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I have just finished reviewing the sample questions on the CLEP ALGEBRA guide from CLEP and I am freaking out. I thought I was making some progress, but after seeing the kind of questions they ask, I am speechless.
It isn't just about understanding the concept but trying to decode what the heck they are even asking. How did you prepare for these kind of questions?
I am VERY bummed
This is a nightmare! I want to wake up!
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I also struggled with the Algebra CLEP, so decided to take the ALEKS courses instead. I started way back with Pre-Algebra, and worked my way through Beginning Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, and then College Algebra. While I didn't get credit for the first 2 courses, I did get 6 units for the other 2. Oh yeah, and I also only paid $20 total, I got through Pre-Algebra in 2 hours, Beg. Alg in 4 hours, Int Alg in about 10 hours, and College Alg in a couple of weeks. Each time I would pass 1 course (which I did to the full 100% because I knew I needed the info to work my way through the next course), the beginning Assessment for the next course would yield a pretty high score.
Now, there is also the Saylor course available for free. You can work your way through and then take the final exam. Once you pass that, take the proctored exam for $25.
Just my 2 cents, but if I don't think I can pass an exam, I look for another option. Sometimes, those options are even cheaper than the exam!!
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"I'm still not very good at algebra...I just can't figure out Y." - Anonymous
"As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school. " -- Cokie Roberts
"I'm so good at algebra, I could replace your X, and you wouldn't even need to know Y." - Anonymous
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Relationships are a lot like algebra. Did you ever look at your X and wonder Y?
swf Wrote:"I'm still not very good at algebra...I just can't figure out Y." - Anonymous
"As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school. " -- Cokie Roberts
"I'm so good at algebra, I could replace your X, and you wouldn't even need to know Y." - Anonymous
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I struggled with algebra a lot and had the same feeling as you as I studied for the CLEP. Eventually I failed the CLEP and tried it with Straighterline. I averaged a "C" with SL but then failed the final and the class. I found ALEKS to be the best resource for learning, understanding and eventually passing the class with a 78%. I highly recommend ALEKS for algebra. Mathway.com is a great calculator that will help you understand how equations can be solved. Good luck.
hypertweeky Wrote:I have just finished reviewing the sample questions on the CLEP ALGEBRA guide from CLEP and I am freaking out. I thought I was making some progress, but after seeing the kind of questions they ask, I am speechless.
It isn't just about understanding the concept but trying to decode what the heck they are even asking. How did you prepare for these kind of questions?
I am VERY bummed
This is a nightmare! I want to wake up!
MBA - Western Governors 2019
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CLEP/DSST: Principles of Management 69 | Human Resource Management 64 | Introduction to Computing 466 | Principles of Marketing 67 | Organizational Behavior 61 | Management Information Systems 466 | Principles of Supervision 437 | Introduction to Business 434 | Business Ethics and Society 431 | Introductory Business Law 56 | Macroeconomics 54 | American Government 59 | Money & Banking 52 | English Composition
Straighterline: Accounting I (89%) | Accounting II (75%) | Financial Accounting (82.5%) | Managerial Accounting (86.7%) | Business Communications (84%) | Microeconomics (87%) | Religions of the World (88.5%) | Organizational Behavior (93%)
Penn Foster: Finance (89%) | Strategic Business Management (97%)
ALEKS: College Algebra (78%)
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dfrecore did it right with ALEKS. I just finished mentoring a student through College Algebra. Although he had taken 2 semesters of Intermediate Algebra in CC 10 years ago, he had a complete math phobia. While it took him 280 hours to get to 80%, he is now the happiest "man of math" on earth and is chomping at the bit to begin Pre-Calc. and Stats. This quote from a forum post I can't recall really helped him: "Don't worry about the time any pursuit of knowledge takes for time will pass by all on its own, but true knowledge is timeless." With ALEKS you cannot fail.
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