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Hi All: Just failed one of my tests and I'm a little scared to take another CLEP/DSST test. Did that ever happened to you??? I'm hoping I can get over that fear and take an exam that's not too difficult to pass. Any suggestions on what I should take next within a few days? One more fail will surely do it for me.
Thanks so much - I know I can depend on you guys for good advice.
Passed so far:
CLEP:
A&I Literature
Freshman English Composition
Sociology
Principle of Management
DSST:
Principle of Supervision - waiting on results
I have several out-of-town commitments the next few months and am trying to decide when to begin my TESC courses. Unfortunately, I don't know much beyond some basic vaguaries as to how the assignment deadlines work. Can anyone give me any clue? Would I be able to go out of town for a week?
I have been told by an advisor that the courses are broken into two-week modules, but I wondered if any of you had some personal experience as to what that means in terms of practical deadlines. Do they want something from you every two days or do they just give you a list of assignments that you have to complete sometime within the 2 weeks?
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Guys! According to several sources, Excelsior gives credit for AP exams. The question is how much? What about TESC? CLEP exams would be the logical choice of course but it seems I would either have to travel to the US or to Italy to take them. APs are administered 20km from my home city (Budapest). Ofc I may still choose the US or Italian trip but first I would like to know wether or not it would worth it to take AP exams? Are they hard btw?
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Since English is not my native language I am having certain doubts taking a random English exam. Which one of the Excelsior accepted English exams do you think would be best to take for someone like me? Also, how do you prepare yourself for such test? I simply wish to pass. Who would have thought? hilarious
Both Programs are similar, and accepted as Business Degrees with Information Systems specialization.
Both Programs require 120 credits, lets look at the similarities and differences.
Excelsior requires 60 credits in Arts and Sciences (Gen Ed)
TESC requires 48 credits in Gen Ed
Excelsior requires 45 credits in the Business Requirement
TESC requires 54 credits in the Business Requirement
Excelsior requires 15 elective credits (1 being Information Literacy)
TESC Requires 18 elective credits
Breakdown of Credits:
General Education:
English Requirement:
Excelsior requires 3 credits in Written English Requirement
TESC requires 6 credits in English Composition
Humanities Requirement:
Excelsior requires 9 credits in Humanities, which may include Ethics, in addition to credit for the Written English Requirement
TESC requires 12 credits in Humanities, including Managerial or Business Communications
Social Sciences / History Requirement:
Excelsior requires 15 credits in SS/H, including Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, and may include Organizational Behavior
TESC requires 12 credits in SS, including Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
Natural Sciences / Mathematics Requirement:
Excelsior requires 6 credits in NS/M including a math course at the level of Precalculus and above, and Statistics
TESC requires 9 credits in NS/M including Precalculus Mathematics or Quantitative Analysis and Statistics
Gen Ed Elective:
Excelsior requires an additional 27 credits in Arts and Sciences
TESC requires an additional 9 credits in Gen Ed electives
Business Component:
Both Schools require the following courses:
Financial Accounting (Principles of Financial Accounting)
Managerial Accounting (Principles of Managerial Accounting)
Introduction to Business Law (United States Business Law)
Computers (Computer Concepts and Applications/Introduction to Computers/CIS)
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing (Introduction to Marketing)
Financial Management (Business Finance)***
Business Policy
Excelsior requires the following additional Business courses:
Production/Operations Management
Organizational Behavior (Can be used toward Business or Arts and Sciences)
Ethics (Can be used toward Business or Arts and Sciences)
TESC requires the following additional Business courses:
Business in Society or International Management
(Ethics is STRONGLY recommended, but NOT required)
Business Electives:
For Excelsior, if Organizational Behavior and Ethics are used toward Arts and Sciences, then an additional 6 elective credits in Business must be fulfilled, if they are used toward Business, no additional elective credits are required. Additionally 3 advanced level business credits must be achieved
For TESC, an additional 9 business electives are required
Please Note: IS Courses MAY be utilized toward business electives for both colleges, please consult your advisor
IS Concentration Requirement:
Excelsior requires 18 credits in the following subjects, of which 9 credits are to be in the advanced level
Business Programming Language
Database Management
Data Communications or Telecommunications or Networking
Systems Analysis and Design
Other MIS Electives
Please note, the first 4 requirements can be fulfilled by 2 credit courses
TESC requires the 18 credits following subjects
Programming Language (3 credits)
Systems Analysis and Design (3 credits)
Other MIS Electives (please refer to hyperlink)
Free Electives:
Excelsior requires 15 elective credits, including 1 credit in Information Literacy (courses from Physical Education are excluded)
TESC requires 18 free elective credits
***I believe these 2 would be derived from the same courses
Completely my fault. I didn't study all the cards, didn't even finish a full set of 79 scenarios. However The ones I read here I found on the test and I'm sure I got those right. If I would of studied all the stuff at least once I'm sure I would have passed easily. I finished with a 40 and had 20 questions left. I need to manage the time better.
Passed Analyzing and Interpreting Literature. Didn't study at all for this one. Passed with a 54 and had just clicked on the last 18 questions because I was running out of time. I don't know how I would have studied for this one.
Next up, I have no clue yet but it will be soon and I will definitely study next time. I was just anxious to start and get em out the way.
Just a quick introduction. I am hoping to graduate this year.
I signed up for 4 clep exams and will try to get these done the same week by end of the month.
MIS, Humanities, Freshman English Composition, Social Sciences and History.
Does this sound to stretched?
I grabbed a few study guides and will dig some more on this.
Lots of information on this board.
-Oh I did Clep out of French a couple years ago. Managed to get 80. (Native Language is french!)
My sister, who also uses this forum, had her DSST transcript sent to TESC when we both enrolled a month or so ago. We just realized that the last DSST exam she took hadn't shown up on the transcript yet and therefore TESC hasn't added it to her degree audit. Obviously, we need to request another transcript with that course on it, but I'm not sure what to do---do we ask the DSST folks to send another complete transcript (which might confuse TESC?) or a transcript with just that course? Or what?
I've gotten pretty good at taking tests but navigating the college paperwork system is a whole 'nother thing altogether, LOL!
