Advice.

[MNomadic]

Since you're heading to the library tomorrow, you might want to check and see if they have CLEP/REA books on the courses you have mentioned above.  There are so many CLEP prep books at the library; it's the best resource for physical books unless you want to rent a specific one from Amazon or Chegg.

Went to the library today and they only had the 2018 Study guide. However, they had me fill out forms that would get me the REA books shipped to the library within two weeks which is pretty cool. The only one I didn't ask for was the Information Systems one because I can't seem to find an updated one for the new test format. Any suggestions?

Some libraries may have E-resources as well, such as freading, hoopla, libby/overdrive and some others. Whatever physical books I couldn't find, I was able find through those resources.

The only online resource I found that's available in relation the CLEP is access to a database full of Practice Tests.

That's a great resource!

[clep3705]

Free Clep Prep has some short but thorough study guides for management and marketing. It's hard to find something more efficient. http://www.free-clep-prep.com/FCP-Quick-...heets.html

[cookderosa]

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.