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I took the humanities CLEP exam this afternoon. It covered alot that was on the InstantCert flash cards, and a lot that wasn't (I'm not including anything I know was covered by InstantCert, but that I forgot enough of to utilize). Offhand, I only remember something on Medea, grouping of various people by their occupation (composer, author, painter of style X, etc). I'm not entirely sure if I hadn't already possessed a fairly decent background in humanities, I would have been able to pass the test (I got a 67) based solely on the InstantCert material. What are people's thoughts on this?
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Just want to understand are you complaning about IC or what?
Because solely IC and you get 67, that's a big reason to rejoice for the pass and money and time saved. Unless I am missing something here??
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67 is a very good score. Are you aware that the CLEPs are based on 80 being the best score that you can get and that 50 is passing?
I think that if you get a 67 based only on IC study then IC prepared you quite sufficiently, since the goal is not to get a perfect score but to pass.
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CLEP Credits:
[SIZE="1"]6 Biology (67)
3 US Hist 1 (67)
6 SS & Hist (68)
3 US Hist 2 (66)
3 Amer Gov (67)
6 Amer Lit (73)
6 Hum (73)
3 Ed Psy (71)
3 H G & D (70)
3 Intro Psy (74)
3 Intro to Soc (75)
6 College Math (68)
6 A & I Lit (72)
[/SIZE]DSST:
[SIZE="1"]3 Intro Computing (65)
3 Here's to Your Health (64)[/SIZE]
Other Credits:
[SIZE="1"]3 PLA Painting 1
3 TECEP Psy of Women (78/100)
3 TECEP Art Hist 2 (81/100)
3 Dept Exam English 1
45 Traditional[/SIZE]
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I take this test in a week. How long did you prepare for it? I have no background in humanities and some of these poems and such are foreign to me. I really would like to pass. Do you have any recommendations if you feel that we need a little more than IC?
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mstcrow5429 Wrote:I'm not entirely sure if I hadn't already possessed a fairly decent background in humanities, I would have been able to pass the test (I got a 67) based solely on the InstantCert material. What are people's thoughts on this?
[SIZE="2"]Humanities is a fairly broad topic that does require a lot of intensive study via the 4-R's system or as you put it a fairly decent background. IC does cover a great deal, more than any singular source but will have its limits too. A 67 using IC alone is terrific.[/SIZE]
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I'm saying that IC helped, but I already knew a great deal about humanities to begin with. My concern is that if I had no knowledge of humanities, and solely relied on IC, I'm unsure if I would have scored as highly, or passed.
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Casey1300 Wrote:I take this test in a week. How long did you prepare for it? I have no background in humanities and some of these poems and such are foreign to me. I really would like to pass. Do you have any recommendations if you feel that we need a little more than IC?
I'm not sure. As others have said, humanities is a very broad topic. I guess a familiarity with Greek tragedies would help, ability to pick out meanings and context in poems written in more archaic English, out of 4 or 5 choices, pick which author/composer etc. is not matched with their work, and vice-versa. There isn't any one source I can think of that would cover everything in the exam. Pick about the interweb on general subjects you might be weaker on. Maybe do a Google search for CLEP Humanities exam. I wish I could be more helpful, but Humanities is a very broad general knowledge exam, which makes specific recommendations difficult.
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mstcrow5429 Wrote:I'm saying that IC helped, but I already knew a great deal about humanities to begin with. My concern is that if I had no knowledge of humanities, and solely relied on IC, I'm unsure if I would have scored as highly, or passed.
[SIZE="2"][COLOR="Navy"]Yes, IC coupled with previous knowledge may do the trick....OR if need - see my list below. I used them all even on topics that I had a great deal of previous knowledge in.
Why risk failure?? It's like going to work as a Policeman without your vest on; I would rather sweat than bleed. :eek:
IC is a great tool, optional sources can remove most of not all of the risks.[/COLOR][/SIZE]
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mstcrow5429 Wrote:Pick about the interweb...
Is this a tribute to the movie, "For Your Consideration?" They had a couple of very funny scenes about the "World Wide Interweb!"
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I got the same score as you did today (67) and I agree with you that a lot of the stuff on the test I didn't know and I started to get a bit panicky. I think my guesswork was the only thing that saved me on quite a few questions. Sure, I did recognize some of the stuff from what I learned at Instacert and I think it's a great study tool, yet there was a LOT on it that I didn't see anywhere, including a different study guide I used. It's a difficult test but I think as long as one studies a lot with the Instacert and maybe another good guide, you can at least pass it. I hope my general math CLEP is easier!!
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