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[brianb]

Hello, I just recently decided that I want a change in what I'm doing and want to get a degree in Computer Science. Now I'm 29 years old, no other college courses taken and like many adults I work full time so I have limited time as to when I can go to school. I've came across this site and how you can test into classes. Now Computer Science is a lot of math and programming, for the programming part I want to take the full college courses but for the math and electives required for my degree, I like the concept of CLEP, one for the time it will save me and two for the money it will save. If i can get my electives and some of the math classes out of the way I think I might be able to get my BS in 2.5 years, 3 tops, which is great for me. Now the the math part, can anyone suggest were to start in terms of courses, since i've been out of school for 10 years, i'd say i have a 9th or 10 grade math level, some basic algebra and that's about it, I see there's a few other programs other than CLEP, so I'll have to see if the college(Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis) I plan to attend will take. With CLEP do you have to be registered in with your college first in order to get the college credit for your exams or can I take the exams w/no college in mind?