Currently I have 59 credits(I'm out around $3,000 for my education) and I am almost 19.
Straighterline is what I'm working with now.
Simply you pay $39 per course(an initial fee), and $100 per month. Finish a course within 6 months(you can finish one in a month easily enough) and you earn 3 credits. Sign up for as many courses as you want, finish them as quickly as you want.
Anyways I am doing Accounting 1(the material for accounting is nice, along with youtube), Precalculus, and English composition. They are my least favored subjects, and are a total pain to do.
However when they are done I can move onto my more desirable subjects that require far less effort on my end. I'll hopefully have my bachelor's degree well before I am 22.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Financial Accounting
Well I'm taking financial accounting as a CLEP.
It's not horrible, lots of terminology, and in the end simplistic math with a good amount of simple formulas to remember. I've got 3 weeks to study for it,
I"m working for my father almost everyday (Minus Sunday) for a month straight so it's going to be interesting, but I've done it before.
So right now I have 50 credits, I need a few(two? I think) core CLEPs and Straighter Line courses to get my AA. But I want to kill as much as I can of my Bachelors so I'm Clepping out of that right now.
It's not horrible, lots of terminology, and in the end simplistic math with a good amount of simple formulas to remember. I've got 3 weeks to study for it,
I"m working for my father almost everyday (Minus Sunday) for a month straight so it's going to be interesting, but I've done it before.
So right now I have 50 credits, I need a few(two? I think) core CLEPs and Straighter Line courses to get my AA. But I want to kill as much as I can of my Bachelors so I'm Clepping out of that right now.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Sorry for the long span without updates.
Lots of stuff has been happening.....
Anyways I just got home from Honolulu.
Got up a 4 AM, went to Kona, did special eye Dr. appointments with a portion of my family.
I took 4 CLEP tests back to back in 2 hours, well minus a restroom break and a sip of Starbucks.
The tests were Intro to MacroEconomics, Intro to Management, Intro to Marketing and Human Growth and Development.
I scored upper 50s to the upper 60's for the first three,
I forgot my exact test scores and I'm too lazy to dredge out my score papers right now.
Four days before the tests I realized I haven't studied much(work for Dad's business for $$ and lots of other work to keep my keep at the house, Ah the joy of 18). When I took the Peterson tests(they were down for a long time so I never checked them) I scored much lower than I wanted.
Petersons tests are about as hard or harder than the actual CLEPs, they compliment(are great for filling holes and learning things not mentioned otherwise) the REA books and InstaCert.
To add to my doubts my friend who wishes to be a CPA eventually barely based Macroeconomics and 8 months ago I failed(I took 4 CLEPs that day too) by 1 point previously with a score of 49.
The last minute cramming worked and I scored higher than I've done ever before on CLEP tests.
(I've never hit 60 before)
For the last test however, Human Growth and Development I failed by 2 points, a score of 48.
I didn't know it well enough, the REA book didn't have enough for my particular version of the test and with a day more of prepping with Petersons I would have more than likely scored slightly more than enough to pass.
Finally I didn't pick the book up for a few weeks, never did any recent testing and thought I knew the material well enough...
I've hit the conclusion you shouldn't do more than 3 CLEPs in a day and finally you shouldn't think you know it, or take a test on with deteriorated or incomplete knowledge.
In the end I'm happy, I earned 9 credits and have over 50 credits now.
Although they aren't in the correct areas for a AA so I need to take a couple more choice CLEPs and/or do some other courses to get my degree.
By the way if you want petersons tests, go here ......
http://www.free-clep-prep.com/practice-clep-tests.html
In the end you get free, accurate practice tests for CLE :-)
Lots of stuff has been happening.....
Anyways I just got home from Honolulu.
Got up a 4 AM, went to Kona, did special eye Dr. appointments with a portion of my family.
I took 4 CLEP tests back to back in 2 hours, well minus a restroom break and a sip of Starbucks.
The tests were Intro to MacroEconomics, Intro to Management, Intro to Marketing and Human Growth and Development.
I scored upper 50s to the upper 60's for the first three,
I forgot my exact test scores and I'm too lazy to dredge out my score papers right now.
Four days before the tests I realized I haven't studied much(work for Dad's business for $$ and lots of other work to keep my keep at the house, Ah the joy of 18). When I took the Peterson tests(they were down for a long time so I never checked them) I scored much lower than I wanted.
Petersons tests are about as hard or harder than the actual CLEPs, they compliment(are great for filling holes and learning things not mentioned otherwise) the REA books and InstaCert.
To add to my doubts my friend who wishes to be a CPA eventually barely based Macroeconomics and 8 months ago I failed(I took 4 CLEPs that day too) by 1 point previously with a score of 49.
The last minute cramming worked and I scored higher than I've done ever before on CLEP tests.
(I've never hit 60 before)
For the last test however, Human Growth and Development I failed by 2 points, a score of 48.
I didn't know it well enough, the REA book didn't have enough for my particular version of the test and with a day more of prepping with Petersons I would have more than likely scored slightly more than enough to pass.
Finally I didn't pick the book up for a few weeks, never did any recent testing and thought I knew the material well enough...
I've hit the conclusion you shouldn't do more than 3 CLEPs in a day and finally you shouldn't think you know it, or take a test on with deteriorated or incomplete knowledge.
In the end I'm happy, I earned 9 credits and have over 50 credits now.
Although they aren't in the correct areas for a AA so I need to take a couple more choice CLEPs and/or do some other courses to get my degree.
By the way if you want petersons tests, go here ......
http://www.free-clep-prep.com/practice-clep-tests.html
In the end you get free, accurate practice tests for CLE :-)
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