Idea for topic -- traditional schools that take CLE

[CLEP_enthusiast]

45 credit hours is sweet. My issue would be that the truth of the matter, all the programs are selective in themselves, and so you can't go based solely on what the school accepts from the CLEP website. It's all about which department/program you're going into accepts, be education/nursing(My Uni doesn't accept Educational Psychology in their program). I guess they feel passing the test isn't equivalent knowledge or you learn something different when you take the actual class. One thing's for sure, colleges need money and every time a traditional school grants one credit they lose money, same for transfer courses. College is so shady it seems sometimes, but I guess they need to turn a profit like anyone other business? I hear some schools are flat broke, initially I balked at this but the way schools spend money I think the jury is still out for me.

To clarify about graduate school. I'm just saying I have initial doubts with a degree Thomas Edison through self-study if this would get me into a graduate program in biology at say the University of Kansas. I don't understand what the requirements for the degree are, maybe it would get you in, but I think becoming a professor is not a good career path. But that's another discussion entirely.

Thanks for sharing the additional threads, good thing I asked first.

There are already a few threads like that floating around.

I posted on this one: http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...redux.html

Also, I think you'll find some people here that disagree with your opinions on graduate school.