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    Old 05-21-2008, 10:31 PM
    alora alora is offline
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    Default 1st Clep - Information Systems & Computer Applications

    This was my first Clep exam. ( I had to take this class to tag a certificate in Project Management in addition to my Bs. in Information Systems).

    This exam has some tricky questions - I scored a 71 .... Which to me was a bad score for an experienced IT systems person.

    I have 6 more credits before I graduate from UMUC (I need to submit before May 30th 08) ... and I am thinking of
    taking Criminal Justice and American Government. I will need all the tips and help that I can get on these 2 classes
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    Old 05-21-2008, 11:53 PM
    bmills072200 bmills072200 is offline
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    way to go...a 71 is awesome no matter what your previous expertise
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    Excelsior BS - General Business
    Enrolled at Jacksonville State University - MBA - complete in 2010

    121 credits...ALL DONE BABY!!!

    54 credits transfered in from prior college
    54 credits by examination
    6 credits from community college
    3 credits from CSU-Pueblo (Operations Management)
    4 credits for Information Literacy and Business Strategy from Excelsior

    CLEP:
    Principles of Macroeconomics (64)
    Principles of Microeconomics (61)
    Principles of Marketing (66)
    Principles of Management (72)
    Info Systems and Comp Applications (57)
    Introductory Business Law (65)
    Social Sciences & History (61)
    DSST:
    Principles of Supervision (58)
    Principles of Statistics (67)
    Introduction to Computing (60)
    Principles of Financial Accounting (56)
    Principles of Finance (55)
    Money and Banking (52)
    Ethics in America (66)
    Management Information Systems (58)
    ECE:
    Ethics: Theory and Practice (B)
    Organizational Behavior (C)

    GMAT: 600
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    Old 05-22-2008, 01:34 AM
    alix alix is offline
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    Alora, 71 is great.

    As someone who has over 20 years experience in high tech, I thought my own score was slightly disappointing...but then I shook myself out of it!

    My personal experience with these exams is that often things come down to how they word the question, and on that exam there were at least two questions where I could argue for two different answers...depending how they meant it. Even if that wasn't true...SEVENTY-ONE IS A GREAT SCORE. No one is going to think you don't know your stuff!

    Now, American Government...well, I studied more for that than I did for most my exams (except for Anthropology) and partway through the test, I thought, "Oh, no, I'm going to get a 60!" That's because my exam focused was focused mostly on election mechanics, which was only maybe 5% of what I studied...and the test went into that in much more depth. But now I'm thinking, wait, 60 isn't bad in the first place...and it's not like it's my favorite subject.

    So: know everything about the election process. Oh, and memorize those amendments and landmark Supreme Court cases.
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    Excelsior College, pursuing a B.S. in Psychology
    Initial Transfer: 38.67 community college credits

    Exams taken (39 credits):
    May 2008: A&I Literature-78, General Anthropology-70 (A), Info Sys & Comp. Apps-73, American Government-60, Technical Writing-67 (A), Principles of Supervision-65 (A), Fundamentals of Counseling-68 (A), Drug & Alcohol Abuse-66 (A), Principles of Marketing-73
    June 2008: Biology-73, MIS-58 (A)

    Comm. college courses taken since enrolling (4 credits): Info Lit, Drawing & 2D design

    Next up:
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    ECE Ethics
    More in-person art classes
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