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What's the LONGEST that you've studied for a clep/dsst?

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What's the LONGEST that you've studied for a clep/dsst?
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11-27-2008, 01:51 PM
what is the longest time that it took you to prepare for a clep/dsst/ec exam?

currently studying for college math and it's killing me. Been on it hard for a month so far! Could easily see it going 2 more weeks. This subject is just not clicking for me.
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11-27-2008, 02:49 PM
A lot of the stuff didn't click for me for College Math either, I just got tired of studying for it and weighed the cost of time to continue to study with benefit of the credits. I took it on a whim and passed with room to spare.
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11-27-2008, 02:59 PM
It was CLEP College Math that was my hardest test. I didn't feel like I was learning any more the longer I studied and just went for it. I passed by a few points but a pass is a pass.
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11-27-2008, 03:42 PM
I chose 2-4 weeks as I always studied 3-weeks per exam.
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11-27-2008, 04:29 PM
CLEP Principles of Accounting. Took me 3 weeks studying everyday. Felt a lot longer than that.
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11-27-2008, 06:44 PM
3 weeks of study per exam is my average . Just depends. As for college math, already, I have set aside 6 weeks for studying in preparation for that exam during the January-Feb time frame. Apparently, this test has caused many caffinated evenings of study. Hang in there. You will get it.
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11-27-2008, 07:57 PM
Humanities was absolutely my longest exam to study for. I even made charts and tables, and all kinds of nonsense. I studied for 4 weeks but it felt like 4 months! And, that was a subject that I loved!

Imagine how screwed I am when I start prepping for the hard stuff. So far, I've really taken the easy route and left all of the "biggies" for last. I know, I know, not a particularly smart strategy. But, hey if I was all that smart to begin with would it be taking me over 20 years to finish this degree? Ha! I rest my case your honor!Wink
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11-29-2008, 02:27 PM
I've spent long enough on Macro that I'm giving about this much || thought to taking Microeconomics via distance learning. But I probably wont. Having figured out how to learn economics on my own I'm hoping it's downhill from here.

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CLEP Principles of Management 77
CLEP Intro to Sociology 74
CLEP Principles of Marketing 78
CLEP Information Systems and Computer Applications 75
CLEP Intro to Psychology 80
CLEP Intro Business Law 72
CLEP Principles of Macroeconomics 73
CLEP A & I Lit 75
CLEP Principles of Microeconomics 72
CLEP Financial Accounting 62
DSST Ethics in America 468
DSST MIS 482
CLEP Natural Science 72
DSST Org Behavior 80
DSST Finance 462
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11-29-2008, 06:18 PM
3 weeks for both Biology and Statistics.
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12-01-2008, 09:38 AM
I think the longest was three weeks, mostly on the tough history exams. But I think I had more study time each week available to me than some folks on here have.

College Math was only a week or so but that's 'cause I have a very strong math background and only had to brush up. Hang in there...you'll get it eventually! Don't stress out if a particular subject takes you awhile. Just go at the pace that works for you.
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