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Ok, I've got 7 CLEP's under my belt, and I'm about to do number 8. I've had ADHD on meth, so I haven't been focusing so much. Experienced IC members/CLEPpers:
On a scale of 1-10, where would you rate this tests difficulty? (1 being easiest and 10 being killer)
Replies/PMs will be greatly appreciated as always!
Done:
Intro to Sociology
Freshman English Comp
Analyzing and Interpreting Lit
Intro to Psychology
American Gov
English Lit
US History 1
Principles of Macroeconomics
To do:
College Algebra
hmmm......
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Depends on how good you are with graphs. I personally loath them and had a struggle with them. So for me, it was about an 8 or 9.
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Macroeconomics is the hardest study I've encountered so far, though I have not taken the test yet -- using Peterson as my yardstick, instead:
Sociology - 2
Psychology - 4
Macroeconomics - 7.5
The basic facts and terms are easy enough but a lot of this subject is about relationships and application of concepts.
Phillip
CLEP Principles of Management 77
CLEP Intro to Sociology 74
CLEP Principles of Marketing 78
CLEP Information Systems and Computer Applications 75
CLEP Intro to Psychology 80
CLEP Intro Business Law 72
CLEP Principles of Macroeconomics 73
CLEP A & I Lit 75
CLEP Principles of Microeconomics 72
CLEP Financial Accounting 62
DSST Ethics in America 468
DSST MIS 482
CLEP Natural Science 72
DSST Org Behavior 80
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Macroeconomics is the ONLY CLEP test I have taken, and regretably I failed with a 47. With that being said, if you prepare using multiple sources (I only used one, and not this site) you may do ok. There are a lot of graph questions. Also, you will want to be able to define all of the types of unemployment: frictional, structural, seasonal, etc.. Most importantly, make sure that you understand the affects of various fiscal and monetary policies, as a lot of the test is based on your understanding of these principles. Study hard, and good luck!
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Thanks for all the help everyone! Keep the feedback coming, I'll hopefully get it done this week... Wednesday or Thursday?
Done:
Intro to Sociology
Freshman English Comp
Analyzing and Interpreting Lit
Intro to Psychology
American Gov
English Lit
US History 1
Principles of Macroeconomics
To do:
College Algebra
hmmm......
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I would put it at a 7.5. Micro is harder, Stats is harder, Money and Banking is harder...
Macro is definitely doable... don't freak yourself out!
Excelsior BS - General Business - 2008
Jacksonville State University - MBA - 2010(Done)
121 credits...ALL DONE BABY!!!
54 credits transferred in from prior college
54 credits by examination
6 credits from community college
3 credits from CSU-Pueblo (Operations Management)
4 credits for Information Literacy and Business Strategy from Excelsior
CLEP:
Principles of Macroeconomics (64)
Principles of Microeconomics (61)
Principles of Marketing (66)
Principles of Management (72)
Info Systems and Comp Applications (57)
Introductory Business Law (65)
Social Sciences & History (61)
DSST:
Principles of Supervision (58)
Principles of Statistics (67)
Introduction to Computing (60)
Principles of Financial Accounting (56)
Principles of Finance (55)
Money and Banking (52)
Ethics in America (66)
Management Information Systems (58)
ECE:
Ethics: Theory and Practice (B)
Organizational Behavior ©
GMAT: 600
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For macroeconomics, I would probably rate it as a 7. It wasn't really as hard as I expected - I surprised myself with a score of 74. If you've passed an exam like American Government, you could surely pass Macro. I've never taken the Am. Gov. test, but I know it's hard.
To study for Macro, I used the Barron's book Macroeconomics: The Easy Way, the Standard Deviants video, and IC.
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Sorry, I forgot to add something else....
I used the Barron's book, but there is another book that might be more helpful called
Cracking the AP Economics Exam. It covers everything you need to know for the CLEP, whereas the Barron's book teaches you more than you need to know. However, Barron's is very thorough and pretty easy to understand....if you master the Barron's book, you should ace the CLEP.
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I need Macro and Micro and I thought about taking at Straighterline. As any done it that way???
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I'm up on the Macro test and looking for multiple reviews
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