Bachelor's in Health Science... Frustrated

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Hi everyone...

I recently posted a question about CollegePlus! asking if it was worth the cost to use their service or not. Most of the reviews I got said it's cheaper and less of a hassle to just plan it out, study, and CLEP without the program (just to do it yourself).

This week I have been reading through this forum a little and doing a bunch of reading on the TESC and Excelsior colleges to decide what I need to do. I want to go for a Bachelor's in Nutrition Science, and according to the ADA, TESC is accredited for that. I just have so many questions about this! None of my family has ever gone to college, so we have no idea what we're reading when we look at this stuff!

I see that TESC has a Bachelor's of Science in Health Sciences but I can't make out anything about what I need to do to get it! :mad:

I'm usually pretty good at planning things out, but this is really frustrating and confusing. What should I do? Has anyone done their Bachelor's of Science through CLEP testing that would have any advice?!

Some of my questions are:
Where do I start?
Do I need to enroll in a college before beginning testing?
What do I use to study for testing? Anything? Or are there specific sites/books/etc. recommended to use?
Can I get a BSHeS entirely through testing or does anyone know if I will need to attend some classes?
Is there a guide/general map for planning your degree out or do you have to make it up entirely based on credits for your degree?

HELP! (lol)

(P.S. Sorry if I seem really mad or upset, I'm just a little worked up after 3 1/2 hours of research and no headway! I probably should have waited until I settled down to write, but I didn't )

TESC does not have an ADA apporved Nutrition Science BS degree for someone starting from scratch or out of state. What TESC offers is a degree for RDs (who already have BS degrees anyway- seems redundant) and only allows you to transer classes into them- they don't actually TEACH ANY of them. That is not the school for you.

If you want to become a dietitian, you need to attend a program that is ADA approved and it will require face to face attendance. Now, that said. Within the program you pick, you may be able to CLEP some of your gen eds (but not science!) and that will save you time and money. There are a few careers/college degree paths where very few short cuts exist, you are picking on of them!:eek:

There are a few programs that can be done online with local clinicals, but they are for people who already have BS degrees. Honestly, you will need to do a lot of homework and careful reading before you enroll anywhere. Please spend the next 3 months studying the requirements of becoming an RD and learning your options before you enroll somewhere.

College Plus is a waste of money. It's like hiring a travel agent to book your airline ticket.