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<blockquote data-quote="Mike McNany" data-source="post: 19108" data-attributes="member: 212">Re: Colleges are a joke. Really.I got a BA from the University of the State of New York by all tests while I was in the US Navy. happens they are the test bed platform for Educational Testing Services, i.e., the CLEP people. Had to hit a 50 percentile of their sampling to get credit and they do penalize for wrong answers. Navy paid for the basic CLEPs and also they credited DANTES (defense thing) testing. ETS also produces the GREs (Graduate Record Exams, the tests to prove you remembered enough after a 4 year degree to go for a masters). I had to pay to take those but they were worth a mix of 30 credits (beginner, intermediate, &amp; graduate) each. Throw in my other non traditional credits for military rank and numerous military technical&nbsp; schools and I ended up with 176 credits. Only paid an enrollment fee, GRE test fees (took &amp; passed 2), credit transfer fee, and a graduation fee. It was adaquate to allow me to go to Officer Candidate School and made me eligible for Navy Post Graduate School. My degree is Lliberal Arts with a concentration in Political Science and Sociology (the 2 GREs I took).Mike McNany</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mike McNany, post: 19108, member: 212"] Re: Colleges are a joke. Really. I got a BA from the University of the State of New York by all tests while I was in the US Navy. happens they are the test bed platform for Educational Testing Services, i.e., the CLEP people. Had to hit a 50 percentile of their sampling to get credit and they do penalize for wrong answers. Navy paid for the basic CLEPs and also they credited DANTES (defense thing) testing. ETS also produces the GREs (Graduate Record Exams, the tests to prove you remembered enough after a 4 year degree to go for a masters). I had to pay to take those but they were worth a mix of 30 credits (beginner, intermediate, & graduate) each. Throw in my other non traditional credits for military rank and numerous military technical schools and I ended up with 176 credits. Only paid an enrollment fee, GRE test fees (took & passed 2), credit transfer fee, and a graduation fee. It was adaquate to allow me to go to Officer Candidate School and made me eligible for Navy Post Graduate School. My degree is Lliberal Arts with a concentration in Political Science and Sociology (the 2 GREs I took). Mike McNany [/QUOTE]

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