Since it seems I need to bite the bullet and take this course, does anyone have any helpful hints? How exactly does it work- Do I need to wait until the month begins to start (May registration)? Does it take a whole semester to complete, or can it be finished early? Any insights are appreciated!

Does anyone know what the basic composition of the Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP is? Is it mainly poetry as described in the CLEP Study guide and if so, is studying just the poetry section of Humanities good enough preparation for the test?
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Does anyone know if this course would qualify at Thomas Edison as a science course? Iam looking for an easier way out than natural science or biology!!!!!!:eek:

I took the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Dantes on March 29 and I just got my score back and I passed using only Instantcert and studying for about 5 hours. I will now gradute in May! This site is a great resource! Good luck to you all.

I passed the Dantes Civil War exam. I used instantcert, read a book 'ordeal by Fire' and watched a set of videos. Next its on to the Dantes Money $ Banking and The Rise and fall of the Soviet Union!

[SIZE="3"][COLOR="Navy"]I have just returned from taking the DANTES Rise & Fall of the USSR exam and have the following thoughts and observations.

First, I only elected to take this exam as it would fulfill my final 3 UPPER level credits and my depth requirement in history. Those are the ONLY reasons that prompted me to sit the exam otherwise I would not have considered it.

Secondly, as for the exam itself, I can sum it up this way - "Be prepared!" Thus far I have taken/passed nearly 2 dozen CLEP exams and one other DANTES (Civil War) and feel that this was the toughest of the bunch.

Here too with DANTES, the questions and answer choices are oddly written and YOU MUST know what the question is looking for even if it is written somewhat vaguely and the answers just don't seem to fit. I devoted the same amount of time to this exam as I have with every other that I have taken/passed thus far and that is 3 weeks of regular study.

I walked into the exam feeling comfortable and confident about the material and walked out feeling less certain about what my results might be. I felt that way about the Civil War exam too hoping for the bare minimum score of 47 and received a 62. With this one the bare minimum score is 45 and I "feel" that I will make the grade but not by much. Only time will tell and I suspect that I will have my results "hopefully" back around May 5th.

As for the material itself this is what I found:

There were 95 questions of which ......

approximately 15% were based on the Tsarist era (pre-1917) and went back to Alexander I.

Lenin and Stalin era's combined to around 50% of the exam.......

with another 20% on the Kruschev era......

and the balance of 15% on the Gorbachev era.

The topic itself runs around 100 years events and is thus a lot to digest and spread out over 95 questions, yet if you can grasp the meat of each particular era and of the persons and main events in each you should be OK.

Some have asked in other threads if using InstantCert "alone" will allow you to pass this one. For me, I would have to say no, but add that InstantCert addressed roughly 75% of the questions I saw. I also used 3-4 other books and a video on the topic which filled in the gaps yet I saw 3-5 questions on the exam with words, topics and events that were completely foreign allowing me to use my mighty power of "the best guess" option. CRAP!!

Anyway, I now know why there is a need for a spring break and the need to let loose. This exam was (to me) the toughest exam I have faced yet I believe that I did OK. Only one more to go and that is CLEP - College Mathematics - DOUBLE CRAP!!

Best of luck to all with this and all other exams!!![/COLOR][/SIZE]

Two tests to go 'til graduation and they are clep math amd natural science. I am a chicken regarding the math.... scared as all get out in fact..so Iam electing to take the science first. I have the Barron's clep science book and the passyourclass natural science study guides and I know alot of you say use tyhe biology section of instantcert and i'll do that as well. Has anyone taken this test recently that can give me a specific feel for the test and how difficult it will be for someone out of school for 30 years who never liked science or math in the first place. Help please!!:confused:

Does anyone know roughly how many questions are on the Humanities Clep
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I took my civil war test yesterday an felt pretty good, thanks RBOWMAN and everyone else who answered my questions. I used instantcert primarily with the Ken Burns PBS series as a supplement. I did not have a chance to purschase the Redmans book. I would encourage new test takers to do so. I was challeneged by the wording of the questions. I felt I had a strong grasp of the material but was confused @ times with their answer options. My particular test had quite a few questions regarding reconstruction, very little about medical treatment ( one question on Clara barton ) and not quite as many battle related questions as I had anticipated. I went back and counted and came up with 50 I felt I nailed so that left me with quite a few that could have went either way. I feel instantcert prepared me well. Now the wait!

I think it depends on the military facility..

But here at Ellsworth AFB I just took American History II on a paper test. I asked how long before I know the score.. and the guy told me 4-6 weeks! My last installlation had a scoring system in place for such things...

I think the next time I take a test.. I am going to pay for the local college to administer the test on computer. Might make the waiting more bearable for me.

But the test seemed to be quite easy.. so here's hopping.. :-)