Begin Rant:

Well my diploma finally arrived last week, and let me tell you how disappointed I was in it. A group of middle school kids could have come up with a better design. It is on beige cardstock, 8 1/2" X 11", in black ink, with a stick-on gold seal. It is gaudy and NOT something I would put on my wall. When I walked into a graduate's office in the past, I always admired seeing the big diploma, it always looked fancy and made a statement about their accomplishment; this diploma sends a whole different message.

I just got off the phone with their Records Department; I asked if there was some way to get a better one, I was told "that's it". The part that really torques me is that I paid $480.00 for "Graduation Fees", this consisted of them sending me a crappy diploma and a transcript...minus my GPA I might add. To get something official with my GPA on it, I have to write them and request they mail it to me.

I always had good experiences with them during my coursework and the people were great, however, they have really dropped the ball on the diploma. It was a lot of work to accomplish just to be given something I could make in MS PowerPoint in about 10 minutes.

I hope CCU's looks better. Lee

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Are loans debited to the cash account, or not (they aren't in the question)? Where do they go if not?

http://www.college.hmco.com/accounting/m...index.html
I believe this link first came to me by Snazzlefrag(what would we do without you!!) It is a great resource to solidify the basics. You can even choose the area you feel you're weak. By the way- I changed the test date to tomorrow at 1pm PST.

I scored a 67 on College Algebra last night. I procrastinated much too long in scheduling and taking this one. My advice to others - DON'T be intimidated by this test. I followed some excellent advice I learned on this forum and wrote down the formulas floating through my head first thing - so I couldn't panic later and forget them. It turned out that I didn't need a single formula - not even the quadratic equation. All the formulas I needed were included with the questions. You just needed to plug in the data and solve the equations. I don't mean to imply that the test was easy and send anyone into it overconfident - just don't blow it up to epic proportions in your mind (like I did!).

God who gave us life, gave us liberty. The veterans who secured us liberty gave us their lives.

I know we have several members on this forum who are veterans and there are even more members who are currently serving on active duty or in the reserves or guard. Flash: No this is not Veterans Day, but every day you take a breath is a great day to thank a member of the Armed Forces of these United States for sacrificing to guard and defend our sacred liberty and rights under the Constitution as free Americans. These airmen, marines, soldiers, sailors, and coast guardsmen don't get thanked enough. Thank you all for your service.

I just read this on leatherneck.com/forums and, while I have read it before, it is a tear jerker every time.



[SIZE="5"]"The Pledge of Allegiance"[/SIZE]
By Senator John McCain of Arizona


As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in solitary confinement or two or three to a cell. In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room.

This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home.

One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian.

Mike came from a small town near Selma , Alabama He didn't wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country and our military provide for people who want to work and want to succeed.

As part of t he change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing.

Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt.

Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance.

I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed the most important and meaningful event.

One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it.

That evening they returned, ope n ed the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could.

The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we slept Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room.

As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, making another American flag. He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to Pledge our allegiance to our flag and country.

So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world.

You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country.

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Has anyone used their material?

How To Pass Your CLEP Test By 'Insider' Former Test Takers

What did you think if you did?

Has anyone taken more than one exam on the same day? If so, how did you study for them? What's your secret? Gingko? (gingko is a natural, herbal supplement long known to enhance memory).

And how about Lawrie Miller (of BAin4weeks.com), who took up to 3 per day. Simply amazing, and I WISH! But, is it REALLY possible? Has anyone ever contacted this person directly?

Thanks,
Anne

Different names for the same concept, or different names for different concepts? If the latter what concept is each associated with?

Just finished taking the Principles of Finance exam tonight. I studied my butt off, but failed. I ended up getting a 44 and needed a 46.

I contacted the test center and asked about using a financial calculator, they said no, so I went in armed with a regular calculator. Well the exam also did not have any financial tables to work out any of the time value of money (PV, FV, etc) so I had to guess them.

My question, if I was not allowed to use a financial calculator, but no tables were available either, something or someone is wrong. There were at least 15 questions out of the 88 that I would have had a chance to get if I had the tables.............

So can I challenge DSST? Can I re-take it within the 6 months? Will they look at my score and make an adjustment?

Any feedback would be appreciated...........thanks

I'm scheduled to take the test this Thursday. I've been studying all day and just took my last Peterson's practice test. In the past two days I've scored a 54% on both tests getting 42 out of 78 right. At this point I'm not sure what else I can do to prepare or if I am even absorbing any more material. Managerial Accounting is not making too much sense. I suppose I should take something from the fact that I passed all three practice exams and that the CLEP is supposedly easier than the Peterson.

To all those taking the test this week, good luck....