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Easy General Ed exam path suggestions wanted - YokotaJo - 03-09-2009
I have been trying to talk all of my friends into taking these exams to finish up their degrees. Everyone has a long list of lame excuses ranging from "it is a scam" to "I do not test well" to "I do not have the time to study for 30 minutes a day what with the Octa-Mom saga going on and all". Whatever. I finally gave up on all of them while I rang up 33 credits in just one month!
So the other day I "met" this gal on our local base board and she wanted to know all about it. She came over to my house (we can do that here on base--- invite perfect strangers into our homes) and we talked for a few hours. I was like a religious zealot-- showing her the REA books, the IC site, this board, sample degree plans for TESC and the others. She had been told by the base Education office that she had to take the SAT before she could take any classes online !!!! She left very excited to get started.
So help me out here a bit...first she has to get her Gen Ed out of the way then she wants to get a Business degree. I suggested that she get her feet wet with English Comp for 6 credits. I figured that I can help her to prep since I just took it and it is really not too hard of an exam plus the hit of 6 credits will be a great start. Then I suggested something easy and neutral like Intro to Psych, Intro to Computers etc.
Suggestions on a easy and smooth and not too frightening Gen Ed path for her? She is not too keen on History exams.
I know that everyone has their own list of the easiest exams so send them my way and I will share them with her. It is exciting to see someone realize that they can do this and that it is as simple as finally doing it!
Easy General Ed exam path suggestions wanted - craftkc10 - 03-09-2009
A&I Lit, Sociology, Psychology (which should assist w/the other Psych exams), College Math (if your friend is a math person, this one's a breeze), Tech Writing DSST. Since the ultimate goal is a Biz degree, Management & Marketing are also among the easiest.
Easy General Ed exam path suggestions wanted - Lindagerr - 03-09-2009
Everyone will have their favorite easy exams, based on what they are interested in. I am also not crazy about history exams, but after Psyc & Soc. the Social Science and History wasn't to bad, especially for 6 credits. If you can take TECEP's I thought the Word Processing Fundamentals was probably the easiest 3 credits yet.
Easy General Ed exam path suggestions wanted - YokotaJo - 03-10-2009
Thanks for your suggestions. I missed out on the GE Cleps since "back in the day" we had to earn our college credits the old fashion way of enrolling in a 4 year school, skipping classes, cramming to barely pass and forgetting it all a day later.
Let me know any more easier than other CLEP's, DSST's that I can suggest for her. I am trying to bring another one on to the dark side with the rest of us !!!!
