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Originally Posted by ExtremeChief
I have been promoted as far as I can in my current job without having a degree. My employer will reimburse me 100% of my tuition. It's going to be a pain to try to get a degree, work full time, take care of 12 rental properties, etc but I guess I really have no choice unless I just want to settle where I am in my career.
I see I can get a degree online through MO Western. It appears I can CLEP out of many of the classes.
My question: Has anyone here ever done this and specifically how difficult is it to CLEP out of courses?
Thanks for the help
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I got my Bachelor's at 50- believe me, you are not too late! And I was also working fulltime at the time- just plan on not getting tons of sleep. :-) And as far as clepping- I clepped out of 7 courses at about $85 per test- saved a TON of $$$ and time.
Also- look into petitioning out of courses. Petitioning is proving that you have related work experience to a class you're about to take. For example- I was scheduled to take classes in graphic and web design, but was able to show plenty of examples of my previous graphic and web work. In doing so, I instantly got credit for those classes. Petitioning is more expensive at about $450 a pop, and that amount is non-refundable, so you better be pretty sure you have that experience. But $450 is much better than the course cost, so if you feel pretty good about doing that, I'd go for it.
In all, I petitioned out of 3 courses and clepped out of 7- doing so saved me probably $15,000 and an entire year's worth of school. Good luck!!!
Z
EDIT- I was also able to benefit from my employer's tuition assistance program- over $15,000 for 3 years. All told my Bachelor's cost about $18,000...