Monday, July 7, 2008

Testing Out to Get Your BA

Here is an update to what I've learned about taking tests to get college credits.

1) Not many people take these tests. Regretfully, this is not because of their difficulty level (if anything, these tests are usually easier than tests given in college), but rather it is due to a of knowledge. People just don't know that they can save thousands of dollars by listening to free on-line lectures (more on that, shortly), taking tests on them and converting them to credits.
2) It doesn't matter what BA you get if you go for an MA. You could get a BA in Phyis Ed and get an MA in Law and what people will look at is the MA in Law. Of courses, you may want to take courses that are relavent to what you want to get your masters in, but you could test out (get all your credits by taking exams) with a BA in Liberal Arts and then go for your masters in whatever.
3) You can find a ton of free lecture information at FreeUniv.
4) There is a great forum with some very helpful testers here.
5) According to those forums, the 3 best colleges to get you tests transferred into credits are:
  1. Excelsior
  2. Thomas Edison
  3. Charter Oak

6) Sorry, you'll have to go to school to get you masters! ;)