Please rate the difficulty of these exams...

[mistae]

I need the easiest 3 credits available. From what I can gather, these are prob my best options:

Personal Finance DSST
Technical Writing DSST
Western Civilization I or II CLEP
Intro to Business DSST
Intro to Banking DSST
Principals of Substance Abuse DSST (only because I just passed the Health DSST- not sure if they're related in any way.)

Can people rate the difficulty levels? Any other suggested tests instead (I've taken the composition, lit and US history CLEPs and Health DSST)?

I was actually half way through studying for American Gov't months ago, but abandoned it because the practice tests were killing me; not sure why it was so hard for me to pass them but I'm not trying to blow 100 bucks on nothing.


Thanks!!

[JanusthePhoenix]

Maybe we should have a sticky explaining why this isn't a simple question of this test or that test, and how it all depends on what you've studied before, what you're interested in and such....

In any case, my vote is Substance Abuse. Study for a day or two following the DSST fact sheet and you'll be fine.

[P00057870]

As JanusthePoenix said -- this is hard to rate as it depends on your interests and even perhaps your personal experiences, where you work, etc.

I thought Intro to Business was easy, as I have worked in business for more than 40 years. I found Substance Abuse doable, as I currently work in a health related field but others have found it difficult.

I'm sure you get the picture.

Sometimes I take a look at ICs cards and see if some of the material looks familiar.

Also, some folks took lots of history in school and loved it -- me, I like watching documentaries but hate studying for it -- having to remember dates, places, names of people --and will avoid that if at all possible.

You will have to assess where you are in this whole process and make a selection.

[jadechow]

Hi,
Of the exams you've listed - I'd go with Intro to Business as being the easiest. Again, as was mentioned before - it really depends on your experience level with (and general interest in ) the subject.

Also, you might want to consider Intro to Sociology or Intro to Marketing even though you don't have them on your list. Those are both relatively easy exams that you could probably bang out without dedicating huge amounts of study time to them. Just my two cents though - your mileage may vary.