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No, you will be provided the exact same degree. Your transcript will reflect that you transferred in credit toward your degree, just as if you’d gone to another school and sent those credits in.

No. The library is a great place to start as a free source for books on a topic. If you are very pressed for time utilize half.com and shop online. Last years textbooks go for $.75 plus shipping and when you’re done you can sell it or donate it to the library. Any textbook on the tested subject is appropriate and will work.

Absolutely, you most likely will not test out of everything.  For the courses you will be taking at your chosen college you will want an opportunity to get assistance from any source possible. Grants and scholarships sometimes require you have a current FAFSA on file.

Frequently Asked Questions and Definitions

Many colleges require a minimum number of courses be purchased from them in order for a degree to be granted, this is resident credit. Even if you have transferred in and earned all the required courses some colleges make you take courses until you reach a certain amount, usually about 30 credits for a bachelors and 15 for an associates degree.

What is Resident Credit?

Should I still need to fill out a FAFSA?

Do I need to purchase the study materials offered by the testing organizations?

Will my degree look different than someone who has sat for every class?