Taking CLEP Composition (Modular?) , Business Law, and History and Social Sciences

[CaseyW]

Hey all,

I need to take these three CLEP tests. I work 50-60 hours a week. Should I try to study for them all and take them all at once? or should I do them one at a time? Is there any advantage to doing them all at once?

Also, is there a preference between composition and composition and Modular? ( I can take either)

I appreciate your help

*EDIT: this is for admittance into Northwestern California School of Law.

[jmichelle79]

Everyone is different. Some people on this board are super testers, some take a little more time. I'm one of those that take a little more time type of person. I usually study for one test at a time. The specific feedback section on this board is the best, check it out.
Depending on your school would determine what English you would want to do. I do not think that Excelsior takes Eng Comp. If you are planning on TESC you would want the Eng Comp w/ Mod, in order to recieve full english requirements. You can also take Eng 101 and 102 to recieve credits through Straighterline,, not sure about Excelsior. I'm not sure about Charter Oaks requirements, someone else might be able to give you info on them.
Good Luck!

[Publius]

Something else to note as far as the two compositions go, College Composition's essay is graded by the College Board while Modular's essay will be graded by the school your already with (I'm not sure if your school gets to choose the topic which you write on or not but they might).

Working 50-60 hours a week and then studying for three tests at the same time and taking them at the same time may be difficult (not at all impossible, but it will almost always be harder). You may want to take whichever test your most comfortable with and study for and take it (followed by the next most comfortable for you). But as jmichelle79 said, be sure to check out the Specific Exam Feedback area...

[LaterBloomer]

CaseyW,

Is there any reason for you to take the tests as fast as you can? If not, why do it? Are you trying to prove something? Save that for another time. For tests, you only need to prove that you can take and pass them. Not how quickly you can take them. Not how many you can take at one time. Take. Pass. Simple, huh? As to the order, there are two schools of thought on this. One, work up to the hard ones. (Hard is relative. What would be hard for YOU?) The other school of thought is to study and take the hardest test first. If you fail, you can take the easier tests during the six (?) months you must wait before you take the hard test again. (My mind is fuzzy. The wait time may have been reduced to three months between test retakes.) Whichever way you go, just get there (says the futzing-around poster).

[CaseyW]

Thanks a ton guys, I should have mentioned, these tests are for admittance into Northwestern California School of Law. So I just have to take these three, and I can take either english comp, but must be one of them. I'm on no schedule, the school won't admit me till I take them. haha.

I actually attended College and community college about 18? years ago. I got about 50 credits towards my degree then decided to go to an Art School where I got an AAA (Associate of Applied Arts) NWCLU will not accept (or I should say California Bar) an AAA degree for admittance to their school so I'm basically starting over. I think the 3 tests should be pretty doable in 6 months. I ran through some of the practice tests and I'm currently getting about %60 correct on all three tests with 0 prep so.. hopefully I'll be able to make it through these OK.

Buying the sites study course tonight.

[BGSU_Alum_86]

I am surprised because I have talked with other candidates from California who were planning to attend law school. They had found that if they didn't have a bachelor's degree, they could take several CLEP exams to fulfill the state's requirement. From what they have shared (and what I have found on the internet), you are correct that you can take either College Composition or College Composition Modular. But the other info I have found says you either need to take 2 CLEP exams that are 6 credits each or 4 exams that are 3 credits each. Introductory Business Law is a 3-credit exam and then Social Sciences & History is a 6-credit exam. It seems like you are going to be missing some credits/exams. Have you double-checked with Northwestern about their requirements and if these requirements will allow for you to take the bar?

I have had a couple of candidates sit for the College Composition exam who were intending to attend law school. They felt this exam would be more challenging and wanted to impress the law school. If you do choose College Composition Modular, does your law school want you to take the optional essays? If they do, you will then want to find out if they want to supply the essay topics or if they will allow CLEP to supply the essay topics. Either way, the law school would then receive your handwritten responses in addition to the score generated for your responses to the multiple-choice portion of the exam. This score will not change, no matter what your law school does with those essays. The College Composition exam has the built-in essays and your score will be a cumulative score of the multiple-choice section PLUS your essay responses.

[CaseyW]

I am surprised because I have talked with other candidates from California who were planning to attend law school. They had found that if they didn't have a bachelor's degree, they could take several CLEP exams to fulfill the state's requirement. From what they have shared (and what I have found on the internet), you are correct that you can take either College Composition or College Composition Modular. But the other info I have found says you either need to take 2 CLEP exams that are 6 credits each or 4 exams that are 3 credits each. Introductory Business Law is a 3-credit exam and then Social Sciences & History is a 6-credit exam. It seems like you are going to be missing some credits/exams. Have you double-checked with Northwestern about their requirements and if these requirements will allow for you to take the bar?

I have had a couple of candidates sit for the College Composition exam who were intending to attend law school. They felt this exam would be more challenging and wanted to impress the law school. If you do choose College Composition Modular, does your law school want you to take the optional essays? If they do, you will then want to find out if they want to supply the essay topics or if they will allow CLEP to supply the essay topics. Either way, the law school would then receive your handwritten responses in addition to the score generated for your responses to the multiple-choice portion of the exam. This score will not change, no matter what your law school does with those essays. The College Composition exam has the built-in essays and your score will be a cumulative score of the multiple-choice section PLUS your essay responses.

You are exactly correct, I did not realize that business law was only a 3 credit class.. Thanks for pointing that out.. Now I guess I will have to take another business class.

Should I take something I'm good at and interested in, or should I take something I need to learn more about, I'm looking at Finance, Marketing, and IT, I feel I'm strong in Marketing and IT, and not so much in Finance, but on all the practice tests I got about %60 on all of them today..

should I approach the CLEPS more so to learn some stuff, or as a means to an end and just pay the price to take the easiest one? (id go with IT)