Correct me if I'm wrong, but...

[PonyGirl93]

*eyes are glazed over after reading irnbru's post* nod and smile, nod and smile.

[burbuja0512]

:eek: totally impressed with inbru's math skills...


Now playing devil's advocate. Here's a question for all of the CLEP/DSST testers:

When you first heard about testing out of classes, didn't it sound so easy? My brother tested his way through COSC years ago and when he told me about it, it sounded like it was akin to buying a fake diploma. (sorry.. that's honestly what I thought at first)

I still thought that this was going to be easy, even after I took my first CLEP in Spanish. My second CLEP was Humanities, which was SO difficult. I literally felt like I was going to throw up when I left. That's when it hit me: Hey.. maybe this testing thing really does force you to learn the material. It's not just walk in and pass. HOWEVER, it did take me a little while to realize this. If the OP hasn't taken a test, I could see how this sounds too good to be true.

While sites like BAin4weeks.com are very informative, and even though it's made clear on that site that most people can't do it in four weeks, I can see how someone would read it and think that it's easy. Not to say that OP has been on that site, it's just a thought..

[MA2]

Also, if what you said is true, which it's not, but if it was then how do you explain the pass/fail rates of all the military test takers that are released every year?

Contrary to popular belief, in modern America the average service member is smarter and healthier than the average nasty civilian. A lot of military take those exams cold and some tests have a pass rate of like 8%.

[burbuja0512]

Contrary to popular belief, in modern America the average service member is smarter and healthier than the average nasty civilian. .

What about the non-nasty civilian? hilarious

[Addicted2Extreme]

Well I certainly got plenty of food for thought here, thanks guys.
Math dude - I still have no idea what you're talking about, but thanks for the effort. I got the gist of it
Ponygirl and the other chick that question if I have ever taken a clep - I state in my op that I have taken 4, passed all, and go into detail about college mathematics. Maybe you two should bone up on reading comprehension, I'm sure there's a clep out there that can help with that

[PonyGirl93]

Ponygirl and the other chick that question if I have ever taken a clep - I state in my op that I have taken 4, passed all, and go into detail about college mathematics. Maybe you two should bone up on reading comprehension, I'm sure there's a clep out there that can help with that

I so did not question if you had taken a CLEP, in fact I almost made a post just to say that *yes* you did take four. Then I decided that might be a little too smartass for my own good. Maybe it's your reading comp that needs some assistance :coolgleam:

[burbuja0512]

Well I certainly got plenty of food for thought here, thanks guys.
Math dude - I still have no idea what you're talking about, but thanks for the effort. I got the gist of it
Ponygirl and the other chick that question if I have ever taken a clep - I state in my op that I have taken 4, passed all, and go into detail about college mathematics. Maybe you two should bone up on reading comprehension, I'm sure there's a clep out there that can help with that

I guess what I meant to say is have you really taken a CLEP? Or were you just saying that?

Of course, as I mention in my other post, there is a huge difference between taking one that you already know the subject matter and one that's totally new to you. I don't think testing is tough when you're familiar with the subject matter. It's when you have to teach yourself a subject from scratch that it's very difficult.

[hawkgirl22]

depends on what university is giving the clep...cuz here at acu its a 60

[ryoder]

I did aleks and straighter line for stats and accounting and did Penn foster for finance because I thought I might fail the dsst tests. For those, I was learning from scratch. All the other cleps and dssts I have taken are already known to me from school and business experience so they were doable.
People think these are easy and they are wrong. I thought about doing them back in 1994 when i was a freshman and someone told me most people fail them but i was not told about the study resources. Of course people fail if they don't at least brush up on them. I wish I knew then that i could pick up a book at the library for free and clep out of history, humanities and a bunch of other stuff i took. But it would have taken real studying.

[Addicted2Extreme]

I so did not question if you had taken a CLEP, in fact I almost made a post just to say that *yes* you did take four. Then I decided that might be a little too smartass for my own good. Maybe it's your reading comp that needs some assistance :coolgleam:

Ok kiddo, ya got me, I confused you with Burbuju, my bad...

Side note- I signed up for IC, but I found that this board, coupled with:
Free Clep Prep.com
worked the best for me, and is free to boot.
IC had over 1000 flashcards to study for SS & history, for instance, which is preposterous imo. Free clep prep was much easier. Anybody else feel this way?