08-03-2018, 02:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-03-2018, 02:54 PM by cookderosa.)
(08-01-2018, 06:33 PM)amp323 Wrote: Hello all, I'm new so apologies if this is in the wrong section. I also tried searching, and the results were incredibly convoluted. I'm a returning student, and I recently got my major changed from a BA in Economics to a BBA in Economics to have the opportunity to finish in 2019 instead of 2020. My advisor has let me know that if I CLEP some courses, I would be able to graduate in May instead of December of next year. As a result, I started researching and found the Modern States website, but I find this to be too simple for it to cover everything on the actual test. Moreover, I've read on this forum that most recommend supplementing the content on it with other study materials. Here's a list of the CLEP exams I need to take, and I'd appreciate any feedback on what you would recommend based on each test, and if I should take them in any particular order.
Principles of Marketing
Principles of Management
Information Systems
Introduction to Business Law
That's 12 credits and imo, you should have no trouble doing those alongside your regular semester coursework.
This may not be as hard as you imagine, especially if you've already gotten your feet wet with other business courses.
I'll also suggest adding REA guides (can borrow from your library) since they do 5 things:
1) narrow down what you need to study
2) provide practice tests
3) provide explanations for practice test answers- important
4) have been around for decades, while Modern States is still very new
5) help you understand how much you need to know to pass a CLEP
You're on the InstantCert forum, so of course you may want to pay for 1-2 months and use the flashcards. They are perfectly aligned to those exams.
Finally, no matter what you use, the Modern States program is giving free vouchers for the exam and will also reimburse your testing center fees- so there is an actual financial benefit for going through their prep courses.
Before testing, you need your school's cut score policy- if it's 50, that's great. 50 is the ACE threshold, and everything mentioned above will prepare you for a 50 very easily. If your school wants a HIGHER score, that's a bit of a different game, and you're going to have to do more prep.