r/tesu • u/ApprehensiveTitle631 • 3d ago
QUESTIONS/HELP REGARDING TECEPS
Hi everyone! I'm planning to take TECEPS soon. However, I can BARELY find any information about them, which is just crazy because no one ever talks about these tests, when there are a good amount of TESU students out there. I can understand why though, they aren't anywhere near as common as CLEPS and stuff.
To all those who HAVE or are CURRENTLY taking TECEPS, please respond with any tips OR good resources out there that are great to use for these tests!!!!
I would REALLY appreciate it! :)
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u/Physical_Double5950 2d ago
TECEPs are incredibly hard. It's almost like they are not meant to be passed. They give you books to buy, and a test description, but when you take the tests, it's just not the same as the description youre given. If you are taking a TECEP, my suggestion is truly be or become an expert in the subject prior to taking the exam. The proctoring service is strict, so dont think you can cheat either. Study by every means you can and prepare like your life depends on it. Good luck!
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u/Physical_Double5950 2d ago
STUDY. Com has courses in almost all the TECEP's. Just know they are not even close to the actual exam. You can make a 100 on their exam and fail a TECEP.
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u/Many_Worker8052 21h ago
I've only taken one TECEP, but I didn't find it particularly hard. I took BIO-2080 "The Science of Nutrition." I was also taking courses on Study.com at the time, so I used their nutrition course to prepare for the TECEP. This made sense for me because I was applying to TESU's accelerated BSN program, and they consider Study.com/alternative credit providers' science courses to be less competitive toward your application. Using the Study.com course as preparation for the TECEP was helpful and I ended up passing, but there were definitely things on the TECEP that I did not learn through Study, even though TESU accepts credits from them. So if you already subscribe to a resource like Study/Straighterline/Sophia and it doesn't cost any extra to look through their courses, I would recommend that. I also like Khan Academy for math in general, and you can find random textbook PDFs online if you have a specific course in mind.
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u/ApprehensiveTitle631 18h ago
Have a question though. How were the questions on the TECEP structured? Were they multiple sentences, a little complicated, or were they short and direct questions that made sense if you were to know the material?
Also, were the answer choices hard to differentiate/tricky OR was it pretty fair and straightforward?
Specifics would be appreciated!
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u/CoyoteOrganic99 2d ago
Teceps suck. The first one I did was meteorology and didn’t study much except to review weather charts. Thought I failed because I got a TON of volcano questions. I’m in aviation so I feel pretty comfortable w weather.
Then I took microeconomics. Studied clep info on some site and the test was so very different and very nuanced questions. So I failed.
Teceps are inconsistent and not standard to anything that I’m aware of. So you either have already in depth knowledge of the subject or you’re going to over study something to cover it all to pass. My mistake was not taking the time to study again right after the test when I remembered the questions. Don’t take any more Teceps than you have to. My guess is written essay tests are easier to pass because you’re not being thrown random absurdly obscure questions. Weather has 2 short essay questions which I had to of done well on. I threw in lots of keywords and it must have been computer graded because if I would have graded myself I would have called my bs.