I finally finished my last test! I've been procrastinating since July lol I passed English Comp CLEP (no essay) with a 63 after no study. Really can't add much to the already very helpful posts on the test, I'll just say that it was fairly tricky and I wanted to argue about a good 10-15 answers (multiple choices should have been correct)..and time was very important...they only gave 90 mins for 88 questions, none of which were true multiple choice (all were reading comprehension-type).

Anyways, good luck everyone, IC is awesome =)

I tried to go to the site and it looks like it is no longer funded. You have to pay for the practice tests now. Say it isn't so????????

I need to know from fellow members who have succesfully taken the Excelsior Ethics exam and passed. Do the IC flashcards cover enough material that will lead to success on the exam. I am using IC and Harper Collins Outline of College Ethics. Any feedback would be appreciated.

This exam was very difficult.Many questions were twisted and required deeper knowledge.I had to guess on at least one fourth of the exam..maybe more.
There were quite a few questions that were not covered on Instantcert but IC coupled with Wikipedia should be enough to pass.I also read the book Faces of a Nation recommended by Shotujoku (thanks )in another thread.The book is excellent and very interesting.
I got 53 which is B at Excelsior.I came back and saw it's just one point short of an A and feeling bad about it.I was mentally exhausted by the end of the exam and did not review my questions.I am feeling bad about this because firstly i worked very hard on this exam and second maybe changing some answers after a second review would have given me one extra point.When my exam goes badly i worry that changing an answer could change a pass to fail and i do believe that the first guess is the best one.
Anyways,my GPA is 2.88 now and a B will make it maybe 2.9? I have only 3 more exams to complete my degree and 2 of them being college writing and the dreaded Statistics...i don't think these 3 exams will help me get to my target of 3.00 GPA.
It means i will need to take more exams to increase it:mad:
to add to this my next exam is on 6th Feb(World conflicts)..hence very little time to prepare so i am not even hoping for an A in that one.The Pearsonvue center here is full all the time with the next date being 20th Feb.
Sorry for Ranting so much...but feeling a little better already:o
Adoncia

Wheeeeewww.... What a lot of material to study! I've been reading all the threads about this one, and I've taken oodles of notes on 8 of the 10 sections here on IC - any more specifics about the exam itself, and what exactly I need to know? Anything? :o) I'm just boggled with all these drug names, so I think I'm going to put the test off to Friday, instead of tomorrow...

Thanks folks,
David

Done! Whew, today was one heck of a day... I woke up planning to go to my usual testing center, and take the aformentioned exams, plus Intro to Computers. Well, the poor guy at the testing center woke up with strep throat this morning! So, my girlfriend called just about every testing center in Georgia and managed to have me take Environment and Humanity, and ISCA... I had to drive to from Powder Springs to Dunwoody, then to Lawrenceville, then down to Fayetteville to see my girl for dinner.

Anyway, all that to say the stress of the day, and the driving all around in Atlanta's insane traffic was more stressfull than either exam!!

Env. and Hum. was a fairly easy exam, as long as you study IC thoroughly. I passed with a 55, and I needed a 46.

I passed ISCA with a 56, and I needed a 50. IC was once again enough, but know the different job descriptions and job titles of people who work in the field of computers, IT, IS, etc.; I had quite a few q's about jobs, etc. that threw me.

Well, I've only got four left! Drug and Alchohol Abuse and Intro to Computers is schedule for Thursday, then Foundations of Education and Managment Info Systems for next Tuesday, and I'll graduate!!!!!!!!

Whoo, can't wait.
Thanks for all the help folks, IC has been the best money I ever spent on schooling!

David

I took sociology today and I can't believe I passed. I was so nervous but that feeling was unbelievable. I feel like I am on my way and I have to give it all to this forum. You guys are so inspiring. Thank You!!!

Hi Everyone!!
I am in the process right now of studying for my first test, which is the Western Civilization I. I have found a bunch of useful information from previous posts but I was wondering if anyone could give me some helpful advise about using IC. Looking at how many flashcards (about 400) there are for Western Civ I, how does one learn all of that information?
I am also using a book that I got from passyourclass.com, which seems to be helpful but I am kind of worried that not all of the information I need is contained in that booklet. Has anyone taken the Western Civ I test by only studying with the passyourclass book?
I am also planning on taking World Religions if anyone has any good advise about that test too.

Thank you all for your help, I really appreciate it!
Alicia

Just thought I would let the board know that I passed the CLEP exam, Introduction to Educational Psychology with a 69!! The exam was more difficult than I anticipated, but I passed.

I would advise you take Human Growth and Development prior to Educational Psychology ( great deal of overlap with these two exams) and use the REA books for these two exams.

This makes 5 CLEP's I have taken and passed in 9 weeks. Now I am ready for some upper-level DANTES, TESC, and ECE exams.

Most report that there is a ton of questions on the Stalin and Lenin eras. Has anybody used the sparknotes on these guys for the USSR exam?:

SparkNotes: Joseph Stalin
SparkNotes: Vladimir Lenin

Of course there is also the Russian Revolution sparknotes:
SparkNotes: The Russian Revolution (1917–1918)