I passed
I got a 62
That test was way harder than I thought it would be. The free clep test had a note saying his test was hard on purpose but the real CLEP test was even harder. I wasn't sure I was going to pass it when I hit the final submit button but I got a 62
I used the full time period too and didn't have enough time to read two problems and just had to completely guessed on them.
There were a lot of phelogeny questions and really hard punnet squares dihybrid (for someone who has never done them other than studying for this clep test).
My strong point was ecology (having taken it and studied it a lot), so that's what saved me on the test time limit and completion cause I was able to whiz through those..
And my test sheet I got with my score says it's 6 credits
I got a 62
That test was way harder than I thought it would be. The free clep test had a note saying his test was hard on purpose but the real CLEP test was even harder. I wasn't sure I was going to pass it when I hit the final submit button but I got a 62
I used the full time period too and didn't have enough time to read two problems and just had to completely guessed on them.
There were a lot of phelogeny questions and really hard punnet squares dihybrid (for someone who has never done them other than studying for this clep test).
My strong point was ecology (having taken it and studied it a lot), so that's what saved me on the test time limit and completion cause I was able to whiz through those..
And my test sheet I got with my score says it's 6 credits
SNC Wrote:Here is what I am doing if it helps anyone in the future.
Background:
I took high school biology and nearly failed about 20 years ago.
In college I've gotten A's in Chem 1, Chem 2, O-chem 1, O-chem 2, Environmental Systems, Ecology, and some other earth science classes
If I pass Bio CLEP that will save me a LOT of time my senior year.
So this is what I did starting out with nothing except the background I mentioned above.
1. First thing I did was find two websites with about 160 flashcards. One was so easy because it was multiple choice I could rule out most answers.
I wanted to just take it cold and see how I did, but I have been studying a lot instead.
2. I started out with a biology clep khan academy playlist on youtube. Watched every single video plus followed the links to the khan academy site and watched some of the extras. From that I ended up with about 2 pages double sided of notes.
3. I then watched crash course biology on Khan Academy because I happened upon it when trying to learn more about plants (one of my weaknesses). I watched it in fast forward and skipped some. I also watched most of the khan academy stuff in fast forward but watched a couple videos twice. I didn't find the biology crash course to be as helpful because it didn't have as many diagrams or visuals.
4. I then spent roughly 4 days skimming every single page in.
"Biology in focus" second edition that a teacher loaned to me
https://www.amazon.com/Campbell-Biology-...0321962753
The concepts I learned with the khan academy videos really came together when I skimmed that book. I ended up with another page of notes on plants.
5. Next I just took the freecleptest test and got 62% (in 58 minutes)
I waited about 2 hours and took it a second time and got 92% (in 39 minutes) (of course 80-90% of the questions were repeated).
6. Now I'm just going to go through that list of wikipedia articles and read up on anything I am not as familiar with and fill out some missing areas of my notes that I realized after taking the freecleptest test. Then just study and review my notes until test day.
I suppose I have spent about 5-6 weeks so far on and off. I really don't remember. This summer has just flown by too fast.
I feel like I have a good grasp of the concepts and normal level definitions. Just not the more in depth stuff and words and definitions of some plant hormones, and human systems. My test is in 5 days and I hope that will be enough to pass.