Time put into degree: 6 months.

[sirjake]

I was curious how much actual time I've put into my degree. So, I tallied it up today for my blog and thought I'd post it here too:

My last Dantes test is scheduled for May 9. Assuming that I haven't/don't flunk/ed any of the Dantes tests, I've effectively spent about 6 months of actual study time to get my 4 year bachelor degree. Or, if you want a time line:

2 months, 1 week: I had 14 credits from previous study prior to January 9, 04. (I spent a week in '03 preparing for English Composition with Essay CLEP and had 8 credits from a semester (two months) at community college.) (14 total credits.)

(Went to unaccredited Christian college during this time. No credits are eligible for transfer. :-P)

1 week: About a week in December '04 was spent preparing for the Humanities CLEP. (20 total credits.)

1 month and a half: Beginning when I returned from visiting Rita Jan 6, '05 to Feb 16, '05 I took 16 CLEPs for 54 credits. (74 total credits.)

Then I moved to Illinois and busied myself with wooing, getting engaged then married, and being a newly-wed for a year or so. :-D

1 month and a week: I started up again March 10th and attained 39 credits between then and April 18 via five CLEPs and 3 Dantes. (113 total credits.)

1 day: I took four of those FEMA tests yesterday for four credit hours. (117 total credits.)

And I'll probably spend about a week and a half preparing for my last Dantes May 9 (the soonest I could schedule to take it).

Assuming my math is correct, and that I haven't flunked anything, that's 5 months and three weeks.

I think that's pretty spiffy. Of course, the one thing that may put a kink in this sweet timeline is that I have a bad feeling that I may have failed Introduction to the Modern Middle East last week. As I said in another post, it was an extremely detailed and difficult test. I honestly think I learned a lot preparing for it, so I'm not upset that I took it, but it was the most difficult test I've ever taken. If I pass it even by the slimmest of margins, I'll be very happy.

Anyway, if you remove the "dead-time" when I was pursuing other things, I've spent about 6 months total going for this degree, and at least 4 of the months were while working full time. That rocks, quite honestly. Why people spend four years and $$$$$ for a general education degree at a normal institution is beyond me.

[MagicATC]

Outstanding! I wish I could be as quick. I need 30(21 UL) credits as soon as possible. I wonder how fast it will take?