Microeconomic CLEP result and a few questions

[spazz]

See, that's the thing - as much as I like IC, I don't see how, if I used that exclusively, that I would've even received a 48. My textbook, and a bunch of economics web pages, helped me to decipher the information more. I often felt that I over-studied for this exam and that's more of a reason why I'm so disappointed with my score. Maybe I'm beating myself up too much but I really, really don't want to re-take the Macro one as well so I need to figure out what I can do, that I did differently with Micro, that will help me to pass. It's frustrating indeed.

Seems like you would be better off taking a 4 week course on macro at your local community college or such. That way you would not have to stress so much and you would know whats expected of you. That is if you're spending this much time studying anyway.

[upgray]

I prep the same way that cupatee does. I don't take a test until i am pushing an 80 percentile on the practice test. It doesn't really take very much more time, and it seems to pay off. I just passed micro using instant cert and the ap micro/macro book by princeton review. (btw instantcert didn't seem to cover marginal social cost in the flashcards, good to know.)

[zippy99]

I didn't sit these tests so take this for what it's worth. I did however take both Macro and Micro at a regular Uni in a classroom setting.
I think part of the problem is that you took the exams out of order. Regular classes invariably teach Macro and then Micro. This is because many of the principles are the same, and the Micro class builds on the priniples taught in Macro so hopefully you'll do better on Macro.

As someone else noted you may be better off to take a course at a local Community college. My local CC offers both courses entirely online. Its a CD based training program, and if you take it during the summer is only 5 weeks.
You'll have a better shot at doing well, you'll probably learn more, there will be less stress and most Community Colleges are dirt cheap.

[MuellerArts]

As a Business major, I think that the benefits of actually learning economics traditionally outweigh the benefits of testing out of it... but that's for a Business major.

I took Macro and Micro in community college (I took them Micro, then Macro due to scheduling), then Intermediate Macro at non-trad university... and the concepts from all these classes continually come up in other courses. As I go on to work on my MBA, I know that I've got a solid foundation.