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Hello all,
Ive read over some threads and gained some valuable advice from you all, so i will start off by saying thank you for your contributions. I currently must pass the Humanities and Natural Sciences CLEP, all before the 24th of this month. I have been using InstaCert for humanities for a few days now, about 3 hours a day. I am having good success with the flashcards, however that is my only source of studying. Is that enough? if Im doing well on the flashcards, is that all I need before taking the CLEP? I dont want to take and fail it, so its important that I pass, but I just dont have the luxury of studying for an extra week or so. I have to start studying for Natural Sciences by mid-week to get that one too.
ANY help, advice, and tips would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Dave
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Did you take any practice tests, and if so, are you making reasonable scores?
AA Liberal Studies, Thomas Edison State College-Dec. 2012
BA Liberal Studies, Thomas Edison State College-Sept. 2013
16 CLEPs, 6 DSSTs, 12 FEMAs, and a handful of B&M lab science courses
120/120 credits DONE :hurray:
âHe who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.â
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I took a couple before starting InstaCert to gauge my standing. Didnt do so well obviously, but Im doing well on the flashcards. Whats the best practice test? Ill take it asap.
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Take them again! I do that as a before-and-after measurement. I remember taking the official CLEP guide's practice test for humanities. Try to find a CLEP humanities study guide (REA for example) at your library. Sometimes they're hidden in a CLEP general examinations guide, like Barron's. If your library catalog provides access to Peterson's exams, try that too.
AA Liberal Studies, Thomas Edison State College-Dec. 2012
BA Liberal Studies, Thomas Edison State College-Sept. 2013
16 CLEPs, 6 DSSTs, 12 FEMAs, and a handful of B&M lab science courses
120/120 credits DONE :hurray:
âHe who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.â
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I never took the Natural Science exam, so I cannot comment about that particular exam. I took the Humanities exam about a year and half ago. In addition to the flashcards I used the Official Clep 2012 Study Guide (for the practice exam), the REA book (came with a cd-rom with two practices exams) and I paid the $20 for the 3 Peterson's practice exams. It was my first Clep so I wanted to be super prepared. There was also a spreadsheet that another user created that was in the Humanities Specific Feedback that was helpful in targeting the most important info---find that and use it for additional studying.
I agree with Snickerdoodle, I would try and do as many practice exams as possible for the 6 credit Clep's and read the feedback sections for both exams for the most current info from other users.
Good Luck
Clep's Passed: Humanites 70, Sociology 60, Psy 74, HG&D 61, EP 64
DSST's Passed: World Religions 480, Vietnam War 67, Environment & Humanity 67, M&B 64, MIS 449, Org Beh. 64, CJ 437, SA 450, USSR 64, CW 66,
Penn Foster: Fin. Man.
Did all the aleks stuff
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Thanks guys. Its unfortunate that I have to cram them in such a tight window, but I have an open schedule and am studying all day! I'll look into the spreadsheet you mentioned!
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Does anyone know if the questions are multiple choice? Or fill in the blank?
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Both tests you mention are multiple-choice. If you have not read over the exam descriptions of each exam on the CLEP website, I would suggest doing this ASAP (that is also where you would have found the answer to your question).
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Davidh,
Have you used the information available in the Feedback Forum? I found the comments extremely helpful and enabled me to focus my study in the right direction as opposed to studying everything.
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Ive tried to view it but it shows no threads in the section. I am a paying Instacert customer...so I dont know whats going on. I even followed the link it told me to follow, logged in, and then when it was suppose to "prompt me to enter forum login info" it didnt..
any help?
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