Have to take three CLEP exams within 10 days. I'm overwhelmed!

[EI2HCB]

"I opted not to take Western Civ in highschool. I'm much better with US history, but of course that does not count for a humanities elective. I'm taking the sociology CLEP this friday. I'm scheduled to take humanities next Thursday. I am going to have do a lot of studying for that one. How long does it take to receive test results? I've only ever taken Comp I, with an essay, and I didn't receive credits until 4 weeks later. If non essay CLEPs are faster, or even instant, than I will push off the Western Civ exam till the following week. Otherwise I'm taking it next Friday. Gulp"

The Western Civ II test is mostly world history and reasonably easy in my opinion, particularly German and French from 1600 onwards. If you figure out what the consequences are of not getting to walk "on time" then you can plan a little bit better and get those credits you need with less pressure. If you fail a test you have to wait three months to retake them, so you want to pas them the first time.
The non essay tests scores are dispensed after you click the "submit your test now button" and are instant. They are then electronically transferred to your college about 3 business days max and then its up to the college to transcribe them for you to graduate. Good luck! let us know how you get on.

[BGSU_Alum_86]

How long does it take to receive test results? I've only ever taken Comp I, with an essay, and I didn't receive credits until 4 weeks later. If non essay CLEPs are faster, or even instant, than I will push off the Western Civ exam till the following week.

The only CLEP exam that has a delay in producing results is College Composition (due to the required essays which are typed into the computer and included in the score results). All of the other CLEP exams (including the lit exams with or without optional essays) are instantly scored. Your official score is mailed to your designated school by CLEP Services, but you will receive a print-out of your score (considered unofficial) at the test center. Many of my candidates have used that unofficial score report to show their registrar's office for purposes of graduating.

Remember, even if your school requires the optional essays, those essays are not included in the CLEP score from the actual test. Now your school may not award you the credits earned (assuming you pass) until they receive the optional essays from CLEP that go with that particular exam, but that would be a question to ask your registrar's office.

[beastcoast94]

Lol so things have become quite interesting. I've always been the type of student to manage my own course schedule, as far as credit requirements are concerned. I haven't met with my advisor in over a year. As it turns out, I made a major miscalculation. I actually need 9 humanities credits and 6 social science credits in order to graduate. The registrar found it strange that I was even submitting an intent to graduate form.

This means, if I still wish to graduate, I will need to take 5 CLEPs within the next 3ish weeks. I'm taking sociology Thursday and humanities on friday (haven't even begun to study for this one). I will have to take both Western Civ exams in the next few weeks. And if I fail one, I will not graduate. And I'll also need another social science equivalent. I'm thinking psychology. LMAO this'll be good.

[KittenMittens]

Lol so things have become quite interesting. I've always been the type of student to manage my own course schedule, as far as credit requirements are concerned. I haven't met with my advisor in over a year. As it turns out, I made a major miscalculation. I actually need 9 humanities credits and 6 social science credits in order to graduate. The registrar found it strange that I was even submitting an intent to graduate form.

This means, if I still wish to graduate, I will need to take 5 CLEPs within the next 3ish weeks. I'm taking sociology Thursday and humanities on friday (haven't even begun to study for this one). I will have to take both Western Civ exams in the next few weeks. And if I fail one, I will not graduate. And I'll also need another social science equivalent. I'm thinking psychology. LMAO this'll be good.

I'm sure you will pass them. CLEPs aren't too bad. Just read the discussion threads on the subscriber forums particularly any recent posts about what's on the exam, check out freeclepprep.com's input on them, do the flash cards, and any practice exams.

[beastcoast94]

I'm sure you will pass them. CLEPs aren't too bad. Just read the discussion threads on the subscriber forums particularly any recent posts about what's on the exam, check out freeclepprep.com's input on them, do the flash cards, and any practice exams.

Thank you. I'm most worried about humanities, which I heard is more difficult. I take that Friday and won't even have a chance to begin studying until tomorrow afternoon.

[KittenMittens]

Thank you. I'm most worried about humanities, which I heard is more difficult. I take that Friday and won't even have a chance to begin studying until tomorrow afternoon.

