08-02-2011, 06:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-02-2011, 06:27 PM by durandtheman.)
It's called a "sitting fee" Most testing centers do charge for it, since you are using their computers, and using their staff to make sure you are testing properly. My local University of Phoenix has a single room for testing, and appointments are hard to come by. The admin doesn't actually stay in this room though, they have a camera to watch to make sure all procedures are proper.
However, i did learn that locally DeVry does free proctoring for CLEP and DSST, so it may be a nation-wide thing.
CLEP and DSST are online or through special testing software, however you need to go through the special proctoring site, passwords and all. It is all built in, so whichever test you want to take will be loaded at that time. Some centers request which test you will take ahead of time, some don't.
TECEPs you need to order in advance, I don't have experience with ECE's yet, but you make an appointement at a Prometric center after paying, and they have everything already there I believe.
Just remember this. College tuition is up by a lot, and each course can cost thousands of dollars. A test for $77 and a sitting fee for $25 - $35 is quite a discount when you're getting the same benefits.
However, i did learn that locally DeVry does free proctoring for CLEP and DSST, so it may be a nation-wide thing.
CLEP and DSST are online or through special testing software, however you need to go through the special proctoring site, passwords and all. It is all built in, so whichever test you want to take will be loaded at that time. Some centers request which test you will take ahead of time, some don't.
TECEPs you need to order in advance, I don't have experience with ECE's yet, but you make an appointement at a Prometric center after paying, and they have everything already there I believe.
Just remember this. College tuition is up by a lot, and each course can cost thousands of dollars. A test for $77 and a sitting fee for $25 - $35 is quite a discount when you're getting the same benefits.
---Graduatedt Excelsior - BS - General Business - Conferred August 2012---
Social Sciences CLEP:59 - Humanities CLEP:55 - Natural Sciences CLEP:53 - Analyzing & Interpreting Literature CLEP:59 - Management & Information Systems DSST:435
Human Resource Management ECE:C - Org. Behavior ECE:C - World Population ECE:C - UExcel Political Science:C - 2 NFA ACE Approved Courses
Straighterline:Criminal Justice, Western Civilization 1 and Sociology - Passed, Penn Foster Cost Accounting & Financial Management:Both B
CSU MGMT 311 Operations Management: Finished April 2012 - A, Business Ethics & Society DSST -- 440, BUS495 - EC Business Capstone - A
Finished - AS - Business from Excelsior - 61 credits 2.8 gpa - Commencement July 2011
Social Sciences CLEP:59 - Humanities CLEP:55 - Natural Sciences CLEP:53 - Analyzing & Interpreting Literature CLEP:59 - Management & Information Systems DSST:435
Human Resource Management ECE:C - Org. Behavior ECE:C - World Population ECE:C - UExcel Political Science:C - 2 NFA ACE Approved Courses
Straighterline:Criminal Justice, Western Civilization 1 and Sociology - Passed, Penn Foster Cost Accounting & Financial Management:Both B
CSU MGMT 311 Operations Management: Finished April 2012 - A, Business Ethics & Society DSST -- 440, BUS495 - EC Business Capstone - A
Finished - AS - Business from Excelsior - 61 credits 2.8 gpa - Commencement July 2011
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