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: 2007-10-03 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.
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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.