For those that say CLEP is "cheating"

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[quote=Publius]There have been studies done, and people who study one subject at a time heavily for a short period of time retain more information then the people who study multiple subjects at a time for a longer period. So generally when someone studies a topic for a CLEP for 4-5 hours for a week or two will retain more information in then the folks who study 5 subjects in a college for an entire semester.

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.

I'm not sure how many of the courses that CLEP and DSST covers, typically at the 100-200 level , involve much critical thinking at most universities. These are the classes that are the most likely to be taught by teaching assistants and/or in huge lecture halls with assessment through multiple-choice tests.

Toss in attendance points, generous extra-credit for who knows what, and huge inconsistencies in what and how the material is taught and we have the start of an argument for the superiority of CLEP.