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US History II, taking it w/o studying
#1
I have the REA US History II book next to me. I am planning to take it tomorrow. I haven't studied at all and am considering reading the book tonight (it's about 57 short pages of content) and doing some of the practices and/or some Peterson's. I generally breeze through practices in 30-40 mins each so I could get one or two in this evening.

Any specific hints/tips/advice you'd offer to taking this test somewhat blind?
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#2
BE CAREFUL.

I studied this one for about a month with decent knowledge of US History and I only got a 57.

Also, I got a 74 on my second practice test, walked in the next day and got a 57. 17 point difference.

Part of the reason it was so difficult was because a lot of the content was about minuscule stuff like books nobody cares about.

Honestly, though, I kind of think you should just go in blind anyway. All the studying I did hardly did me any good. if you fail, you fail. Unless you're going for a History degree...then you might want to try really hard.
Kyle
TESC Liberal Studies BA - 2011
New Charter University MPA - 2012
Georgetown University School of Law - 2016

BA in Liberal Studies - Degree Outline|

Galations 6:9 - "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
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#3
I found that the REA tests prepared me well. The Peterson's tests depressed me. I finally decided that I knew the material no matter how stupid the Peterson's tests made me feel.

Easy test if you are old enough to remember a lot of the history covered.
63 CLEP Sociology
75 CLEP U.S. History II
63 CLEP College Algebra
70 CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
68 DSST Technical Writing
72 CLEP U.S. History I
77 CLEP College Mathematics
470 DSST Statistics
53 CLEP College Composition
73 CLEP Biology
54 CLEP Chemistry
77 CLEP Information Systems and Computer Applications
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#4
Thanks for the feedback. I've never really studied much for most CLEP/DSST exams and have finished something like 22 of them. My study methods have included a bit of IC and sometimes an additional study book like REA or whatever I can find supplemented with google and wikipedia.

I'll try this exam tomorrow and not worry too much. I need to pass 3 of the 4 History CLEPs, so I can fail one and then study hard for the other three if that happens. My goal score is a 50 because I am focused on attaining the credit.

I'm also going to take American Government which I've heard differing opinions on. I've done a bit of studying for that and there is definitely a bit of overlap between the two.
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#5
You could possibly take a history Dantes test if you really needed it.
Kyle
TESC Liberal Studies BA - 2011
New Charter University MPA - 2012
Georgetown University School of Law - 2016

BA in Liberal Studies - Degree Outline|

Galations 6:9 - "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
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#6
Right, the DSST history exams would also work. So I'm basically taking this exam blind for it's option value. If I pass it, it saves me a ton of time. If I don't, my downside is very limited by the fact that I can take the other 3 CLEPs or any combination of the DSST History exams. I even looked into backup exams from other institutions and there are a few options although they are much pricier.
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#7
Sounds like it'll work. Let me know how it goes.
Kyle
TESC Liberal Studies BA - 2011
New Charter University MPA - 2012
Georgetown University School of Law - 2016

BA in Liberal Studies - Degree Outline|

Galations 6:9 - "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
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#8
I've noticed in the exam specific feedback forum that people talk about a specific "timeline" for this exam. Does anyone know where to find a timeline for this exam?
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#9
Well, quick update. Passed both Am Gov and US History 2 in succession. Neither of them were particularly difficult and I am not sure what all the hype about the difficulty of Am Gov is about, as I found it to be fairly straightforward.

The only studying I did for US History 2 was going through IC once last night and this morning and trying hard to remember where the pieces fit together in the sequence of events and presidents.

I did a little more studying for Am Gov having gone through the IC cards once or twice, did three Peterson's tests and did the CLEP Study Guide practice. I was averaging raw scores on those practices of mid 70s.
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#10
Awesome, that's great. Congratulaions!
Kyle
TESC Liberal Studies BA - 2011
New Charter University MPA - 2012
Georgetown University School of Law - 2016

BA in Liberal Studies - Degree Outline|

Galations 6:9 - "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
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