For those who passed College Composition Modular CLEP...

[tmz]

For those who have passed College Composition Modular:
Please tell us what resources you used for study, and which were most helpful to you.

[dcan]

There's an entire thread devoted to exactly that over in the Specific Feedback Forum.

It tells you what to expect on the test (types of questions/etc), and what study guides worked best for people and why.

[tmz]

If I had access to that section, id know what your referring to. As it stands InstaCert's course is English Composition. Which I heard is not the same as the current clep exam for College Composition Modular... unless im missing something here. :confused:

[dcan]

Yeah it's subscriber only, and damn well worth the money if you are taking more than one or two tests.

CollegeBoard consolidated a few separate English tests into College Composition and College Composition Modular. The biggest change is the new focus on source attribution, due to rampant plagiarism in colleges now. They also "modularized" the essay portion for CCM, allowing options of no essays, essays scored by CollegeBoard, or entire essay requirement provided by and scored by the college you are applying the test to for credit.

I used a regular grammar study guide ("Grammar in 24 Hours" or something like that, only about 2/3 of which was useful) and Peterson's practice tests. I also wrote about 5-7 practice essays under time constraints to prepare.

FYI you can pick up the 2011 official CLEP "study guide" by CollegeBoard from Amazon for about $15 or less. It has a sample 60-question test for every CLEP test they make. The composition test looks remarkably accurate, IMO, if you want to know what to expect.