Meh, instantcert.com reports 690/728 passed the exam ~95% which is encouraging.

Here are some official sample questions:

https://professionals.collegeboard.com/p..._sheet.pdf
https://clep.collegeboard.org/exam/humanities/questions

And also you can spend $10 for the CLEP Humanities Examination Guide which has an official practice test as well. You'll probably end up with a similarly worded exam (not exactly the same, nor the same questions) which helps understand the test-maker's thought process and reasoning.

[sanantone]

I would look at the civilian pass rates for CLEPs. http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...rates.html Not everyone is going to report their score to IC, and IC has not attempted to gather a representative sample of test takers among the IC users. Therefore, there is probably a large sampling error with the IC pass rates.

[mcgrad15]

If it makes you feel any better, I was almost in the same boat as you. I needed 21 hours to graduate last semester. I took 15 hours last semester (hardly studied for anything - no more than 3 hours each), and I took the last 6 credit hours last week. It feels sooooo good to have that done, and I know you are probably stressed to the max. You can do it! Study every day!

PS: While CLEPing, I was also taking 21 credit hours in school and working full time. I was very busy and still did it so I hope that encourages you!

[KittenMittens]

I would look at the civilian pass rates for CLEPs. http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...rates.html Not everyone is going to report their score to IC, and IC has not attempted to gather a representative sample of test takers among the IC users. Therefore, there is probably a large sampling error with the IC pass rates.

I'm assuming those are civilian pass rates for the total population. Civilian rates are consistently higher than military which is interesting. More importantly, there's always going to be some level of sampling error.

I'd say that 690/728 users passing the exam (self-selected group of course) means something i.e. that people who are subscribing to instantcert flash cards are getting higher pass rates comparing to the overall test taker population.

Some of the subjects are not like that and instantcert subjects with 80% pass rates correlate with noticeably higher failure rates on those pdfs you referenced. For example: DSST Personal Finance is at 86% on instantcert.com, with a much smaller sample size, and 64% pass rate on the total population, so there's a correlation between instantcert pass rates and official population pass rates in general.

That said, CLEP Humanities according to that civilian pdf has about 69% passing which is roughly the same as all the other CLEPS. Now how many of these test takers were serious (or even semi-serious), knew how to study properly/efficiently, first time test takers, etc? It makes a tremendous difference.

So at least we can say, that of the percentage of instantcert subscribers that took the CLEP Humanities exam and reported a score, 95% percent of them reported a passing score. It could be said that those who pass are more likely to report their score than those who fail, nevertheless, 690/728 students showing passing rates is statistically significant and reveals a positive trend overall. So it is statistically significant that people who use these resources are doing much better than the overall test taker population for any given CLEP exam.

[sanantone]

I'm assuming those are civilian pass rates for the total population. Civilian rates are consistently higher than military which is interesting. More importantly, there's always going to be some level of sampling error.

I'd say that 690/728 users passing the exam (self-selected group of course) means something i.e. that people who are subscribing to instantcert flash cards are getting higher pass rates comparing to the overall test taker population.

Some of the subjects are not like that and instantcert subjects with 80% pass rates correlate with noticeably higher failure rates on those pdfs you referenced. For example: DSST Personal Finance is at 86% on instantcert.com, with a much smaller sample size, and 64% pass rate on the total population, so there's a correlation between instantcert pass rates and official population pass rates in general.

That said, CLEP Humanities according to that civilian pdf has about 69% passing which is roughly the same as all the other CLEPS. Now how many of these test takers were serious (or even semi-serious), knew how to study properly/efficiently, first time test takers, etc? It makes a tremendous difference.

So at least we can say, that of the percentage of instantcert subscribers that took the CLEP Humanities exam and reported a score, 95% percent of them reported a passing score. It could be said that those who pass are more likely to report their score than those who fail, nevertheless, 690/728 students showing passing rates is statistically significant and reveals a positive trend overall. So it is statistically significant that people who use these resources are doing much better than the overall test taker population for any given CLEP exam.

I believe the military get their first test for free, which gives them less of an incentive to study hard. The percentage of people who fail after using IC is unknown, so those numbers are almost meaningless. We don't know which way the sampling bias swings and how much it swings.