I can't believe i got an A on this one.I was hoping to barely pass.
I have posted a new thread for this because i know very few here have prepared for Research methods using IC...because the IC guide came out just recently in December.I want everyone to know that IC is more than sufficient to pass this exam.You will not need anything else.
I studied for 4 days and used only Instantcert.
The exam is doable and does not require too much time with IC.
Thanks Stevehilarious
Only 5 more to go before i complete my Bachelors but i want to take a break.I feel exhausted already
Adoncia
Next World Pop...haven't scheduled yet.

I been watching these forums for awhile now and thought I should give my feedback in regards to the Biology Clep exam. I got a scaled score of 58 which is a pass. This is my first Clep test. This test was really hard. A lot harder then I thought it would be. The difficulty level I was expecting was somewhere in between the Peterson’s exams and Official College Board’s exam. This test was more difficult then both of them. Many of the questions were not in any of the study material I used. I think there is a very big question pool or they changed the exam, and if your lucky you will get some basic questions but if not, you will get hit hard with many difficult questions. I ran out of time and had to guess on seven questions and also had to guess on a lot of questions that were unfamiliar. I spent over a month studying. Probably a couple hours every day. If I was to start over not knowing what material to study, I would get a college biology book, read it then go through the REA book then practice the moc exams and IC. I had no biology background and am sure that other people will be able to pass with enough study time.

The study material I used is:

REA Book-It is a good primer that barely gives you enough knowledge to pass the test. There is a lot of question on the actual exam that this book does not cover. The questions in the back of the book are not realistic regarding the difficulty level of the actual exam.. I do not recall seeing any of their practice questions on the real exam. However I do recommend this book.

Peterson’s Test- I took all three of their tests and scored over 65 percent on them. The difficulty level for the Peterson’s test is slightly easier or comparable to the real exam. I seen some information I learned from the Peterson’s test on the real exam.

Official Study Guide-These questions were easier then the actual exam however the structure of the questions were similar to the actual exam, I only saw one or two questions that worded differently on the real exam

IC- I did not go through all of the questions. However I did learn from the question I did take. I think it is a good additional study aid.

Standard Deviant Biology Video-I thought this video was good, kind of strange but good for reinforcing the information you retained from reading the REA book and other sources.


My next test will be Natural Science next week. I hope that test will not be as hard as Biology.

Check! Whoohoo again! I got a wild hair tonight (about 4:30pm) and decided to go take the 6 hour Literature CLEP, without studying. I read all the stuff here on the forum, and thought I could pull it off, having taken two reasonably hard Lit. Classes at CTC and KSU. So I signed in at 7:20pm, and signed out at 8:20pm with 6 more Semester Hours!!!!

I only passed with a 56, but that was six more than I actually needed, and I'm just thankful for the credit. The test was not difficult, and I had no questions on anything but analyzing and interpreting different pieces of literature - no definitions, no terms, just poems, plays, stories, exerpts etc., then a q like: what did the word "loom" mean in line 5, or who was the author speaking to when he said, "the rock" in line 16.

If you're a slow reader I can see how the time could crunch you a little, but I managed to cram the whole thing down in 52 minutes.

Definetly plan on taking this CLEP if it will fit into your degree plan - I'd say it's easier than some average 3 SH tests.

David

I discovered today that the Peterson's mock tests for Accounting have contradictory information. I was struggling in my studies for this exam and decided to print out the Peterson's tests so that I could study them away from my PC (I'm very sorry for killing a tree, but the 6 credits were my priority). I was doing some last minute reviewing tonight and the pages were shuffled into a different order than normal. It turns out that some questions are identical in tests 1, 2, & 3 - but different answers are given. Major relief to me - some of that wrong info had me feel like I was losing my mind!! I took the test a few minutes later and stuck with what seemed like the right answer - instead of what Peterson's had been trying to convince me was right. I ended with a 62.

I've taken 5 CLEP exams, and one DSST exam. The DSST exam was by far easier than any of the CLEPs, but it could be the subject matter (Here's to Your Health was the DSST exam).

I pose this question to those who have more testing experience than I:

Is there any generalization between the two types of tests, and if so, which tend to be easier?

Are DSST exams, on the whole, more difficult than CLEP exams, or vice versa?

Any input is appreciated.

Hello Everyone,
I am new to the site. I am preparing myself to try and finish school taking a lot of cleps. i hope i can do it. i really want to go to Thomas Edison and i am trying to follow their guidelines and clep so i won't have much to do when i actually apply. i have my license which will hopefully earn me more credits in my major. which brings me to my question....

when i called the testing center today at uwf, the lady told me that the english with essay only counts towards english 1 and not english 2. she said most colleges only count it for english 1. is that true? if that's the case then should i even bother taking it since i already have english 1? thanks for any advice i can get....

Just thought I would let the board now that I passed my 3rd CLEP exam in the last 6 weeks. I passed Sociology today with a 75! I walked away thinking how addictive it can be to study and pass these tests. Who needs the boring 16 week traditional class when you can study at your own pass and test out.

I have my exam on Wednesday.There were few open dates at Pearsonvue hence i had to choose this date.The next one would have been 16th Jan.
I have been studying since Sunday and the material is pretty boring. The Abnormal Psychology,Gerontology exams had stuff that was far more interesting.
My question is: On the exam are there going to be questions that test direct definitions/knowledge or do they twist it around? Meaning are there more of example based questions or simpler ones where you just need to know the terms?
There are many many terms that need to be remembered for this test and that's why i ask.
Please reply soon guys,
Thanks a lot,
Adoncia

I have been studying 5 hours every day (sometimes more if my boss isn't at work ) and will be taking the Macro CLEP Wednesday. I know that typically, the Peterson's test are a great deal harder than the real test. So, my question to people that have taken the CLEP test, do you feel that studying the Peterson's test helped you on the CLEP? I feel that after studying the IC flashcards, seeing the questions really enforced the concepts. How similar were the CLEP questions to Peterson's test?

I just took and passed the CLEP for this one and I wanted to download my methodology in case it may be helpful for someone else.

I studied using the videos from Teacher Resources by Annenberg Media videos 1-14, and read through a few of the instant cert flash cards, mostly the pre-colonial cards. I also read the U.S. History I booklet from pass your class. Another resource I used was from "The Teaching Company", they have a U.S. history series of which I listened to lectures 1-48. Lecture 48 is the end of the reformation.

Things I wish I had studied a bit more; Womens suffrage, Quotations from various people from the antebellum (SP?) era and Chronology of events leading up to the civil war such as formation of the Republican party, Browns insurrection, Lincoln-Douglass debates, etc.

~Rich