An Alternative to Traditional College
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olde_fashionedGlobal Learning Strategies
Last weekend we went to a seminar about a method of pursuing a higher education via alternative methods, namely, college by examination and correspondence. It was utterly fascinating, and I've been meaning to blog about this all week, but I just can't seem to express myself as well as I'd like to. So, in the spirit of true laziness and procrastination, I'm going to cross-post my brother Spencer's post. ;-P You may read his blog HERE. The entry is dated September 25, 2007, so you might have to scroll down a bit.
Basically, this is how it works: you study on your own using a regular textbook (or whatever you use to increase your knowledge) and study up to take a CLEP exam on various subjects. If you pass the test, you earn college credits without having ever set foot inside a classroom! These may then be transferred like any other credits to another college, if you were, say, aiming for a degree in something. Because you're not spending months taking an actual course, the whole process is way cheaper and much faster than regular college. (No, this is not a scam!)
There were other aspects to the seminar, including speed reading, which helps speed the whole process up even more, and the speaker (one very amiable Ryan Yamane) even taught briefly a few memory techniques to demonstrate their efficiency.
If I'm confusing you then I apologize, but please feel free to ask me any questions you like about this. I took a ton of notes at the conference (and short of typing all of them up for no reason in particular) I'd be happy to share them with anyone who wants them. :-)
Last weekend we went to a seminar about a method of pursuing a higher education via alternative methods, namely, college by examination and correspondence. It was utterly fascinating, and I've been meaning to blog about this all week, but I just can't seem to express myself as well as I'd like to. So, in the spirit of true laziness and procrastination, I'm going to cross-post my brother Spencer's post. ;-P You may read his blog HERE. The entry is dated September 25, 2007, so you might have to scroll down a bit.
Basically, this is how it works: you study on your own using a regular textbook (or whatever you use to increase your knowledge) and study up to take a CLEP exam on various subjects. If you pass the test, you earn college credits without having ever set foot inside a classroom! These may then be transferred like any other credits to another college, if you were, say, aiming for a degree in something. Because you're not spending months taking an actual course, the whole process is way cheaper and much faster than regular college. (No, this is not a scam!)
There were other aspects to the seminar, including speed reading, which helps speed the whole process up even more, and the speaker (one very amiable Ryan Yamane) even taught briefly a few memory techniques to demonstrate their efficiency.
If I'm confusing you then I apologize, but please feel free to ask me any questions you like about this. I took a ton of notes at the conference (and short of typing all of them up for no reason in particular) I'd be happy to share them with anyone who wants them. :-)
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