04-17-2014, 08:07 PM
After months of procrastination I finally took my first Clep exam which was College Composition! This is the first of three tests towards satisfying my prerequisites for law school admission. I am so excited that I pulled the trigger and actually made it to my exam instead of canceling and rationalizing excuses. What I did to combat my procrastination was go on the college board site and pay for my exam. Since there are no refunds I had to take the test. If anyone has been putting off taking any Clep test I recommend buying the test so you don't have a choice to back out.
What I did to study for this test was to do 2 petersons practice tests, first score I got a 68 second an 82. And as for the essays I just read over some old essays I wrote in English class at my community college. I think my writing is pretty good as I usually have 100%s on college level essays.
The timing was a killer on the first essay. My question had to do with if art loses its artistic value once success has been reached commercially. This was difficult for me as I have no experience dealing with art but pounded out a 4 paragraph essay. Ran out of time so my 4th paragraph was my conclusion
The second essay topic was whether colleges and universities should make general education classes optional to save in tuition costs and allow students a professional training program. Math, sciences, philosophy, etc. Would be optional. I chose to keep them mandatory as I had the most examples i could argue in favor of general ed. One thing is that I got half way through my essay and the screen froze for a few seconds and while trying to type a large chunk of my essay got deleted. I had to call in an associate who looked into it. I fortunately was able to recover what I had lost with the undo button but lost 5 minutes. I finished my essay with 4 minutes to spare and corrected typos. All in all I am glad its over and I am pumped for the next two tests. Next stop college math and either humanities or biology.
What I did to study for this test was to do 2 petersons practice tests, first score I got a 68 second an 82. And as for the essays I just read over some old essays I wrote in English class at my community college. I think my writing is pretty good as I usually have 100%s on college level essays.
The timing was a killer on the first essay. My question had to do with if art loses its artistic value once success has been reached commercially. This was difficult for me as I have no experience dealing with art but pounded out a 4 paragraph essay. Ran out of time so my 4th paragraph was my conclusion
The second essay topic was whether colleges and universities should make general education classes optional to save in tuition costs and allow students a professional training program. Math, sciences, philosophy, etc. Would be optional. I chose to keep them mandatory as I had the most examples i could argue in favor of general ed. One thing is that I got half way through my essay and the screen froze for a few seconds and while trying to type a large chunk of my essay got deleted. I had to call in an associate who looked into it. I fortunately was able to recover what I had lost with the undo button but lost 5 minutes. I finished my essay with 4 minutes to spare and corrected typos. All in all I am glad its over and I am pumped for the next two tests. Next stop college math and either humanities or biology.
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