11-08-2014, 10:46 AM
PrettyGirl123 Wrote:Hi all, this is my first post on this site. I have been reading quite a bit of the threads and it has shed some light on my questions about CLEPs. I considered it my first year of college, but I wasn't very motivated to do them at that time. I recently transferred from one B&M school(traditional classroom setting) so I can finish my degree online at another B&M school. The first school's traditional setting just wasn't the best fit for me fresh out of high school at all. So I'll be starting again in January at another B&M school and finishing online. Just wanted to give everyone a little background
What I need advice on: I'm trying to graduate in December 2015. I have 48 credits from my first B&M school. Here's the breakdown of what I have left in my degree:
Core- All classes but Intro to Sociology completed(which I can CLEP out of).
Major courses- 30 credits(will be starting in January)- The way my online degree works, all of the courses are 8 week accelerated courses, and I will be taking 3 of them every 8 weeks, so this spring, I will complete 18 credits in the Spring semester then 12 in the Fall semester.
Major supplement courses-9 credits- Principles of Accounting(I know CLEP calls it Financial accounting), Principles of Macro Economics, and American National Government(Political Science).
Minor courses- 15 credits(which I plan to take during the summer).
Electives- My advisor said I need 15 credits to get to 120.
My question is, should I try CLEP out of Intro to Sociology, Principles of Accounting(My school counts it as 6 credits, Acct. 2010 and 2020 if you pass, so I would have an additional 3 hours to go towards electives), Macro, and American National government, and try to take some random Cleps for for those last 12 hours? I asked and he said it doesn't matter where the electives come from and that I am allowed to CLEP out of them. What CLEPS did everyone find particularly easy just for elective credits? Does this sound like a good plan? I know I can only take a CLEP once every 6 months, and I would have to take 6 or 7 of them in a year in order to graduate on time in December. Is it doable in your opinion? Any feedback would be great!
First find out how many CLEP exams you are allowed to use in your degree, and if they are all acceptable (and for what amount of credit?) There may be a cap at a certain number, that would be a limiting factor. Linking to your college's CLEP policy would be most helpful.
If you wouldn't mind saying what your major is in, that would be helpful, and not knowing what your other 48 credits are in makes it hard to guess what you could take.
Also, you can take as many CLEP exams as you want, not 1 per 6 months. The old policy stated that you can only RETAKE a failed exam once per 6 months (it's now 3 months) but you could sit an exam every week if you wanted.