09-13-2010, 02:29 PM
I have a full time job, travel for business several times a month, and have 5 kids. I am BUSY.
I haven't done a ton of CLEPS so far, but for the ones that I've needed to study for, what I do is get my youngest two kids in bed by 7:30 and then during the time that my hubby and I watch TV together, I sit there next to him with the laptop open studying until about 10:00pm. (He watches TV and I study. I don't want to sacrifice the time with him and this is a compromise that works for both of us)
For Humanities, I allowed myself two weeks of study as described, but for my next CLEP coming up this Saturday, I'm only allowing one. I'll be doing Substance Abuse. I'm in Medical Software sales and have taken a pharmacy tech course, so much of the material is pretty easy.
As I go along I think that I will try to give myself a week for tests that I have some familiarity with and no more than two-three weeks for subjects I don't know about. If I give myself longer than three weeks, I'll procrastinate and won't do it.
I don't know yet if I'll be successful doing this, but I can tell you that in the past few months I have literally doubled the number of credits I've had, so even if I never pass another test, what I've done so far has worked.
For someone that's busy - there is even more reason to make CLEP/DSST tests work - we truly do not have the time to take a class and I just am so thankful that I found a way to continue going to school without putting my life on hold.
I haven't done a ton of CLEPS so far, but for the ones that I've needed to study for, what I do is get my youngest two kids in bed by 7:30 and then during the time that my hubby and I watch TV together, I sit there next to him with the laptop open studying until about 10:00pm. (He watches TV and I study. I don't want to sacrifice the time with him and this is a compromise that works for both of us)
For Humanities, I allowed myself two weeks of study as described, but for my next CLEP coming up this Saturday, I'm only allowing one. I'll be doing Substance Abuse. I'm in Medical Software sales and have taken a pharmacy tech course, so much of the material is pretty easy.
As I go along I think that I will try to give myself a week for tests that I have some familiarity with and no more than two-three weeks for subjects I don't know about. If I give myself longer than three weeks, I'll procrastinate and won't do it.
I don't know yet if I'll be successful doing this, but I can tell you that in the past few months I have literally doubled the number of credits I've had, so even if I never pass another test, what I've done so far has worked.
For someone that's busy - there is even more reason to make CLEP/DSST tests work - we truly do not have the time to take a class and I just am so thankful that I found a way to continue going to school without putting my life on hold.
Regis University, ITESO, Global MBA with a focus in Emerging Markets 4.0 GPA, Dual-university degree (Spanish/English)
ISSA Certified Nutritionist
COSC BS, Business Admin
My BS Credits:
Spanish 80 | Humanities 67 | A & I Lit 72 | Sub Abuse 452 | Bus Ethics 445 | Tech Writ 62 | Math 53 | HTYH 454 | Am. Govt 65 | Env & Humanity 64 | Marketing 65 | Micro 61| Mgmt 63| Org Behavior 65| MIS 446|Computing 432 | BL II 61 | M&B 50 | Finance 411 | Supervision 437| Intro Bus. 439| Law Enforcement 63| SL: Accounting I B | Accounting II C+| Macro A | ECE: Labor Relations A | Capstone: A| FEMA PDS Cert
ISSA Certified Nutritionist
COSC BS, Business Admin
My BS Credits:
Spanish 80 | Humanities 67 | A & I Lit 72 | Sub Abuse 452 | Bus Ethics 445 | Tech Writ 62 | Math 53 | HTYH 454 | Am. Govt 65 | Env & Humanity 64 | Marketing 65 | Micro 61| Mgmt 63| Org Behavior 65| MIS 446|Computing 432 | BL II 61 | M&B 50 | Finance 411 | Supervision 437| Intro Bus. 439| Law Enforcement 63| SL: Accounting I B | Accounting II C+| Macro A | ECE: Labor Relations A | Capstone: A| FEMA PDS Cert
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