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:
6) Sorry, you'll have to go to school to get you masters! ;)
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I just discovered itunes U and mitopencourseware . They have a lot of courses and lectures available online and free
Hey, how come my comments don't show up on the main page!
Click on the 'show links' link.
Can you post a link to the western civ class?
Here is the RSS feed for Stanford's lectures
http://itunes.stanford.edu/rss.html
The link to the Free Onlinhe University is www.freeuniv.com.
Once there, locate 'CLEP Subject Exams' on the left and click on 'Western Civ. I & II'. Here you can choose from 4 different history subjects. From there click the subject you desire and scroll to the bottom of the page to see the links to the individual lessons. Each lesson will provide links to useful documents and videos. The history videos are located at http://www.learner.org/resources/series58.html.
While there do a search for other college material.
I hope this helps.
Also, check out the book 'Accelerated Distance Learning: The New Way to Earn Your College Degree in the Twenty-First Century'. It has excellent information for anyone serious about 'testing out' of college.
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