Extreme College 101
By Eli Caplin
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Power your way to your college degree by applying your already-acquired life knowledge.
Using the strategies and methods explained in Extreme College 101 you will discover how to :
- Create college credits from work, hobby and other life experiences
- Dramatically reduce or eliminate traditional classroom hours
- Save thousands in tuition dollars
Before writing Extreme College 101 author Eli Caplin personally tested the approaches reported in this information packed guide.
Yeilding highly successful results Caplin amassed thirty college credits in five short months and saved several thousand tuition dollars in the process.
Eli Caplin
Eli Caplin is an award-winning freelance columnist and photojournalist whose works have appeared in print and online trade publications and regional and local newspapers.
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Extreme College 101 - Eli Caplin
Extreme College 101
How to Aggressively Fast-Track Your College Career by Applying Your Already-Acquired Knowledge
Eli Caplin
Copyright 2013 Eli Caplin
Smashwords Edition
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever including Internet usage, without written permission of the author.
Contents
Introduction: Your Motivation
Part I. Tools, Resources, and Information
Chapter One. You Already Know More Than You Think
Chapter Two. Diploma Snatchers: Five Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
Chapter Three. Getting Started
Chapter Four. How to Prove What You Already Know
Part II: Planning Your Work, Working Your Plan
Chapter Five. Choosing a College
Chapter Six. Creating Your Academic Plan
Chapter Seven. Your Life Learning Portfolio, Its Parts, and Content
Chapter Eight. Dollars and Cents: Funding Your College Experience
Chapter Nine. Do It Now
Introduction: Your Motivation
Time lost, money lost, competition for jobs increasing. To get through your desired career door, you need a college degree. Now! The job market gets better for you with a degree, whether it is an associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD.
Why are you reading this book?
• Have you been slammed by the job market’s trend to hire an applicant with a college diploma over one with experience?
• Are undergraduates eyeing the seemingly unending list of classes needed to capture your elusive four-year degree?
• Maybe you’ve decided to go back to school and don’t know if you have what it takes to achieve your goals.
• Is money standing between you and your diploma?
Regardless of the motivation that brought you to this information, there is one screaming question that is common to all:
How am I going to get it done?
Mapping out the information, resources, concepts, and strategies you’ll need to earn your degree, this book offers practical, first-hand advice about how to maximize your already-acquired knowledge, talents, skills, and determination.
You’ll find various assignments throughout this book. Follow them carefully to build a map for your college success. The book is divided into two parts.
Part I covers your tools , resources, and information :
• Insights on how you learn
• Advice on what to avoid
• Credit recommendation services
• Standardized testing and examination programs
• Overview of study sources
• Understanding a life experience/learning portfolio
• College study options
• Time management techniques
Part II brings together your information and stratifies your college career:
• Choosing your partner college
• Creating a workable plan
• Analyzing your life experiences
• Compiling your learning portfolio
• A broad overview of financial aid
Assignment
There are a few supplies you will need:
1. An accordion file
2. A dozen letter-size file folders to keep in your accordion file
3. A small notebook that you can easily carry with you
4. Pens and pencils
Part I
Tools, Resources, and Information
Chapter One. You Already Know More Than You Think
Throughout your life you may have learned in a number of formal settings, such as the classroom, the military, an apprenticeship, or job training. You have gathered information in informal venues as well. Informal learning takes place when you acquire knowledge and skills from enjoying a hobby, reading books, or raising a family, to name a few.
Many colleges give credit for the skills and knowledge you’ve developed outside of the classroom. These are called prior or life learning experiences. Blending lessons from both formal and informal learning experiences and sculpting them into college credit is what this book is all about.
Own this concept: You, as a lifelong learner, are your best resource for accomplishing your higher-education goals.
Your thought processes and learning habits have brought you to this book; your attitude and set of behaviors have already made you into a lifelong learner. Knowing yourself can lead to an appreciation for