My first DSST Exam - Here's to your health

[NAP]

....I saved myself $1500 and a lot of time and obtained the 3 credits I needed for my Natural Science requirements. The $20 is worth it.....

Hi!

Congratulations on passing this exam! I was wondering - which school counts this as natural science? Thanks for the info.

[P00057870]

I teach a health course and I still took this seriously. Take the time to go through the IC cards at least once. You may learn something new and get a higher score to boot.

[bricabrac]

Hi!

Congratulations on passing this exam! I was wondering - which school counts this as natural science? Thanks for the info.

Hello,

Ditto! I was told by TESC Advising that it was a free elective. I am studying now for substance abuse in January. If I could get away with HTYH, I would be thrilled if I was given incorrect information. The sub abuse exam seems to be a doosy and I work in pharma (specifically with opioids for 3 yrs). Just from the petersons tests and flashcards it seems to be a catch all for any and all types of drug, alcohol and social misfunction. IMHO whoever wrote the test(course) was self medicating...but then what do i know<;-)

[chaoticdreams33]

I am taking Here's to Your Health and Substance Abuse on Wednesday too! They will be my first DSST exams, but I recently took two Excelsior exams and passed.
Good luck!

[lbrad08]

Thank you, chaoticdream. Good Luck to you also! This DSST Health exam will be my very first credit by exam. My testing center offers the test on Wednesday and Friday; I think I might take it on Friday.

[shady]

I just took the Here's to your health exam today and just wanted to share some things I learned. This was my first exam through Dantes/Clep so I was nervous and probably not as prepared. Thankfully, I got 423!

I am attaching a document that was posted prior by a student in October (Please look at next post below). It was super helpful! After I reviewed the document, I did the IC flashcards. It was definately worth the $20. I listened to the MP3 of the flashcards and later tested myself with the original flashcards. This way, I was able to listen to the information and visually see it.

I also paid the $5 to DSST - GetCollegeCredit.com to take the practice exam. They let you take the same test twice, so that way you can learn from what you missed.

I was nervous from reading the negative reviews for Instantcert, but from my experience...it was a great refresher for information that I've learned in the past. There were things that I did not know and had to do some google searches to learn more. I found that my previous courses in Physiology, Virology, Microbiology really helped my understanding of the material. However, if you don't have previous biology knowlege, I would suggest doing the IC flashcards slowly, try to understand the information and google search topics you don't understand. I would do the flashcards early on and take your time!

Best wishes on your studying!

[shady]

This is a document from a previous student that helped me in my studying for the Here's to your health exam...

[lbrad08]

Congratulations on passing you first DSST exam! I plan on taking it on Friday. How long did it take you to complete the exam?

Thanks,

[cgperez]

Hello, I'm new here...
I'm going to take the HTYH exam in a couple of days... I think I saw a posting talking about audio something.. what is that and how can I download that?
About the Paterson exams... is in that just for CLEP exams? sorry.. I'm found this website.. so, I may be asking some silly questions.
Thanks in advance!

[chaoticdreams33]

Yay! I passed with a 468. I don't know if that is a good score or not but I passed so that is all that really matters.
I also took the Substance Abuse and got a 470.
HTYH took me about 25-30 min to complete and SA took 40-45 min.

If you have any healthcare/medical background the HTYH will be super easy. Likewise for the SA I guess too. I really wish I had done all of my gen ed with these exams but I just didn't know about them until now! (These were my last 6 credits to finish my degree)