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Quick! Help me Decide which CLEP to take...
#1
I just found out that I'm 3 credits short from graduating Aug 15th!

These are the CLEP's I can take:

American GOV'T
US Hist I
US Hist II
Macro Economics
Micro Economics
Marketing
Western Civilization II

I am HORRIBLE at math (and that is an understatment!) so I prefer not to take CLEP's with math...I think some of the ones above have math...like Marketing? I'm also not so hot with dates (ie History/Gov). Which of these CLEP's is easiest using IC ONLY to study?

I'd really appreciate input as I have to decide and take a CLEP ASAP! TIA!

I have successfully completed the CLEP's in my sig:
[SIZE="3"]Laurie[/SIZE]

[SIZE="2"]BS Psychology from Liberty University
[COLOR="Red"]Starting MA Human Services: Family & Marriage, Jan 2009!
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[COLOR="Black"]CLEP'd
Educational Psych 61
Principles of Management 70
Intro Business Law 63
American Lit 61
Principles of Marketing 65
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#2
[SIZE="4"]American GOV'T[/SIZE]
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#3
Either the A. Gov. or marketing. Both are doable with minimal study.
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#4
Babydoll1224 Wrote:I just found out that I'm 3 credits short from graduating Aug 15th!

These are the CLEP's I can take:

American GOV'T
US Hist I
US Hist II
Macro Economics
Micro Economics
Marketing
Western Civilization II

I am HORRIBLE at math (and that is an understatment!) so I prefer not to take CLEP's with math...I think some of the ones above have math...like Marketing? I'm also not so hot with dates (ie History/Gov). Which of these CLEP's is easiest using IC ONLY to study?

I'd really appreciate input as I have to decide and take a CLEP ASAP! TIA!

I have successfully completed the CLEP's in my sig:

You got a 70 on Principles of Management. If you can do that, you can DEFINITELY pass Principles of Marketing. It isn't a math type of exam, and you will not find anything scary on it. I promise!

Just study IC until you feel comfortable, and then go and earn yourself those final three credits.

Best of luck,
Snazzlefrag
My name is Rob
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Exams/Courses Passed (43):
- Courses (4): 1 Excelsior, 1 CSU-Pueblo, 2 Penn Foster.
- Exams (39): 24 DSST, 15 CLEP.

Total Credits: 142 (12 not used).
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#5
I agree...Marketing is definitely the way to go...I don't remember any math on that exam...I studied for 2 days and passed easily...
Excelsior BS - General Business - 2008
Jacksonville State University - MBA - 2010(Done)

121 credits...ALL DONE BABY!!!

54 credits transferred in from prior college
54 credits by examination
6 credits from community college
3 credits from CSU-Pueblo (Operations Management)
4 credits for Information Literacy and Business Strategy from Excelsior

CLEP:
Principles of Macroeconomics (64)
Principles of Microeconomics (61)
Principles of Marketing (66)
Principles of Management (72)
Info Systems and Comp Applications (57)
Introductory Business Law (65)
Social Sciences & History (61)
DSST:
Principles of Supervision (58)
Principles of Statistics (67)
Introduction to Computing (60)
Principles of Financial Accounting (56)
Principles of Finance (55)
Money and Banking (52)
Ethics in America (66)
Management Information Systems (58)
ECE:
Ethics: Theory and Practice (B)
Organizational Behavior ©

GMAT: 600
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#6
I agree - Marketing is the way to go, unless you are a real history/literature buff already. I cringe at the idea of math questions on timed tests. I have a real love/hate relationship with Math - I like it, but I am defintely challenged by it when testing!

Can you calculate a percentage increase/decrease? That is all the math you really need for this exam.

I used the resource below to remind me how to do it (I just so could not ask my 13 year old to remind me how to do it!): Algebra maybe, but percentages!! No!! A parent has to keep some dignity!

http://media.wiley.com/product_data/exce...007192.pdf

I found the InstantCert flashcards worked well for me and the REA book "Intro to Marketing" gave me the big picture I needed in less than 2 hours. The REA tests were good practice for the math questions (altho' they were not nearly as hard or nearly as many on the actual exam!) Out of all the exams I have done, this one took me the least amount of time to study for and was the easiest of any on your list.
CLEPS/DANTES ATTEMPTED/PASSED Big Grin -21 Classes credited:
[SIZE=1][SIZE=1]- Human/Cultural Geography (SOC300) 69/Nov 08

[/SIZE]- Intro to Business Law (LEG100) 73/Nov 08
- Astronomy (HUM300) 68/Nov 08
- Human Resource Management (BUS310) 73/Jul 08
- Money and Banking (ECO320) 64/Jun 08
- Principles of Finance (FIN100) 67/May 08
- Principles of Macroeconomics (ECO100) 75/Apr 08
- Principles of Marketing 74/Apr 08
- Introduction to World Religions (HUM400) 78/Apr 08
- Analyzing & Interpreting Lit 69/Mar 08 (6 credits)
- Introductory Psychology 74/Feb 08
- Introductory Sociology 73/Jan 08
- Principles of Mgmt 75/Dec 05
- English Comp (cold) 59/Sep 05 (6 credits)
- Information Systems & Computer Apps 72/Sep 05
- College French Language 75/Jun 05 (12 credits)

+Traditional Credits Earned 2005-2008: 17 classes - last 3 traditional classes completed Oct/08
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#7
Marketing, definitely!

Scott
57 credits done... 63 more to go!
B.S.B.A. International Business
Thomas Edison State College

Soli Deo Gloria!
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#8
Marketing! If you passed Management you can definitely do Marketing. It is very doable.
[SIZE="2"]BSBA Marketing Thomas Edison State College-63/120[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]College Math-66, College Algebra-64, Analyzing & Interpreting Literature-67, U.S. History I-66, U.S. History II-61, Information Systems & Computer Applications-59, Biology-61, DSST Introduction to Business-61, Introductory Sociology-65, Introductory Psychology-52, Principles of Microeconomics-54, Principles of Macroeconomics-47, Principles of Marketing-68, Financial Accounting-47, Introductory Business Law-62, Principles of Management-70, DSST Principles of Supervision-64, DSST Organizational Behavior-68, English Literature-61[/SIZE]
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#9
Thanks everyone! Looks like I'll start cramming for Marketing!

"Can you calculate a percentage increase/decrease? That is all the math you really need for this exam. "

Ha Ha...probably not...LOL...but I'll just take my best guess...thanks for the link I'll check that out!
[SIZE="3"]Laurie[/SIZE]

[SIZE="2"]BS Psychology from Liberty University
[COLOR="Red"]Starting MA Human Services: Family & Marriage, Jan 2009!
[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[COLOR="Black"]CLEP'd
Educational Psych 61
Principles of Management 70
Intro Business Law 63
American Lit 61
Principles of Marketing 65
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#10
Thanks everyone for your help! I took the Principles of Marketing test today, using IC ONLY and got a 65!

There were several things on the test that were not covered by IC but I either knew them, they were common sense answers or guessed right, so I was happy with the end result.
[SIZE="3"]Laurie[/SIZE]

[SIZE="2"]BS Psychology from Liberty University
[COLOR="Red"]Starting MA Human Services: Family & Marriage, Jan 2009!
[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[COLOR="Black"]CLEP'd
Educational Psych 61
Principles of Management 70
Intro Business Law 63
American Lit 61
Principles of Marketing 65
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