Woohoo yet again! I took Into to World Religions last Thursday, and passed with IC only. I'd concur with the rest of the comments, IC is enough, although as with most exams, there are some things on there that IC does not cover. One religion, Dadism or something? That wasn't on IC at all, and there was a q or two about that.

Humanities.... Wheeewwww.... That's a doozy! But, I passed with a 59 (needed a 50) with about 25 hours of study, IC only. That one had me scared the most, of all the other 13 exams I've taken! I go through each question, and mark the ones I don't think I'm getting right - when I finished with Humanities, I had over 90 of 140 q's marked! But, I went ahead and scored it, much to my very relieved surprise!!! If you're a slower reader, this exam might be tight for time, with 90 minutes and 140 questions, but Imanaged to do the whole thing in 45 minutes. There were a few passages, poems, scripts, etc to read in the test, just like Analy. and Inter. Literature, so be ready for that.

So, all I can say is that Humanities is straightforward, and easy, if you've studied for all the material. The catch is figuring out how to study for it all - IC has a lot of it right on for the exam, but there was still some other subjects, writers, artists, etc., that I had no clue about. I'll still say IC is enough for this one, but the recommendations here are right on - study IC well, and a couple of other sources to be sure you pass.

18 SH - 6 classes to go!
David

Hey Everyone,
I am new to the boards and was wondering if there was a reason no one really responds to my posts? It seems everyone is so helpful but I can never really seem to get an answer. Let me know. Thanks....

Hey i have a question i am trying to figure out what is upper level and what is not. I believe all the CLEP are lower level? and ECE all are UPPER level? Which of that Dantes Exams are Upper Level?

I thought I read on IC that there were only a few DSST (DANTES) exams that were computerized. I talked with a rep from Thomson Prometric that administers the tests and all tests are now computerized except for Public Speaking, which makes sense. I may be wrong but I thought there were some posts concerning if the tests were available on computer.

I need 21 upper level Arts and Sciences units to complete a BS in Liberal Arts at Excelsior college.

I'm thinking of using the ECE exams below to complete my degree:

world population
psychology of adulthood and aging
foundations of gerontology
juvenile delinquency
social psychology
organizational behavior
religions of the world

Are there better choices for quick preparation? I do not have a management background, so I'm not sure I should try the organizational behavior exam. I also found one thread that said the religions of the world exam takes lots of preparation because it is an essay exam.
I haven't found one post from anyone who had anything to say about the juvenile delinquency exam.

I also noticed that there are any not instant cert prep guides available that are designed for ECE exams.
Excelsior only has practice exams or guided study packages for three of the exam choices above (Abnormal Psychology, Foundations of Gerontology and Organizational Behavior.)

Any recommendations?

Hello. This is the first time posting but I have been reading other posts in this forum and I have found them very helpful. I found this site searching for additional information on CLEP exams after failing my last English composition CLEP with a 46. I can't tell you how disappointed I was. Now here I am again taking a different CLEP and trying my luck again. I'm certainly not looking forward to the experience again and since I failed the last exam I am feeling extremely nervous. I guess I should get to the point. I will be taking Humanities Friday morning and I have been studying off and on for sometime being that I am attending classes through the University of Phoenix. I have been studying with IC, Comex book (CLEP humanities) as well as using wikipedia for additional research. I have also used this forum search features. I have studied so many areas in preparation for the exam. As experienced CLEP takers do you think these resources have assisted you in passing and do you have any additional pointers before I dive in to this test in a few days?:confused:

I need 4 exams to complete my degree and 2 of these will have to be Math/Statistics and College Writing.
I am Math-phobic and very nervous to even start studying.I want to complete my degree by March 15 and was wondering if there is any course i can take for Math/Statistics.A short course that i can start now and complete by March..with no proctored exam of coursehilarious
Also the same for English but most important for me now is to get rid of Math.
Please help
Adoncia

I doubt that I have much to offer that hasn’t already been posted on the forum but on the off chance that I do include something that is of help to someone here is my experience with the statistics test. Keep in mind, I passed with a 61 but as my score suggests, I am no authority on the subject and I freely admit that I went into this test under prepared. This is definitely not something that I would suggest.

Test – Statistics Computerized Version
Questions – 100 (the test actually has from 1 to 101 questions but question 1 is information only (z table data etc) and doesn’t require an answer)
Time – 120 minutes
Other – Calculator was allowed (didn’t look for or even notice if there was an online calculator)

General Observations

There was no easing into the questions. The first two questions I faced were possibly the most difficult questions on the test (for me at least with my limited preparation) and could have quite easily set the tone for the rest of the test if I had allowed it to. I guessed and moved on. Of the first 10 questions I was only sure of answering 2 correctly and can understand how some people may have considered abandoning the rest of the test, but luckily it wasn’t all like that. I found that the time allowed was adequate but I did keep a close eye on the clock as I wasn’t expecting to finish with much spare time left.

My Savior

Being under prepared and getting off to a slow start was a worry but there were a few things that saved me. I am pretty good at the probability questions and there were a few like

You have a box with 7 red balls, 8 blue balls and 10 green balls. If you randomly select a ball 1000 times, placing it back in the box each time, approximately how many red balls would you expect to have selected.

You toss a coin 1000 times what is the probability of getting exactly 1 head.

You have two independent events. Event A has a probability of 0.6 while event B has a probability of 0.3. What is the probability of both/neither happening etc.

There were also a number of probability questions that contained obvious wrong answers such as using the word exactly, for example

You have a standard fair coin that has a probability of 0.5 for heads and 0.5 for tails. If you toss the coin 1000 times how many heads will you get?
Exactly 500
Approximately 500
etc

There were a number of simple graphing questions such as;

A distribution curve skewed to the right with a question asking which is bigger the median or the mean
A scatter plot (and there were a few of these) asking if relationship was positive or negative or none
A stem plot asking for the median, mean or mode

There were also a number of simple descriptive statistics questions such as

Of the following sets of numbers which has the largest standard deviation
Of the following sets of numbers which has the smallest mean

There were plenty of questions on significance, hypothesis, confidence intervals and regression lines.

I was lucky enough to find enough questions in my comfort zones and/or lucky with my guessing but I did manage to get through it. My recommendations are:

Be as well prepared as you possibly can be
Do not panic even if things seem to start badly
Read every question carefully (there was a question like - the mean of set 1 is 27, the mean of set 2 is 33, what is the median of set 3)
Believe in your ability

Best of luck to all

Regards

Hello Guys,
I am so excited to have a forum like this available and so much help from everyone on the board. I always said i would finish my degree and wouldn't break the bank doing it. I am preparing to take my first 2 cleps next week and wanted to know your thoughts. Do you think i would be okay taking english 2 and sociology together? I am pretty good at english, its the essay part i am worried about, i haven't written an essay in years. Any advice would greatly be appreciated. Thanks in advance guys!!

Hi all..just got back from taking the online DSST Ethics and I passed with a 68IC was all I used and all that I feel is needed, I studied for approx 20-25 hrs.

Utilitarianism is BIG on the exam...and those dreaded YES/NO questions :eek: My suggestions are the following:


Know:
Kant
Hobbes
Aristotle, Socrates and Plato....I found these to be quite confusing
Most definitely all the different utilitarianisms
Locke
Epicurus
Epictetus

Instant Cert has it all and is wonderful....on that note I am bidding IC adieu as the remainder of my courses are all Nursing, only 3 to go...Thank you all for all of your help and support....keep on keepin on....hilarious