I agree with Blue. Without CLEP and DSSTs, it would have taken me 4 or 5 years to get where I am in the degree path. Time is the reason I kept delaying in getting a degree. Testing allowed me to show I had prior knowledge and get credit for that in a legitimate way. Also, in a traditional setting, my schedule would allow me to take 1 or 2 classes per semester. According to LSU, the correspondence courses I'm taking through them contain the same amount of work as a traditional classroom course. I can finish the LSU courses in 5 to 6 weeks each and I can start whenever I want and study whenever I want.
In the comparison to traditional education, I've seen some really easy traditional college classes and I've seen some really difficult college classes. I've seen people graduate with an AS degree with a greater than 3.5 GPA and still not know anything more than when they started. It truly depends upon the student. Quality education is how much knowledge and desire the student brings in at the beginning and how much knowledge the student holds onto when they're finished.
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BS in Accounting(General) from Excelsior College
Enrolled in MBA program at Upper Iowa University.
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