Biology & Microeconomics: Passed! :)

[Ready2Sing]

Took my first two clep exams yesterday and passed!

Biology and micro were my last two general education requirements for my degree.

Im really not the best test taker, and get a lot of testing anxiety, so a lot of prayers to the man upstairs took place (serenity now!).

Biology:

I did go through some flashcards here, watched khan academy videos and hippocampus videos, and went through some actual flashcards by princeton review. Alot of people say not to waste your time with flashcards, but they proved really helpful for me. I studied realllllly loosely for about a month, then just a couple hours a day this week. Huge intense study sessions only make me stressed, and I retain almost everything in short sessions.

Microeconomics:

A few flashcards here, tried reading the princeton review crack the micro ap test book (nearly everything went right over my head......the way they wrote their sentences was too awkward for me. However, i did love the cheer and acronyms taught in the book...) Then i watched the mjmfoodie videos on youtube. Best best best videos out there. I started studying for the micro exam on Saturday. I put a little more intensity into the micro study, since the graphs made zero sense to me in the beginning.

My scores: bio- 54, micro- 55. Exactly what I needed!!

[bricabrac]

Strong work, Congratulations!!!

[cookderosa]

Nice jobs, certainly not 2 of the easiest tests out there! And in one day! Great job!

[Ready2Sing]

Thanks!! I just kept thinking of the alternative: sitting through multiple classes filled with assignments, quizzes, tests AND a final!!! <-- waaaay more nerve wracking and torturesome than two difficult exams.

[TwinMama]

Congrats - that must be a great feeling! I am writing the Biology CLEP on Thursday. I have not had a great deal of time to study other than the flashcards. Am I wasting my time if that is all I have studied to this point?

[jackbanta]

Yes, great job Ready2Sing... I could not have imagined studying for both of those tests at the same time. My brain likes to get confused when focusing on more than one subject at a time and Biology and Microeconomics are on pretty different ends of the spectrum.

Am I wasting my time if that is all I have studied to this point?

Well, no... but I'd check out the Hippocampus or Khan Academy videos before you take the test. And don't forget about practice exams!

[alleycat]

Great job! Not very easy tests to say the least. Congrats!

[ryoder]

Awesome! Yes those two tests are not easy. I learned a lot while studying for micro.

[Ready2Sing]

Thanks guys! I just considered them my last two finals (scheduled them during my finals week) so I already had testing on the brain. Haha.

TwinMama, I agree with the other poster about watching the khan academy and hippocampus videos, and taking a couple practice tests. The test questions arent necessarily difficult, it's just that youre studying studying such a large amount of material for only 115 questions. Make sure you have a handle on the most important concepts of all or most of the subjects... Dont get bogged down trying to memorize every detail. I memorized details that I thought were really important, then just skimmed the rest. Remember, this is one test where a "c" is just as good as an "a".

Good luck!!!!

[STG]

Wow congrats...those are hard! :hurray: