Political Science 102

[Collegelady2]

Anyone taken the American Government test thru study.com how was the test? I'm hoping to finish up the course today and then test tomorrow.

[rlw74]

I did... It's a lot of definitions but if you are scoring well on the practice exam you'll do fine on the final. I think I scored exactly 90 on both. Just take those practice tests and memorize anything you miss. I actually wrote out each flashcard by hand.

[Collegelady2]

I did... It's a lot of definitions but if you are scoring well on the practice exam you'll do fine on the final. I think I scored exactly 90 on both. Just take those practice tests and memorize anything you miss. I actually wrote out each flashcard by hand.

So test is just like practice final? I thought principles of finance test was much harder got 88 on practice final but only 74 on final

[rlw74]

So test is just like practice final? I thought principles of finance test was much harder got 88 on practice final but only 74 on final

It is not the same exact questions but the questions on this one were very similar. I took other courses and scored in the high 90s on the practice final but only scored in the high 80s on the actual test. There is usually a 10 point variance I found. With the government course though the score on my practice test was exactly the same as the final exam- which may have just been a fluke. This was one of my first study.com courses and I probably over-stressed and over-studied. It really is just a lot of definitions and knowing the different parts of government, understanding how political campaigns are funded etc. I spent a lot of time memorizing the flashcards and the questions were almost word-for-word from the flashcards. So I would focus on those and if you feel you understand it, can pick out the right definition you'll be fine.

[ndelco]

The test was pretty similar. I was surprised that I actually enjoyed this course. I expected it to be boring and the final to be a slog, but it wasn't bad at all. Good luck!