03-10-2010, 11:18 AM
Hey guys!
Just took Clep Precalculus yesterday and thought I'd give some feedback. I passed with a score of 60, after studying Saxon mathematics and Precalculus Demystified (a great resource).
What is really interesting is that I found the REA practice tests to be crazy hard compared with the actual Clep. There's no comparison! If I would have paid attention to them I would have delayed a lot -- I'm so glad I didn't! I didn't study the REA Precalculus book at all: I bought it but it's just written too poorly - hard to understand and hazy as downtown LA...
What is even more interesting: I took the Official Clep Study Guide practice test; I only got a 50/50 on it!! I only got 50 *percent* correct! But with God's help I got a *score* of 60 on the actual Clep! So I guess that even if one get's 50 percent on the Official Clep practice test, you should still take the test, because you have a great chance of passing.
The test overall is WAY easier than I was expecting it to be. I memorized a bunch of trigonometric identities etc, but didn't need to because the test never got into that. Just a bunch of more fundamental functions and trigonometry.
Just thought someone out there might want to know! If anyone has any question's feel free to ask!
Robert
Just took Clep Precalculus yesterday and thought I'd give some feedback. I passed with a score of 60, after studying Saxon mathematics and Precalculus Demystified (a great resource).
What is really interesting is that I found the REA practice tests to be crazy hard compared with the actual Clep. There's no comparison! If I would have paid attention to them I would have delayed a lot -- I'm so glad I didn't! I didn't study the REA Precalculus book at all: I bought it but it's just written too poorly - hard to understand and hazy as downtown LA...
What is even more interesting: I took the Official Clep Study Guide practice test; I only got a 50/50 on it!! I only got 50 *percent* correct! But with God's help I got a *score* of 60 on the actual Clep! So I guess that even if one get's 50 percent on the Official Clep practice test, you should still take the test, because you have a great chance of passing.
The test overall is WAY easier than I was expecting it to be. I memorized a bunch of trigonometric identities etc, but didn't need to because the test never got into that. Just a bunch of more fundamental functions and trigonometry.
Just thought someone out there might want to know! If anyone has any question's feel free to ask!
Robert