Clep Composition Exam Tips and Difficulty?

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I'm waiting for mine to be scored but the simple breakdown is:

-50 questions in 50 minutes
-Essay question which uses your background knowledge (and opinion) - 30 Minutes
-Essay question which uses two sources given to you and requires citations and you to choose a side on a given topic - 40 Minutes

The information on the CLEP website (College Composition | CLEP) is an accurate picture of what to expect. For me I finished each section with a few minutes to spare and turned in a five paragraph essay for both topics. Keep in mind it takes a while to grade it and you don't even get the score for the multiple choice portion when you are done.

Depending on when you took it here's their (the CollegeBoard's) "schedule" for scoring and mailing: http://professionals.collegeboard.com/pr..._Dates.pdf