08-29-2007, 03:45 PM
I can share this:
As your tag line says...a pass is a pass...keep in mind a monkey can take any 100 question multiple choice test and score a 20% on it.
So chances are you are going to know some of the questions without having to think about it, probably in the 10%-15% range....that right there will put you at about 35%-40%
You will probably be fairly sure of another 10% and somewhat ok with your guess on another 10% but probably wrong on half of those.
The rest are all guesses.
When you get down to those that you just have no effin' clue you have four choices. Most of the time two of the choice are just not going to be reasonable. So now you can eliminate two and give yourself a 50/50 shot.
If you just keep plugging along with that kind of attitude you will do fine. The difference between a 49 and 51 is not intelligence....and it never will be.
And there is no difference between a 51 and anything higher.
As for studying...I prefer the hit and run method. I study for 30 to 45 minute blocks of time and digest..think as I do other tasks...a load of laundry, cook dinner...clean the kitchen, drive kids around...whatever....something where my body is doing a task, but my mind can replay what I just went over.
An hour or so later...I study again...a completely different block of information...not the same stuff. Never the same stuff. Do the same thing again. And then I try to mentally piece it in my mind...like history..I mentally piece in my mind what the world was like...what was going here..in Europe..etc...or in English, I purposely try to write bad sentences so I can recognize them better. In science...I put things together and group them (which was why I took Sociology and Psychology at the same time) and study them together. It cuts down on my study time and creates a framework from which I can answer both test questions from.
The day before the test, I print out the free Peterson's test and take it and check what I get. Whatever I get I go back and read the answers. (I have found the Peterson's questions to be the most like the actual CLEP tests questions...especially for sociology and psychology.)
Of course I don't discount luck, nerves, caffeine and God. So I usually have to pee while I take the test because I have had a couple of lattes, and I have a nervous tick and sit and jiggle my foot the entire time. I also carry and Icon of St. Athanasisus with me and do several deep breathing exercises before I start and just after I finish.
(I usually finish in about 45 minutes.)
Kyra
As your tag line says...a pass is a pass...keep in mind a monkey can take any 100 question multiple choice test and score a 20% on it.
So chances are you are going to know some of the questions without having to think about it, probably in the 10%-15% range....that right there will put you at about 35%-40%
You will probably be fairly sure of another 10% and somewhat ok with your guess on another 10% but probably wrong on half of those.
The rest are all guesses.
When you get down to those that you just have no effin' clue you have four choices. Most of the time two of the choice are just not going to be reasonable. So now you can eliminate two and give yourself a 50/50 shot.
If you just keep plugging along with that kind of attitude you will do fine. The difference between a 49 and 51 is not intelligence....and it never will be.
And there is no difference between a 51 and anything higher.
As for studying...I prefer the hit and run method. I study for 30 to 45 minute blocks of time and digest..think as I do other tasks...a load of laundry, cook dinner...clean the kitchen, drive kids around...whatever....something where my body is doing a task, but my mind can replay what I just went over.
An hour or so later...I study again...a completely different block of information...not the same stuff. Never the same stuff. Do the same thing again. And then I try to mentally piece it in my mind...like history..I mentally piece in my mind what the world was like...what was going here..in Europe..etc...or in English, I purposely try to write bad sentences so I can recognize them better. In science...I put things together and group them (which was why I took Sociology and Psychology at the same time) and study them together. It cuts down on my study time and creates a framework from which I can answer both test questions from.
The day before the test, I print out the free Peterson's test and take it and check what I get. Whatever I get I go back and read the answers. (I have found the Peterson's questions to be the most like the actual CLEP tests questions...especially for sociology and psychology.)
Of course I don't discount luck, nerves, caffeine and God. So I usually have to pee while I take the test because I have had a couple of lattes, and I have a nervous tick and sit and jiggle my foot the entire time. I also carry and Icon of St. Athanasisus with me and do several deep breathing exercises before I start and just after I finish.
(I usually finish in about 45 minutes.)
Kyra
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