REA Guide for Humanities

[retake]

Does anyone happen to know if the Humanities section of the REA General Exams guide is a good indicator of the level of difficulty on this test? I have been studying for this exam for nearly five weeks now and will be taking it later this week. In the Cracking the CLEP guide, I got 107/140 questions correct. On the Peterson's CLEP Success guide, I got 75/140 correct. However, on the first REA test I only scored 71/140. The topics covered in the REA test don't seem to coincide with the IC flashcards.

I'm a bit worried because I studied most of the poetry and lit related stuff the first 2.5 weeks, and I seem to have forgotten most of it. Now, I'm thinking I should reschedule.

[ShotoJuku]

The REA book is fine, the COMEX book (IMO) is better. I think you're doing fine.

[Ruddigore]

I thought that the REA tests for Humanities were more difficult than the real exam. The Peterson's exams were much closer.

For Humanities, you probably want to back up your IC learning with some other source -- Wikipedia is one of the easiest. Use it to reenforce all the new names you learn (and believe me, there will be a lot!).

Have fun with this one!

[retake]

Thanks for the input. I've been using Wikipedia to help reinforce the information into my brain. Lots of names though. I also went over the Speedyprep flash cards about six times.

I suppose the REA guide isn't the most accurate representation. I was scoring below 50% in the REA guide for the English Comp and Social Science CLEPs, but those were my best scores. I was also scoring +60% on the REA Natural Science exam and that turned out to be my worst score (56).

[ShotoJuku]

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[B Smith]

REA guides tend to be pretty good and representative of the exam. I found I usually did better on the real test, but I've never viewed this as a problem.

[Levi]

The REA book is fine, the COMEX book (IMO) is better. I think you're doing fine.

I completely agree.

[94steve]

I took one look at one of the practice tests and immidiately decided to go another route. I'm all about learning new things but art, literature, and especially music are out of my league.

[Levi]

I took one look at one of the practice tests and immidiately decided to go another route. I'm all about learning new things but art, literature, and especially music are out of my league.

I wouldn't be so sure it's out of your league....you might surprise yourself.

[94steve]

I need 3 more humanties credits to satisfy my TESC humanities gened requirements for my BA. DSST World Religions seems like it'd be alot more fun to study for even though it has a reputation for being a difficult exam.