I took the A&I exam yesterday and passed with a 53. Just barely passed, but passed nonetheless. I wanted to point out a couple things I observerved. Please keep in mind, these are just my observations and opinions.

I studied (more like practiced because you can't REALLY study for it) for this exam using the CLEP book, studying literary terms online, and taking the Peterson's Practice Exams. I took practice exams and scored a 55 and a 63. That's when I decided to take the exam.

IMO the CLEP exam in this instance is actually harder than the Peterson's Practice Exam. I know this sounds ridiculous, but it defintely seemed more difficult to me. Based on this, here are my suggestions for those (like me) that abslutely hate reading and literature:

1. Read and analyze as many passages as you can find. This will familiarize you with interpreting the underlying ideas.

2. Take all of the practice exams you can (I used CLEP and Peterson's).

3. Take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with some literary terms. I wouldn't spend a lot of time on this as I think my test might have had 10 questions relating to these types of things.

I hope I don't discourage anyone on what is supposed to be a "gimme" test. To me, it was more difficult than I thought it would be. This was my third CLEP/DSST. But hey, a pass is a pass, right

Hope This Helps...

i read from somewhere here that CLEP exams change every 6 months. does that mean they change in janurary and july? or in other months? thanks for all your help! =]

Yesterday I took American History I and passed with a 61. This test covered about 10 questions on early colonial times.
Today I took American Governemnt and passed with a 53, I hope I don't get a Fedex pacakge telling me they have revised my score!
The materials covered in Instant Cert were adequate. My next Cleps will be either Natural Science or Biology and Principles of Management

I earned a 58, which is an A at Excelsior. Even better than the A is the information my councilor gave me on Civil War & Rec. and Rise and Fall of the Ruskies. If I take 2 of the following 3 courses it will prevent me from taking either of the history tests. Here they are:

Research Methods of Psychology
Juvenile Delinquency
Cultural Diversity

I know the history tests are passable, but to be honest, I really have no interest in them which makes studying for them a burden which is slowing down my progress. I want to get past this degree and back into real life. I'll do some searches on the forum as well but if anyone has personal experiences with these, especially the last two, please let me know. Regards, Lee

If you intend to do micro economics as well as principles of accounting, which is the logical order? Would princ. of acct'g help in getting ready for micro or vice versa?

I am almost done with my General Business Degree. I love how this thing is going and am contemplating a second degree in Psychology before it's too late

I know I need 30 additional credits to get that degree, my question is, what kind of credits? Upper level, specific psychology credits or just any liberal arts?

Just curious... BTW, what can you do with this degree? Does it make you an official psychologist that can open a practice or something?

Christa

hi everyone! my name's jenny and i'm new to this forum as well as to the CLEP exams. i plan to take at least two CLEP exams so i spent the last hour or so reading about how everyone's been preparing. i must say, finding this forum has reduced my stress level by a bit purely b/c i had no idea how to study for them nor what to expect from them. so since you guys are all pros at taking these exams, can this noob ask you guys for some help? hehe.

i'm definitely taking Principles of Management and Information Systems and Computer Applications. from all the advices from the board, i've come up with a study plan and if anyone has the time to take a look at it, can you please tell me if it's okie or needs more material? (keep in mind that i don't know anything about either subject)

1) i already bought the big blue college board clep book (18th ed). i also plan to sign up for instantcert.com for all of the exams.

2) Principles of Management: in addition to #1, i'm going to buy the white Comex review book as well as a textbook from barron's that's been said to work well as a study guide for the clep exam.

3) Info Sys and Comp App: i've been having a hard time finding materials for this exam. i'm planning to buy a textbook from a college bookstore but am not too sure which one to get so i'm just going to compare the table of contents to the list of what the clep is gonna compose of. does anyone have any textbook suggestions? :confused:

4) i'm thinking about taking a history clep exam for my 3rd exam. i haven't touched any kind of history for 5 years now so i hardly remember anything. :o haha. which history clep exam is the easiest to study for (if there are any)?

sorry for the abundance of questions but hopefully you guys can pass your clep wisdom to this noob. i need to get my studying started so i'm gonna check out books tomorrow. thanks for reading this massive message! :p

My exam is scheduled for Thurdsay and the only preparation I've had has been reading The Art of Public Speaking. I ordered Rudman's book but it hasn't arrived in 2 weeks and I don't think it will ever arrive.

I'm looking for a couple persuasive speech topics similar that that given during the DSST Public Speaking exam. Any assistance to get me over the pre-exam gitters will be appreciated.

I am new to this board so I want to share my Clep experiences to date. I used the instant cert materials to study for the Humanities Clep exclusivly and passed with a score of 67.
American History II - passed 56
Western Civilization II- passed 56

Both of these tests were not hard. I am from Europe and never studied American History prior to Instant Cert so I think that resource is quite good. I got a score of 56 because I only studied for two days prior to the exam.

I am taking American Government and American History I next week and I am using the Instant Cert website along with the Peterson's practice tests along with the official Clep Exam Guide. I will let you know how I do. These tests by the way have a lot of questions that are very tricky.

Have a great day!

I may have missed it in the discussion threads, and I know that this had been discussed, but I came across the official word on availability of computer based, immediate scoring of DSST exams on the DSST website today, (together with the increased test fees). So I am posting it here in case anyone may have missed it. Thanks.

Quote:

Beginning October 1, 2006, Colleges and Universities can provide their students with paperless delivery via Internet-Based Testing.

• Candidates will be able to obtain immediate test results.
  
• Proctors will be able to use a more streamlined and efficient process.