IC and REA

[descotes]

What are these and where would I go to find out more about them?

[ShotoJuku]

[COLOR="Navy"]www.instantcert.com

REA Online - Making The World Smarter[/COLOR]

[nick94]

What are these and where would I go to find out more about them?

IC stands for InstantCert, as ShotoJuku gave you the links you probably know more about it. REA stands for the Research and Education Association, a place that produces a lot of study guides for CLEPs.

[descotes]

Thanks.

Here's my thing..... I would like to use the CLEP and the DSST as a way of testing out of some classes but don't know where to start. It's been a long time since I've been in school and testing isn't my strong area to begin with.

[marianne202]

Hi,

I'm 45 and hadn't been in school as a student in many, many years. I stumbled upon this website and it has been my savior. Join this forum and you can access the exam specific info which gives you specifics on what to study for the various exams. You can then access the IC flashcards which cover the material you need to review for each exam. Using these two resources along with the CLEP or DSST study guides / practice exams I earned 18 credits in 4 weeks and finished my AS degree. I then re-enrolled for my BS degree which I had no plan on doing when I started this journey. I'm now at about 36 credits from finishing my BS degree and have my sights set on graduate school! You can add other study materials in if you wish and I do use Wikipedia, textbook resources etc when I feel I need more help. For Ethics I used some free videos and podcasts which helped me understand the theories, but I found all that info here under specific exam feedback. Using Degreeforum and Instantcert will be most of what you need. Welcome and good luck on your journey! Oh the support from here is great too!

[descotes]

Thanks so much Marianne! That was very nice encouragement.

I assume when you mean join this forum you mean sign up for IC to access the flashcards?

I'm doing OK on the practice Peterson's exams, not great but passing.

You mentioned CLEP or DSST study guides / practice exams...... where do you get those? There seems to be so many different ones. Can you get them at the library? Or you have to buy it?

[nick94]

Thanks so much Marianne! That was very nice encouragement.

I assume when you mean join this forum you mean sign up for IC to access the flashcards?

I'm doing OK on the practice Peterson's exams, not great but passing.

You mentioned CLEP or DSST study guides / practice exams...... where do you get those? There seems to be so many different ones. Can you get them at the library? Or you have to buy it?

I don't know if you can get them at the library, but what I use are the REA [Research and Education Association] CLEP study guides that come with 2 PC based practice exams. The other practice exams I use are the Peterson's and Learning Express Library (this place only has 3 practice CLEP exams but its free) I hope this helps!

P.S.
Have you looked a the forum for FREE Peterson's? If not here is the link! Link for Free Peterson's