I took this exam after work today and passed with a "B." I hate taking exams after work. I much prefer before work or weekends, but had no choice for this exam.

According to my printout, I did not do as well on the Organizational Process part of the exam. I did not have the time to study that in detail and that probably cost me the A grade. However, I am trying to keep to a schedule and I need to take the exam this week and today was the only day available.

If you have taken Psychology, Sociology, and Principles of Management, you should be well prepared for the exam. I have taken all three and I studied Essentials of Organizational Behavior 8th edition by Stephen Robbins. This is not the big textbook version, but the smaller version. About 15 chapters, 15 pages per chapter on average.

Good luck to anyone that needs this exam. Now, I am on the ECE HR which I hope to pass with an A grade next month!

Recent Excelsior related threads have been moved to the new Excelsior-specific area of this forum.

Just go to the main index of this discussion forum, and you will see the new area under "General Education Discussion"

I am a bit confused about the new rules at Excelsior after 12/31. If I end up having additional credits that are not needed for my degree, will they still figure into my gpa? I am reading about people requesting they be erased from their transcrips - does that mean if I don't ask before 12/31 that my 8 credits with a 'c' grade would show up on my transcript even if they are not needed nor satisfy a requirement? I would like to wait to decide if I need any of them or not - but not if they negatively affect my GPA down the road. Can anyone please advise?

I think I will be taking this in a couple of weeks and I am in the process of studying for it. I am using a couple of used college textbooks which seem to be covering things well, however,as opposed to what I have seen in the Exam feedback section they seem to have a lot of history content. I was wondering if anyone could give me feedback on the importance (or not) and or context of the historical knowledge for the exam.

Blitz

Hi-

I am impatiently waiting for a response from EC and thought someone here could probably help me.

When Excelsior grants credit for CLEP exams, do they still assign a grade? I would hate to pass a CLEP exam only to have that show up as a "C" on my transcript!

I'd appreciate it if anyone knows from experience since I'd like to register for CLEP or the required courses ASAP (as you all well know!).

Thanks and Happy New Year!

Hello everyone!

I am currently serving in the Air Force and I just enrolled in Excelsior College. I have finally decided to pursue a degree in IT and I am excited. If any current students or alumni have any useful information or study tips, please feel free to share them. Thanks!

Over the course of the past ten months, I've acquired a good deal of information with regard to accreditation in general and greatly enjoyed various posts discussing the pros and cons of each type of accreditation. Others haven't enjoyed it as much--but sometimes a little more information can bring things into focus.

While looking up some information on AACSB accreditation I stumbled across the Rasmussen College web site which contained a very interesting chart detailing their perspective on National Accreditation (NA) vs. Regional Accreditation (RA) and their journey to acquire RA for their institution. It reminded me of an unrelated post I saw in another forum which I've pasted in below with some modification by me. I'd love to give credit to the originator but he goes by the screen name of JohnDoe! In any event, here's a link to the Rasmussen chart and some rough information that may be useful to people as they attempt to map out their higher education path.

Accredited Distance Learning Degree

One Man's Take on Accreditation

1. Regional accrediation. The Gold Standard.

This gets you in everywhere.
Schools and employers are all happy.

2. National Accreditation (Ex. DETC, CHEA, etc.). The Silver Standard.

This gets you in quite a lot of places, but not everywhere.
Some RA schools may allow you to transfer in credit from an NA accredited school, but many do not.
Most employers find it ok, but some don't.

3. State accredited degree

This is valid in the current state, but is most probably of no practical use outside the state in which it has been validated.
You most likely will have a problem transferring credits to institutions with NA and RA standards.
Most employers outside the state do not like this education.

4. Legal unaccredited degree

Totally unaccredited degree, but still legal.
Will most likely not transfer to accredited institutions or get you employed anywhere.

5. Illegal unaccredited degree

Totally unaccredited degree and illegal. The institution offering this has no authority to issue degrees. By using this degree, you can - in some states - go directly to jail.

6. Diploma Mills

"Send us your money, and we will ship you your diplomas in 5 days. Full satisfaction guaranteed".
Totally illegal, and you don't have to do anything but pay to get the diplomas (maybe state some rubbish about your previous experience etc.)

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Hey all

I was thinking of something and I'm still extremely new at this so sorry if this has been covered 100 times before.

If I take the Biology or Chemistry CLEP, will this cover the lab requirement too?

Does it make a difference whether you're, say, a Biology major, or a Criminal Justice major?

I feel like most of the schools I look at it require Bio and Chem to include labs, regardless of the major. So does CLEP Bio and Chem cover the lab portion?

Thanks all and Happy Holidays!!!

Hi.
I'm new to this forum.Does any one know if 'Here's to your health' comes under science?. Thank you

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