MBA - 2010(Done)
121 credits...ALL DONE BABY!!!
54 credits transferred in from prior college
54 credits by examination
6 credits from community college
3 credits from CSU-Pueblo (Operations Management)
4 credits for Information Literacy and Business Strategy from Excelsior
CLEP:
Principles of Macroeconomics (64)
Principles of Microeconomics (61)
Principles of Marketing (66)
Principles of Management (72)
Info Systems and Comp Applications (57)
Introductory Business Law (65)
Social Sciences & History (61)
DSST:
Principles of Supervision (58)
Principles of Statistics (67)
Introduction to Computing (60)
Principles of Financial Accounting (56)
Principles of Finance (55)
Money and Banking (52)
Ethics in America (66)
Management Information Systems (58)
ECE:
Ethics: Theory and Practice (B)
Organizational Behavior ©
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Congrats and Good Luck with your Masters! Great Job!
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Congrats Ben; you really plowed through that degree!
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bmills072200 Wrote:Today, my final grade for Business Strategy was recorded, and I got it in just under the September 19th deadline, so my BS-General Business will confer in October!!!
This entire experience has seemed like a whirl-wind. I had 54 credits 9 months ago from my previous college and now I can finally say that I am a college graduate.
I thank God everyday that I found this site. I started out going to Strayer in January thinking that it was going to take me 3 years and about 20 grand to get my business degree and my advisor made the mistake (at least it was a mistake for Strayer) of telling me that I could CLEP out of some classes. I started investigating CLEP exams and I stumbled onto this site. I quickly learned that going to Strayer was a stupid move and I transfered to Excelsior and started testing. Excelsior has been awesome!!!
I really appreciate everyone that has helped me through this board. I would like to personally thank Shoto and Barcotta for the advise and help along the way. You guys are awesome.
I am already working on my MBA, so don't ask the usually "What's next?" question...
Good Luck to all of those in the thick of your degree...take it one test and one class at a time and you'll be done before you know it!
Ben
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Ben,
Way to Brother!!!!!! I ended up on here about the same route you did, I just took longer to enroll at EC. I am in the process now, waiting on my official eval. I hope to follow you shortly after the first of the year and then on to an MBA also. Once again, Congratulations,
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Congrats BMills! Seeing your story is certainly a motivator and a great encouragement to those of us toiling away to acheive our degree. I am 81 credits away, and on my way to BS-with EC as well with even more hopes of enrolling at Harvard Extension school next September GOD willing.
Again, congrats and please be sure to remain active on the board to help guide us along when required.
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bmills072200 Wrote:Today, my final grade for Business Strategy was recorded, and I got it in just under the September 19th deadline, so my BS-General Business will confer in October!!!
This entire experience has seemed like a whirl-wind. I had 54 credits 9 months ago from my previous college and now I can finally say that I am a college graduate.
I thank God everyday that I found this site. I started out going to Strayer in January thinking that it was going to take me 3 years and about 20 grand to get my business degree and my advisor made the mistake (at least it was a mistake for Strayer) of telling me that I could CLEP out of some classes. I started investigating CLEP exams and I stumbled onto this site. I quickly learned that going to Strayer was a stupid move and I transfered to Excelsior and started testing. Excelsior has been awesome!!!
I really appreciate everyone that has helped me through this board. I would like to personally thank Shoto and Barcotta for the advise and help along the way. You guys are awesome.
I am already working on my MBA, so don't ask the usually "What's next?" question...
Good Luck to all of those in the thick of your degree...take it one test and one class at a time and you'll be done before you know it!
Ben
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That's right! Way to go~
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Great job!!!
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bmills072200 Wrote:Today, my final grade for Business Strategy
so my BS-General Business will confer in October!!!
Excelsior has been awesome!!!
I really appreciate everyone that has helped me through this board. I would like to personally thank Shoto.....
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Congratulations, Ben!!
Good luck on your MBA
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[SIZE="1"]English Composition 102[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Technical Writing[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Psychology of Women[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Word Processing Fundamentals[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Introduction to Computer Information Systems[/SIZE]
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[SIZE="1"]Principles of Management - 71[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Principles of Marketing - 67[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Principles of Macroeconomics - 54 [/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Principles of Microeconomics - 57 [/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Introduction to Business Law- 65 [/SIZE]
[SIZE="2"]DSST's passed:[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Principles of Supervision - 59[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Introduction to Business - 63[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Principles of Financial Accounting- 54[/SIZE]
[SIZE="2"]FEMA Credits earned: 15[/SIZE]
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[SIZE="2"]ASBA - TESC - 3/6/09
BSBA - general management in progress[/SIZE]
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