For those that say CLEP is "cheating"

[Publius]

I would like to see one of these studies; every scientific study I have read contradicts your claim that cramming is good for long term memory. You are delusional if you think passing a multiple choice exam, with a relatively low percentage of correct answers needed to pass, is equivalent to class at a decent school.
I did both- brick & mortar political science at a top tier private school & a BSBA @ TESC, 22 years later w/ the purpose of avoiding MBA foundation courses. CLEP & DSST do not require one to demonstrate critical thinking. I am not putting them down or discounting their worth; I just find the claim that they are superior to a semester long class at a reputable school to be absurd.

To be honest I'd have to go find the studies, it's been some time since I came across them. However, I was not implying that cramming was good for long term memory. It was the fact that studying one subject for a shorter period of time was in most cases better then studying multiple subjects over a longer period of time.