thanks for the info. Any idea if the excelsior online classes themselves or dantes or thomas edison courses are easier than cleps or vice versa?
Well that actually would depend on the type of course your taking. On the forum I mentioned before people will say they had an easier time with a Clep for this and a ECE exam for that. Some overlap and you can take multiple tests. Excelsior online classes I havent heard so much good things about and you will have to take a minimum of (I think) 2 classes from them. Clep has been very easy in my experience. I used instacert to study along with other study resources that are in the member only thread of instacert (User feedback and study guides basically) and I did much better than I expected.
You can also use/take any course that is ACE accredited and build an ACE Transcript that you then transfer over to Excelsior. Straighterline.com and other websites (ALEKS, have online courses (a lot easier and cheaper than an Excelsior course) that are ACE accredited. I just took an open book final from Straighterline and I had a very easy time with an e-book open side by side with the test and the search/ctrl+F function. Although to be fair not every test is going to be a breeze regardless of open book or not. ex. Financial Accounting.
Getting back to the point. Taking an online course with a college is exactly that, its a course. Itll be a normal length several month long ordeal. And you have to put up with annoying things like posting to discussion boards and responding to comments online to show participation. At the same time though, if going to a physical college isnt an option for you or you dont have time to do it so then you can take an online course and its "like" the same thing. So if you want the responsibility of a class/and a teacher on top of you to make sure your keeping to your schedule that could be good for you. But if you dont care about that and can self-study then Cleps are definitely easier IMO than taking a class.
Btw you can also take an NYU language exam in Hebrew, Yidish, Arabic (if your some old school hard-core Sefaradi that might be an option) Russian etc, 4-12-16 credit exams. If you ace the 12 credit one you can then take the essay part for another 4 credits.
http://www.free-clep-prep.com/List of all Ace accredited organizations
http://www2.acenet.edu/credit/?fuseaction=browse.mainIf your interested in Accounting, Cope is run by (I think) the Agudah in Brooklyn. If youll look at the list of ACE organizations, theyre under C Cope Institute. They also do Cleps but they teach those courses listed there ACE accredited and transfer all of it to Excelsior and get you a 150 credit Degree from Excelsior. So they also teach and utilize the transfer.
So wait. Did we get an answer in there somewhere? I hope so..