Hello again, once again I am looking to this board for suggestons...Hope you don't mind. Here's the scoup. I am a Licensed Practical Nurse. I could go through Excelsior entirely for my RN, however there are states that will not allow me to work as a RN that was obtained through Excelsior. (long long story), and I want a license that will enable me to work where-ever I want.

So being that, I have been working slowly toward getting all my pre-req's done. I just found out about a school 4 hours away from me that has an accelerated LPN to RN program - 30 week - combo of evening and weekends. I am psyched about this. The downfall, registration for the spring semester ends the last working day of October. But... from those of you who have taken the sciences, do you think it is possible to clep out of 4 sciece classes by then? I need Chemistry, Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Microbiology. Actually its the Chemistry and Biology that really worry me.

I will know more Mon or Tues - I am not certain they will accept clep bio and chem, or Excelsior Micro and A&P - some schools require actual labs for these. The person I need to ask will be back from their vacation Monday.

But... repeating myself... what do you all think - 4 sciences by the middle-ish of October? I know everyone studies different and such... but ......

Again thank you for any suggestions....

Dawn

I passed with a 70! My Bachelor degree is now complete! I can't even explain how much it stunk to finish my last class and celebrate with friends in the class, only to know I still had a CLEP test to pass!

The review part will be posted in the review section also.

Anyways, I am 26 haven't done any math since 22. Started studying a week ago and everything looked foreign to me. Bought Princeton's Cracking the CLEP and Barron's CLEP book (More on these later), as well as CLEP's official study guide test.

I studied nightly but found myself not seeming to soak anything in. As today approached I began to get scared. Last night I was panicing because I got about 40% right on practice tests.

Went in today, score of 70.

Heres the thing... The Barron's book threw me off. Its EXTREMELY hard. I rarely could get an answer right and any of their 4 tests. I think its possible to get a 10% on the Barron's and still pass the real test. I realize a practice should be harder than the real thing so the person knows what they're doing, but the Barron's is hard to the point that all it does is bring down your confidence and make you feel like re-scheduling the test.

The Princeton book was very good and helped 'dumb down' the intimidating mystique that a CLEP test can give a person.

The CLEP study guide test was considerably harder than the real test, in my opinion, but was helpful.

As for the test.... The first 2/3rds of the test was definately easier than the last 3rd. I was surprised how few combinations/permutations/probability questions were on it. I expected a lot more. Instead there were a bunch of function questions, and graphs, which I wasn't prepared for. But the test is easy enough that its not hard to plug in answers and/or guess and probably get it right.

Anyways, I'm done with school (for now). Good luck to everyone who takes it!

G’day everyone,

Between work and studying I haven’t had a lot of time of late and as such I haven’t participated in the forum in recent times. I am currently sitting on 105 credits with 3 exams and 1 course required to finish my degree.

From my time at the forum I feel that my approach has been different to most. I have fulfilled my credit requirements based on convenience, relevance and learning rather than on cost, ease or speed. I am not saying that one approach is better than the other just that for me it has been more convenient to complete some Excelsior courses rather than take time off work, travel to a testing center and possibly have to stay over night due to the distance and time involved. Another consideration was my GPA. I am currently working in a temporary position for a Global Enterprise and if I wish to apply for a permanent position I need to maintain a reasonable GPA. They will not shortlist an applicant with a GPA less than 3 and it is unlikely to be hired with a GPA less than 3.5. With this in mind I felt that completing some Excelsior courses fit in with my convenience requirements as well as providing my best chance of maintaining a good GPA.

I have completed four Excelsior courses (If you include the INL course) and am currently enrolled in my final course and to date have been able to maintain a 4.0 GPA. If anyone is interested in the details of the courses let me know.

INL102 – Information Literacy – Pass
ENG101 – English Composition - A
IT390 – Project Management – A
BUS425 – Operations Management – A
BUS495 – Business Strategy – Only just started

Regards

Okay I've been studying for 2-3 days for the DSST Drug & Alcohol from IC and of course reading from the forum regarding this test.

Do a lot of the exact questions on IC show up on the test??

I'm a little nervous because I failed my first Dantes test and I really don't want to fail this one.. It seems a little hard but I am remembering a lot of the questions from IC when I review them... Do you think I'll be fine with that..?

First I want to thank everyone for all the post. I try to read the forum daily to seek encouragment and additional tips for the tests. I am scheduled to take the Biology exam tuesday afternoon and am worried. I have scored 51% on the first Peterson's exam and 59% today on the second. I utilized a intro to biology dvd course (12 DVDs - 36 hours produced by the Learning Company) and SD video to study. I have looked over a bit of the IC content but haven't made it very far. If anyone could give me some advice, I would greatly appreciate it. The local community college awards 8 hours credit for this exam and it is all I lack for my associates. So I have to pass!

Ok, I'm getting ready to take the English comp CLEP test. I have done all of IC flashcards, and I didn't have all the much problem with them. However, I'm now doing the petersons practice tests and I'm having a lot more trouble because I only have 0.8 minutes per question, and the questions take at least that long to read. I'm wondering if that's actually how the test is or is it easier?

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I did a search on Peterson's Test but didn't see what [currently is a good indicator score on these test. I scored a 57 on it. I dunno if Peterson's is easier or not than the real test. I guess I'll take the test for the real American Lit. CLEP Monday...

A True Hollywood Story…….for those of us who just suck at math.


Today I attempted the computer based College Mathematics Clep for the third time. I passed barely with a score of 51 (you have to love knowing your score right away, you just can’t beat it).

The previous two times I attempted this exam, I tried every known study material (except instacert) to prepare myself without any success. I studied REA, Standard Deviants, Math Media, Passyourclep, I.E> everything!!!. The first two scores I got were a 47 and a 49. All I needed was a 50!!!! Frustrated and disappointed, I waited yet another 6 months to retake the test. EERRR!!!!:mad: :mad:

So, for the third time I decided to try using the instacert website. I figured, what the hell, I’m willing to give it a shot.

Amazing, I found the instacert flash cards and database of questions with detailed explanations to be extremely helpful because there were no complicated explanations, just plain answer descriptions for a bunch of ungodly complicated problems. Anyways, I studied for seven whole days and nights (compared to two months of study for each of the previous attempts). Confident I took the exam and passed. FYI…If I failed this time I was going to give up.

So, give instacert a good whole-hearted try. What’s the worst that could happen? You fail? I did, TWICE, before I considered using instacert.



I graduate with an Associates of Applied Science Degree in Aviation Maintenance Technology, from Eastern New Mexico University of Roswell this semester.



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I am with Empire State College and I was told tha i still have to fill a gen. ed. requirement for 'other world civilization'.
:mad: I already took U. S. history and Western Civilization but they say I need another one from world civilization. ::
Modern middle east meets that requirement but i read the reviews and they are terrible, they all recomend not taking it. my mentor said something about Vietnam but I don't see any vietnam exam.
Does anyone have any suggesstions?
Thank you
Dini