10 tests done in 4 days

[hallegirl4]

Okay, this has given me quite a laugh... tell us, whats your secret???

[Joel]

Knocked two tests out this morning...

Scored a 71 on the CLEP Analyzing & Interpreting Literature exam and a 59 on the CLEP Introductory Psychology.

[pcs]

way to go oh mighty clep and dantes master

[operalady]

Impressive. Please tell us your secret. We study for each test at least a month.

[Joel]

Impressive. Please tell us your secret. We study for each test at least a month.

No secret. I just have a fair knowledge of a lot of subjects and am a pretty decent test taker.

[Joel]

1/21/09 Update:

I took two exams this morning, foundations of education and fundamentals of counseling. I passed with a 67 on both tests for two A's at EC.

[Don Flamenco]

Joel,

Do you like to organize the questions in the test in any way, or are you just using what you already know about the subject. Basically, do you have a particular way you tackle a test - Have any good strategies to share with us?

From personal experience, I have taken both Social Sciences and Computer Information Systems CLEPS by just winging it. I scored a 54 and 52, but this was before I knew I needed to wait 6 months before taking the test over again if I failed!

Now I'm on my second week studying Macro and I'm only now feeling comfortable enough to maybe taking it next week. It is bad enough that I would need to wait 6 months if I failed, but I might poke my eyes out if I had to have another go of studying this stuff.

Tell us your secrets!

[Joel]

Took two exams this morning...Principles of Marketing and General Anthropology.

Principles of Marketing...took this one cold. Overall, it's not a killer, but definately not a gimme. A little bit of terminology and a lot of concepts and applications. Many situational questions...ie 'Given these specific circumstances, the marketing department of company XYZ should do _____ if they want to achieve these specific results. Scored a 66.

General Anthropology...this is the first exam I've actively studied for. I have no prior knowledge in the subject so I was fairly nervous. I put in 3-4 hours of studying. I took all of the subjects mentioned in the specific feedback section and looked them up on Wikipedia. I also studied a couple of anthropology overviews on various college websites and also read the SparksChart last night. This test was a lot deeper/specific than I anticipated. Needed a 47 to pass, and I scored a 52 for a B at Excelsior.

[Joel]

I had planned to take the CLEP Humanities exam this morning. Got to the test center expecting a long test considering it's a 140 questions. Finished in 35 minnutes with a 65.

I felt so good after finishing that I decided on a whim to take the Social Science and History test as well. 119 questions on the test. I felt sick the entire time knowing for sure I was about to fail my first test. I didn't feel like I knew any of the answers. 45 minutes later, I walked out with a 66.

I'm totally blown away. 12 credits in less than 90 minutes. I took 7 practice tests as my prep for Humanities and did no prep for SS & H.

[Joel]

Took the Civil War & Reconstruction exam this morning. 112 questions. More difficult than any other test I've taken so far, but very doable.

Passed with a 62 for an A at EC.