New to the world of CLEP/DSST/Penn Foster/ALEKS, need some guidance from the pros.

[Cleppin87]

If you are planning to transfer to University of Houston, all of your decisions should be based on what they will accept.

Aleks is a self-paced system by McGraw-Hill that has several math and statistics courses that are evaluated by the American Council on Education (ACE) for college credit. The big 3, (Excelsior, Charter Oak, and Thomas Edison) accept these credits. You would have to check with University of Houston, but I doubt they would accept the credits. Most traditional colleges are picky about non-traditional sources of credit. This is why most people on here are pursuing degrees through one of the big 3.

Penn Foster is an online college that is not regionally accredited but has several courses that have been evaluated by ACE. Same deal as Aleks. They are great for the big three, but not as useful for traditional schools.

Since you plan to get your Bachelor's degree from the University of Houston, I wouldn't get too hung up on completing the Associates Degree. Put your efforts into taking courses that will transfer to University of Houston. It may be worth looking at community colleges in Texas that have transfer agreements with University of Houston (or state wide agreements) and taking your classes online through one of them. This way you have a guarantee that the credits will transfer rather than a best guess scenario.

Articulation Agreements - University of Houston

Information regarding course equivalencies based on the common course codes of Texas. I am not familiar with their numbering system, but it appears to list the community college courses that will transfer.

http://www.uh.edu/admissions/apply/apply...4-2015.pdf

Even with your CLEP and DSST exams, I would check the following document from University of Houston to see if they are accepted.

http://www.las.uh.edu/uts/brochure/20140...course.pdf

You may want to have a look at the MBA admissions requirements at University of Houston and see if they can be met using a BSBA at Thomas Edison State College. TESC degrees can be completed at a rapid pace using alternative sources of credit and many have used them to go on to traditional Master's programs.

Good luck with your studies.

That is exactly what I was looking for. I wish I would have found this site sooner. I think already having started at my school it would be counter productive to try and switch now.

I thought about it last night and I think just finishing my degree online, which is feasible in my time frame.
Then pursuing a traditional masters degree.

You hit the nail on the head thanks so much for your input it was literally everything I needed.

Do you know of any good sources to study for the GMAT?