Two exams = a degree

Yes! Two exams! One GRE examination in Psychology and another ECE examination in Research Methodology in Psychology, will earn you a BA in Psychology from Excelsior College. I've never seen any degree so simplified, so straightforward or so affordable. GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) subject examinations are different from GRE General Examinations. The subject examinations are the standardized test colleges and universities use to admit students unto their post graduate programmes. Because the subject examination assumes you'd already studied the entire undergraduate contents of the chosen subject, the questions cover commonly offered courses within the universally defined field of psychology. Pass this examination, enroll in Excelsior College, pass their Research Method in Psychology and you've got a degree. It's that simple. And with the simplicity comes affordability. Subject GRE examination costs $150 and $205 is enough to get you registered as ECE Research Methodology in Psychology candidate. Add these to a few dollars you've to pay for enrollment at Excelsior College and you still don't have close to the amount Nigerian students spend at our public universities. All these added together make this program from Excelsior College one of the most uncomplicated way to earn a degree.

Excelsior College

Excelsior College used to be Regents College of the University of the State of New York (USNY). This means it used to be a state funded college but now, it's entirely a private institution. Excelsior has been rated as the College with the greatest number of transfer students over 25 years old. This is what US News and World Report said, " Continuing its national winning streak, Excelsior College, one of the nation's oldest distance learning schools, topped the U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges 2008" report in two key categories: the number of transfer students enrolled and the schools with the highest percentage of students over 25 years old. Total enrollment at the online college is 30,000.

"The flexible and focused degree programs that Excelsior offers are so well tailored to accommodate the busy lives of working adults that we continue to lead in these two key demographic groups that define this student population," said Excelsior College President John F. Ebersole. "With an enrollment that has met the 30,000 mark for matriculated students we continue to grow in meeting the needs of adult learners, wherever and whenever they are."

Excelsior College has the most recognized accreditation for universities in the United States; the regional accreditation. Besides this, they've most of their individual courses accredited, including their courses in Nuclear Engineering. Excelsior has students from all 50 states of the United States and 27 countries across the world.



It's not only in Psychology that Excelsior offers this interesting programme. They award both Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Nursing, in Accountancy, Business Administration, Computer Information systems, History and the Liberal Arts. Most of these degrees can be earned by writing examinations. Other courses are Communication, Criminal Justice, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, Geography, Geology, Sociology, Literature, Music, Literature, Political Science and Nuclear Engineering. Thus a student can choose to have a BA or BS.

Performance

To earn the Psychology degree from Excelsior, you've to score above 80th percentile in the GRE Advanced subject examination. As I've said before, GRE general examination and Subject examination are not the same thing. In the general examination, you can get away with superficial knowledge of Algebra, Quantitative and Verbal reasoning. But in the subject examination, you've to be well on the ball to do well. That's why students that are graduates of the subjects they are writing, do better. This is because they've been taught the subject over an extended period of time. But you don't have to be a graduate in the subject to do well in the subject examination. You don't even have to be a graduate at all to do well. A few months of diligent study will clue up any willing student and ensure a score above the 80th percentile.

More info.

For more information visit: Excelsior College, https://www.excelsior.edu/

Or for more information on the GRE, visit www.ets.org

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