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musictester Wrote:Yeah- I found that out!
I think I am going to try the art again- just taking the test helped me know what time periods/themes to zone in on- tons of modern art and ancient Greece. I passed the CLEP humanities last summer, so I have some other humanities credits already. At least I won't make the same mistake on the ones I guessed on- and that will increase my odds from 1-4 to 1-3. And since I was so close, I think it might be feasible. I hear I have three months to study it anyway!
Are the questions mostly the same as the first test, or is it a completely new test?
Also, how many questions do you think I missed to get a 391/400? Was it like two? five? ten?
You probably didn't miss it my much probably a few % so I'd do it that way. If there was 90 questions on the test and you missed by 2-3% then you missed it by 2-3 questions MAYBE. If it was 100 then you maybe missed by 4 or so questions MAYBE. I wouldn't think about it to much, I did that with the Financial Accounting CLEP exam I missed by 2 points 48/80 needed a 50. I probably missed mine by maybe a question or two. Only a 75 question test so each question is worth 1.33% so they weigh much harder. Also no way of know which questions didn't count at all. There is no changing it so I wouldn't get hung up on it. You could take the exam again and do worse or better. Really depends on the questions that get pulled.
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So close!  There were 100 questions.
I guess I'll go for it again- maybe...
Synicaal Wrote:You probably didn't miss it my much probably a few % so I'd do it that way. If there was 90 questions on the test and you missed by 2-3% then you missed it by 2-3 questions MAYBE. If it was 100 then you maybe missed by 4 or so questions MAYBE. I wouldn't think about it to much, I did that with the Financial Accounting CLEP exam I missed by 2 points 48/80 needed a 50. I probably missed mine by maybe a question or two. Only a 75 question test so each question is worth 1.33% so they weigh much harder. Also no way of know which questions didn't count at all. There is no changing it so I wouldn't get hung up on it. You could take the exam again and do worse or better. Really depends on the questions that get pulled.
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Good job on your pass, and sorry about your miss. ;( It's frustrating and deflating to fail a test, but don't let it bring you down.
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It's not an easy exam. I took it many years ago and I have a lot of knowledge going into the exam. It was not easy. I actually suggest you look at the Humanities Clep now. You have an art history back ground studying for that DSST. Could help you transfer over to the Clep exam.
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Thanks for the encouragement!
cookderosa Wrote:Good job on your pass, and sorry about your miss. ;( It's frustrating and deflating to fail a test, but don't let it bring you down.
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I actually did take the CLEP Humanities, and got a 56.
Since my DSST score was so close, I think I could probably improve/study enough to pass
I felt like I knew many of the answers on the test, so there must be a lower margin than on some other tests, where half the answers you put down are guesses. I think they changed something when they refreshed it, because I have only heard of one person passing since then.
alleycat Wrote:It's not an easy exam. I took it many years ago and I have a lot of knowledge going into the exam. It was not easy. I actually suggest you look at the Humanities Clep now. You have an art history back ground studying for that DSST. Could help you transfer over to the Clep exam.
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When you look at the 2016 pass rate data for DSST exams, and rank the exams from LOWEST to BEST, Art is in the top 5 (out of 34). The pass rate is only 44%, so it is a hard exam for sure!
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I would agree with that data! At least it isn't just me!
Astronomy isn't in the top five too, right? I have to take that in March.
cookderosa Wrote:When you look at the 2016 pass rate data for DSST exams, and rank the exams from LOWEST to BEST, Art is in the top 5 (out of 34). The pass rate is only 44%, so it is a hard exam for sure!
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I can verify that the astronomy exam is no cakewalk. The IC flashcards were good, though.
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Any advice?
davewill Wrote:I can verify that the astronomy exam is no cakewalk. The IC flashcards were good, though.
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