Ok, I hope I don't sound like a moron but everyone here is so helpful and friendly that I feel like you are all my friends. I mean, on so many other message boards and forums people can get so damn nasty and mean. Here, it is not like that at all. Even if the same question gets asked repeatedly you all answer away like its nothing. I respect that!

I am a 30 year old who has just joined the addicting world of myspace and was wondering if anyone here also has a page there. If so, I'd like to have you all as my "friends". Trust me, myspace isn't just for kids!!!!!!! Anyway, my page is at http://www.myspace.com/rjc311 . Feel free to post yours or just add me as a friend.

Hope to see u all there!

Robert (yes...another Robert )

I am taking Drug and Alcohol DSST tomorrow. I'm just wondering if anyone has any questions that they recall needing to know that might be out of the ordinary, helpful suggestions, etc. This is my first Dantes in over 4 years so I'm a little out of practice, but I'm concerned about the pass/fail ratio for this test. I hope I've studied enough (and the right stuff too).

Thoughts, suggestions, etc welcome!!

Thanks,

Angie

I am about 10 days away from my Microeconomics CLEP exam. Has anyone taken this one and if so, can you offer any suggestions on which topics to focus on, etc.? And also, did you study exclusively via IC or did you supplement with a textbook or other? Thanks in advance.

Here is the deal I have 13.68 lower division credits remaining and of that I need 3 humanities and the rest are electives. I am looking at the 6 credit clep and human growth in development. Which one is the easiest to study for and if you have taken one or both was IC the only thing you used and how long did you study for. I am somewhat familiar with the questions in the humanity flash cards.

I first used Instacert when studying for the Business Law CLEP last fall. I also used the Barron's Law book to study for this exam. I probably spent about 3-4 weeks of studying and passed it with a score of 53. That was my first CLEP exam.

I am now preparing for my second CLEP - Microeconomics. I will take the exam a week from Friday. I have been studying for a few weeks now from a college Microeconomics textbook. I've been taking notes like crazy according to what's required on the CLEP study guide for this subject. I have also started the Instacert studying this week.

I understand the CLEP exams are a pass/fail which a minimum score needed of 50 to pass. The problem I think I am having is that I am over-studying. I also felt that way when I was studying for Business Law but 'only' passed with a 53. I'm a bit nervous going into the Micro CLEP exam. It seems like I have this mindset as I'm studying that I 'need' to know ALL the answers and I am pretty hard on myself to really cram this material into my head. I suppose the goal is to study EVERYTHING related to the topic, and shown on the CLEP study guides, but I've noticed some people study for much shorter periods and get pretty decent scores (compared to my 53 in Business Law after studying, what I thought, was my tail off).

Any suggestions on how to make it easier? Or...how to not feel like I 'need' to get 100% of the questions correct? I really studied my heart out for Business Law and passed but would like to strive to get a higher number on the Micro exam. Any suggestions from those who have been through a few CLEPs? What made it easy? What made it hard in terms of studying the material?

Hello all,

I'm getting ready to take my first CLEPs in a little while (aiming for the College Mathematics and Humanities to start), and I'm wondering how well do the questions on this site represent the difficulty of the CLEPs? If it's at all comparable, then I feel I'm in pretty good shape.

I have the "Cracking the CLEPS" and the CLEPS general advice book(can't recall exactly what it's called) on order right now and they should be arriving shortly.

Also, on the advice of a member of this board (you know who you are!), I'm wondering whether anyone here is going the all test route with Excelsior College and more specifically, aiming for a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. If so, anything you could tell me about your process would be of great help. I have a general outline of tests that I want to take, but I want to make sure that it fits the all the requirements.

Thanks in advance to all who reply!

~Terry

Does anyone know of any good online practice exams that are relavant to the ECE Organizational Behavior exam? I feel like I could use a little more help!
Thanks

Hi all,

Been doing a lot of reading, and I'm sure that the question I'm about to pose has been addressed a couple of times, but here goes....

I had the Army National Guard Educational Support Center evaluate my military and civilian credits a couple of years ago, and they came back with a degree program plan from both Excelsior and TESC. I'm trying to decide which program to complete.

I already have a A.S. degree through the Air Force. The Excelsior / TESC programs came back with 72 / 62 credits completed toward a B.S. I've taken a few CLEPs and DANTES tests since then so I'm up to something like 81 /83 credits. (Some tests don't apply to the Excelsior degree.)

I'm leaning somewhat toward the Excelsior degree just due to the fact that I can test out of everything. If I complete the TESC degree I'm going to have to take pre-calculus and calculus (need 6 credits). My CLEP college algebra won't cover it. I can test out of everyting else.

The Excelsior degree doesn't appear to zero in on my profession where the TESC degree does (I'm an electrician).

I will have to take the upper level tests to complete the Excelsior degree, whereas I won't have to take any of them to complete the TESC degree. I'm not particularly worried about the tests, but maybe I would be better off taking pre-calculus and calculus at the local community college rather than studying for numerous upper level tests.

Also, I'm not sure about costs, all of the tests will be free for me (I'm in the military) so that's not a concern.

Any insights on which path would be the best for me? Any comments on the colleges, difficulty of upper level tests, suefulness of the individual degrees, etc.?

Thanks.

OK - here's the situation, what would you do...
If you have a CLEP scheduled for Thursday - today's Tuesday at 11PM - and you know that if you cancel it, you can't get another test date until June (which you want to avoid) however, the exam you're scheduled to take, you don't feel ready for AT ALL (principles of accounting).
Would you:
a. Take it anyway and pray?
b. Try to cram for another exam and take it on Thursday instead? Choices on this are social science and history or human growth and development.

Oh, and you've got a sinus infection with fever.

In all seriousness, this is my current situation, any thoughts would be appreciated. I'm thinking of taking the Petersons human growth practice test tonight to see how I do... maybe go from there...

Will be taking this soon am studying with Instantcert, any words of advice??Just barely failed Clep business Law, (47) so a little uncertain now.

Thanks