Ready for CLEP Natural Sciences?

[Valerian]

[COLOR="#800080"]Hey hi,
So I just took the CLEP Biology, English Comp., American Lit and College Mathematics at the end of last week. I'm hoping to be ready for Intro Ed. Psych, Intro Psych, Natural Sciences and Intro. Sociology at the end of this week.

While I know I will grasp the social sciences easily, I am a bit up and down with Natural Science. My scores are pretty consistent, but my feelings about the exam fluctuate. I scored a 67 on BIO, I took the 8 Practice NS questions on the college boards site and got 8/8 correct. On the free-clep-prep's practice exam for Bio I scored an 82%. I just took a Peterson's practice exam for NS and scored a 62%.

I don't consider myself very science-minded at all. I spent 2 weeks studying Biology and frankly I was terrified to take the exam. That's why my score is such a shock to me. I'm tempted to spend 8-10 hours a day for several weeks studying for NS, but at the same time, I want to take the exam while what I do know from BIO is fresh in my head.

So what do you guys think? Based on my practice and bio scores, should I just move right on to preparing for the social sciences and take the exams Friday, or push them off until next week and spend a few more 8-10 hour days on NS?

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[HorseManiac]

I think that because you just had biology that will help you immensely with NS. You seem to have good practice scores as well. According to the free-clep-prep.com difficulty list from here, NS and Bio have the same difficulty. I would recommend that you use these websites to help too. There is one for each different area of science.

Good luck!

[Publius]

Whoa! First off congrats on the 24 for credits last week and hopefully the 15 this week! That's great.
To my recollection NS is 50% Biology. Between your Biology score and NS PT scores, it sounds like you'll be set.
Way to go and keep up the good work!

[Valerian]

Thanks! The goal is to earn 70 (73 with my AP scores from high school) credits before August 20th. I would love to finish my bachelor's degree in a year and move on to grad school right after that, so I'm pushing pretty hard. I think I'm just caught in between studying enough to achieve decent scores, but not studying so extensively that it's a waste of time. This forum has been so helpful. I've only just started making posts, but I've been reading extensively for weeks. Thanks again!

[Valerian]

Passed today with a 62!

[HorseManiac]

Passed today with a 62!

Great job!!! Good luck with the rest of your future goals!