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Most Valuable Cleps - icampy - 04-23-2017
Hi yall.
If you had to vote on the top 3 "most valuable" CLEPs, what would they be? As in, you can take 3 of them, and are newly pursuing a bsba GM. Are there ones that are better to take as a CLEP because there are not several of them available elsewhere? It seems something like US history 1 might be a waste, since you can get it from several different places without much pain.
I still need info lit, so Analyzing and interpreting might be good to take? Maybe micro/macro/management?
Anyways, the "most valuable" (not neccesarily easiest or shortest) CLEPs.
Thanks all!
Btw, I have no business credits. I need 1 humanities and a info lit and all gen eds are done, but those are available elsewhere pretty easily.
Most Valuable Cleps - dfrecore - 04-23-2017
Any foreign language, since they're worth 6-9cr.
College Comp w/Essay - 6cr
Anything else worth 6cr, or anything that you can easily pass, thus saving time to work on other courses that are going to be harder for you.
Almost every CLEP exam has another option elsewhere, inexpensively.
It's really hard to determine for someone else what's most valuable, because it is going to be different for everyone. I say this because the foreign language exams are a great example. For me personally, I wouldn't be able to pass any of them, so they are not valuable at all. For my friend who is fluent in Spanish, obviously I'm going to tell him to take that exam first, as it will be THE most valuable exam for him.
Most Valuable Cleps - clep3705 - 04-23-2017
It depends on the school granting the credit. I got 8 hours for chemistry and 8 hours for biology. My son got 8 hours for biology at a different school.
Most Valuable Cleps - cookderosa - 04-23-2017
As others have mentioned, that question as a ton of variables.... but here's my two cents:
English Composition (with essay) because the amount of writing you AVOID by taking this one test is pretty epic.
College Math because it's 6 NON DUPLICATING credits in almost every regard- even if you take the whole pile of ALEKS or any of the other ACE maths, you'll still get 6 credits for this one and if you already do have credit from those other sources, this likely requires no additional work on your part.
Analyzing and Interpreting Lit because it's als 6 NON DUPLICATING credits in almost every regard- you can take the lit options that everyone else offers, and these still stand alone. Plus, there isn't much studying required.
3x6 = 18 for about $300.
Most Valuable Cleps - icampy - 04-23-2017
clep3705 Wrote:It depends on the school granting the credit. I got 8 hours for chemistry and 8 hours for biology. My son got 8 hours for biology at a different school.
Oh wow, what school?
Most Valuable Cleps - icampy - 04-23-2017
cookderosa Wrote:As others have mentioned, that question as a ton of variables.... but here's my two cents:
English Composition (with essay) because the amount of writing you AVOID by taking this one test is pretty epic.
College Math because it's 6 NON DUPLICATING credits in almost every regard- even if you take the whole pile of ALEKS or any of the other ACE maths, you'll still get 6 credits for this one and if you already do have credit from those other sources, this likely requires no additional work on your part.
Analyzing and Interpreting Lit because it's als 6 NON DUPLICATING credits in almost every regard- you can take the lit options that everyone else offers, and these still stand alone. Plus, there isn't much studying required.
3x6 = 18 for about $300.
Thanks! Thats sounding good.
Most Valuable Cleps - icampy - 04-23-2017
The only bummer part is I already have comp 1. I think analyzing is an obvious choice for sure.
Most Valuable Cleps - BingCherry - 04-23-2017
cookderosa Wrote:English Composition (with essay) because the amount of writing you AVOID by taking this one test is pretty epic.
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So does this replace BOTH Eng comp 1 & 2 that we might take with straighterline or study.com? If so, how difficult is it?
Most Valuable Cleps - clep3705 - 04-23-2017
Use search. I found the following schools granting 8 hours science credit.
AP, CLEP, IB, Military
https://www.ccsu.edu/undergradadmission/clep.html
https://www.uwyo.edu/registrar/students/clep.html
Undergraduate Credit by Examination | Academic Testing Services | TTU
http://drake.edu/media/departmentsoffices/admission/documents/AP%20IB%20CLEP%20Fall%202017.pdf
http://catalog.twu.edu/undergraduate/admission-information/credit-by-examination/credit-by-examination.pdf
College Level Examination Program - Undergraduate Admissions - Purdue University
https://www.collin.edu/studentresources/testing/creditbyexam/clep.html
https://www.salisbury.edu/registrar/Resources/creditexam.html
https://www.northpark.edu/admissions-aid/undergraduate-admissions/admitted-students/testing-and-placement/clep/
... and so on - it's up to you to search and find more. This is the search string I used:
clep 8 semester hours biology
Most Valuable Cleps - dfrecore - 04-23-2017
BingCherry Wrote:So does this replace BOTH Eng comp 1 & 2 that we might take with straighterline or study.com? If so, how difficult is it?
Yes, at some schools it replaces both English 1 & 2, but not all - depends on the school. TESU, COSC and WGU all take it for that. EC does not.
I didn't take it, so can't say how difficult it is (and then, that's subjective too, depends entirely on how good you are already).