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Old 2009 January 3rd, 08:56 PM   #2 (permalink)
alissaroot
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Where are you enrolled? I'm at Excelsior, and they award all thirty credits for the major with a score above the 80th percentile on the GRE subject exams. I tested out of a psychology major this way, so yes it can be done! All I have left is a one credit research and writing requirement. If you are at Charter Oak, you need to score above the 40th percentile, if you are at Empire State, you will be awarded credits on a scale between 20th percentile and 96th percentile, with six credits toward the lower end going up to 36 credits at 96th percentile.

Anyways, I am taking this exam April 2009, and I would be happy to share resources and discuss it as much as you like. I work full-time and I am a single mother to a one-year-old son, so I know what it's like to busily cram steady for months to pass! I'm so happy to find someone else preparing! I've only just begun my studying, and I haven't taken any practice exams yet.

I've ordered nearly every book off the recommended reading list, or swapped for them on paperbackswap.com, and swapped for dvd versions on swapadvd.com. All I've really done so far is watch the dvds, my son's been keeping my hands too full to look at books. I have started making flashcards out of the Vade Mecum site, also.

I think your plan sounds very doable, I wish I were as organized as you are. I have piles of books all over, and I still have two other exams to complete in completely different subjects, but I went ahead and scheduled those so I will be able to focus solely on literature after January 8th.

Do you have any plans for grad school as of yet? I'd love to hear your plans. I am looking for something in humanities that I can do via distance learning.
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