Poll question - pass rate among members

[PonyGirl93]

No, it's because you're a ninja.

....+1....

[clep3705]

...The secret to my success is the REA books. Read them all the way through, do all the tests and reread the answers to the ones you get wrong.
Focus on those.
Don't be afraid to spend a whole weekend or two reading and studying. Knowing this material well will help you in successive tests and in later course work and life in general. 20 hours spent studying for a CLEP is alot better than spending an entire semester driving to class, parking, sitting in the chair, taking tests, doing assignments and group projects.

The only tests I studied for were statistics, history, and sociology. REA was the secret to my success in history and sociology. I did not find value in spending money on other means of preparation except for statistics. I did use InstantCert for statistics, but only for review purposes.

[SandraNC]

I asked because I wondered how a center worker would know, and why they would care. Not being trite, I'm serious, they don't really have a reason to look at scores unless they're being nosy, it's not like they are allowed. Now I'm curious about privacy and/or confidentiality.....hummm. :confused:

I don't know...there could be a CollegeBoard tool for testing centers to keep track of such things. I've never seen what goes on from the testing center point of view, but they might have a "statistics" panel provided by CollegeBoard showing them overall number of test-takers and number of scores over 50. I can't imagine our busy test center keeping track at the individual level. I would think that impossible, as limited as their resources are.

[cookderosa]

I don't know...there could be a CollegeBoard tool for testing centers to keep track of such things. I've never seen what goes on from the testing center point of view, but they might have a "statistics" panel provided by CollegeBoard showing them overall number of test-takers and number of scores over 50. I can't imagine our busy test center keeping track at the individual level. I would think that impossible, as limited as their resources are.

I'm sending out an inquiry to College Board, I'll post if I get a reply.

[ryoder]

Thanks for calling me a ninja Thats a very cool designation.
But actually its just overstudying. I read read read. When I was in college, I looked into CLEP and the stupid material I read made it sound like you already have to know the subject cold before taking the tests so I ruled it out.
I wish I had just gone to the bookstore and picked up a REA book.
Those books are the reason why I have a degree and am working on my MBA.

I taught myself computer network management and picked up an MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) back in 1998 after reading books and testing out, passing 7 tests to receive that designation in 6 weeks.

At that point, if you had told me about CLEP, TESC and the REA books, I would have been able to finish my degree within months. Oh well

[LaceyLady]

I have taken 20 exams so far and failed one so that makes 95%. My course grades have all been in the 90's so they do correlate with my exam pass rate. I do tend to over-study.

[cookderosa]

Here is the thread outlining the reply they sent me:

http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...il-me.html

[Prloko]

After passing my first few tests, you can imagine my enthusiasm. I went and recommended them to family, friends, and my airmen. Most of them subsequently went on to failing the CLEPs. IMHO, it seems us DF members are part of a unique group. People have different learning styles. Some of us are perfect for CLEP/DSSTs, some are more suited to class rooms (I know I am not a fan of online learning), the key is to find what works well and run with it.

[sanantone]

I actually get an adrenaline rush when I take tests. Yep, I'm weird.

[Daithi]

I'm just bumping this thread to see if we get anymore people to answer the poll.