Newbie in Need of Tips!

[geekette]

Hey, Ok so here's my story... I'm 20, took a year of college in high school, via distance education so now I have 24 credits, and a year has passed. I've thought about it for awhile, figured I should study some more, watch some of the Teaching Company Dvds I have as well as take advantage of Open Course Ware (MIT, etc.)
Today I decided to seriously take a look at testing out of college credits to save time and money, via CLEP...etc? What else is there? I'm going to study testing out of college, I know there are schools like Thomas Edison out there to provide credit/degrees.

Is anyone here willing to offer me some great links, tips, strategies, and/or suggestions to get me started and well on my way to a degree?

I greatly appreciate it.

Thank you!