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Hi Everyone!!! Cool Support from everyone.. in a few days I'm taking two cleps intro to sociology and american government... I've done instant cert three times.. I know most of the fill in the blanks but sometimes i forget some of the answers,, I think seeing the multiple choice format will really help? do you guys agree? disagree? I'm nervous a bit.. I just really want to pass... anyways.. I"m gonna go back to instant cert and crammmmmmm some more...
does anyone know how many questions you can kind of 'miss' and not get accurate before you fail? if there are 90 questions... # wrong u fail?
I"m not gonna fail though.
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Hi Aisha31,
One of the benefits of taking a multiple choice exam is that you can often find the correct answer by RECOGNIZING it, rather than outright knowing it.
You'll be surprised how much info will come flooding back to you ONCE YOU SEE the answer options. Without the multiple choice answers, you might struggle to recall the correct answer. But when the answer options are right there in front of you, it is literally like a bell goes off in your head and you say, "Oh! Yes! Of course. I remember now!". You will find yourself instinctively clicking on the right answer.
Regarding how many correct answers you need. It varies for each exam and nobody knows the exact formula they use to calculate our sclaed scores. However, the rule of thumb we use as a general guide is that you should aim to get AT LEAST half of the answers correct. Of course, that also means you could possibly get half of the answers wrong and still come out with a pass.
Having said that, I would recommend you aim MUCH higher than just half correct. As I said, we don't know the formulas that are used to calculate our scores, and it varies from one exam to the next. On one exam, answering half the questions correctly might get you a score of 51 (a pass), but on another exam it might only get you a 49 (one point short of passing). Obviously, that's like tossing a coin to decide whether you pass by one point, or fail by one point.
So aim higher! But at the same time, realise that you can miss quite a few answers and STILL pass, so don't let yourself get stressed out when taking the actual exams.
Do well,
Snazzlefrag
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Love ya babe! thanks.
yea I just gotta chill out. you put in the time. you pass. simple.
I'm putting in the time.
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Aisha38,
I am taking the same two exams. Please let me know how you did and what it was like. I am taking CLEPs for the first time on these two and am worried also.
The only other CLEP I will need is Humanities then I am completely done. this will to too sweet if it is realatively easy. I know all the answers by heart, but I am spending some time doing some more research.
thanks
jmr
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