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ECE's vs. TECEP's
WendyR Offline
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05-29-2008, 09:11 AM
Has anyone taken both of these exams? I'm not looking for info on a specific exam, but rather a comparison in the degree of difficulty.

I have taken TECEP's, CLEP and DSST's. I feel the TECEP's were the most challenging of the three exam types. Since TESC will also accept ECE's for credit, I was going to look into taking some ECE's over TECEP's when there are no CLEP's or DSST's available.

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks -

Wendy
[SIZE="2"]TECEP's passed:[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]English Composition 102[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Technical Writing[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Psychology of Women[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Word Processing Fundamentals[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Introduction to Computer Information Systems[/SIZE]

[SIZE="2"]CLEP's passed:[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Analyzing and Interpreting Literature - 60[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Principles of Management - 71[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Principles of Marketing - 67[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Principles of Macroeconomics - 54 [/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Principles of Microeconomics - 57 [/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Introduction to Business Law- 65 [/SIZE]

[SIZE="2"]DSST's passed:[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Principles of Supervision - 59[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Introduction to Business - 63[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]Principles of Financial Accounting- 54[/SIZE]

[SIZE="2"]FEMA Credits earned: 15[/SIZE]

[SIZE="2"]ALEKS Intro to Stats completed 3/10/09 [/SIZE]

[SIZE="2"]ASBA - TESC - 3/6/09
BSBA - general management in progress[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Working on: PF Business and Technical Writing[/SIZE]
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05-29-2008, 10:47 AM
I have not taken any TECEP's, but I can say that I have heard that ECE's and TECEP's are comparable...

I took the Ethics DSST and the Ethics ECE and the ECE was significantly more difficult as you can see from my grades on both. You just have to be aware going in...when it is for upper-level credit an ECE is no joke...
Excelsior BS - General Business - 2008
Jacksonville State University - MBA - 2010(Done)

121 credits...ALL DONE BABY!!!

54 credits transferred in from prior college
54 credits by examination
6 credits from community college
3 credits from CSU-Pueblo (Operations Management)
4 credits for Information Literacy and Business Strategy from Excelsior

CLEP:
Principles of Macroeconomics (64)
Principles of Microeconomics (61)
Principles of Marketing (66)
Principles of Management (72)
Info Systems and Comp Applications (57)
Introductory Business Law (65)
Social Sciences & History (61)
DSST:
Principles of Supervision (58)
Principles of Statistics (67)
Introduction to Computing (60)
Principles of Financial Accounting (56)
Principles of Finance (55)
Money and Banking (52)
Ethics in America (66)
Management Information Systems (58)
ECE:
Ethics: Theory and Practice (B)
Organizational Behavior ©

GMAT: 600
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05-29-2008, 02:41 PM
I have taken, TECEPs. CLEP & DSST and in my opinion DSST were the hardest. It could just be the subject matter. I would also like to know if anyone can compare these to ECE exams, there are one or two I might take.
Linda

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AA Liberal Studies TESC '08
BA in Natural Science/Mathematics TESC Sept '10
AAS Environmental safety and Security Technology TESC  Dec '12
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05-30-2008, 05:29 PM
I have taken 1 TECEP and 1 ECE. Of the two the ECE was more difficult, but mostly because it was 160 questions and I was burned out by the end. The TECEP that I took was 100 questions and more comparable to a DSST or CLEP. I think CLEP is more difficult than DSST or TECEP because there are 5 answer options instead of 4. Big difference for me.
[SIZE="1"]AAS (Electronics), TESC-Done
BA Psychology, TESC-Done & waiting
Tests- Eng. Comp. w/ Essay-51, Principles of Mgmt.-59, Intro. to Soc.-62, US History I-66, US History II-61, Intro. to Psych.-68, Biology-55, A&I Lit.-62, Ed. Psych.-63, Soc. Sci. and History-63, Human Growth & Development-65, American Gov't-64, Tech. Writing-63, HTYH-64, Drug & Alc. Abuse-58, Org. Behavior-67, Prin. of Statistics-62, Intro. World Religion-68, Intro to Computing-403, Ethics-439. Research Methods in Psych.-A, Psych. of Personality TECEP-73, Abnormal Psych TECEP-74, Industrial Psych-71
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05-30-2008, 07:00 PM
I took all three. You can see my scores in my signature block; "As" on DSST, "A" on TECEP, mostly "Cs" on ECE.

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2012 - Executive Certificate, University of Notre Dame
2010 - Master of Business Administration, TUI University
2008 - Bachelor of Science, Excelsior College
2002 - Airframe & Powerplant License, Federal Aviation Administration
1998 - Associates Degree, Community College of the Air Force

Acquired 306 total credits: CCAF - 93, Exams - 66, ACE - 67, Other - 80:patriot:
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