An Alternative to Traditional College
Sep. 28th, 2007 11:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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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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Date: 2007-10-02 10:47 pm (UTC)The only thing I'm worried about is running into some sort of problem and having to pay more for some reason...and I'm trying to figure out if it's really good for me considering I'll be graduating the community college with about 70 credits already.
The guy I talked to today said that most of my credits would very likely transfer if I went for a degree in history... even the paralegal credits...but I'm still a little worried there might be some sort of catch and that's the last thing I need lol
Onto other news, I have to tell you that I'm completely obsessed with your new (and amazingly beautiful) layout! :D
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Date: 2007-10-03 01:16 am (UTC)I shall consult my notes and see if I can answer your question(s)...however I do not believe this is a scam/catch. I would worry more about the college changing rules about transferring credits as opposed to GLS. ;-P If it makes you feel better, I believe Doug Phillips of VisionForum endorses this.
Who did you talk to? The guy who conducted the seminar was named Ryan Yamane and he was very very nice.
:-D Thank you! Glad you like it. I've been working on coming up with a new layout for ages, and finally came up with one I liked. Hee!
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Date: 2007-10-03 11:34 am (UTC)Yes, knowing that this is endorsed by Doug Phillips and Christians/homeschoolers in general really eases my fears about it being some sort of scam. Still, I would hate running into some sort of problem with the credits, so I really hope that wouldn't happen. Maybe I'll ask the guy about that tomorrow.