Straighterline Macroeconomics WOW.........

[armyb77]

After realizing that there is no way I would pass the CLEP I decided to take the Straighterline path. I read some of the reviews on the forum, and there were a lot of people that said it is a lot of tests but all you need is the book to be good. I started Macroeconomics yesterday. I read the first chapter and did great on the quizzes. I figured I was good to go! WRONG!!! So I took the exam and the questions weren't even close to the quizzes! I ended up with a 62% After the score I decided to start looking back for the information I missed. Two things became apparent. 1. I should have kept my graphing calculator, and 2. Just because you get the quizzes right doesn't mean you are ready!

The although a lot of people on the forum said don't worry about the study guide, I believe the study guide SHOULD BE USED in this course! All the things I missed if I had used the study guide I would have been better prepared for.

A lot of the problem was the first chapter talked about graphs but not to the point that I really paid attention to them. That cost me pretty good, I spent so much time on the math part during the exam that I didn't even really read the other questions.

So today I spent my time on Chapters 2 and 3 with the Study Guide, and then read the textbook. I just completed the two chapter exams and got a 97.5%, and a 95% respectively Chapter 2, and 3 focused more on understanding the principles and terms than the math so that made me get through it a lot faster. Also a lot of the questions were somewhat common sense. I hope the rest of the course is like the last two I just took. My goal is to get each course done within 2 weeks.

If there is any other advise that someone has who took the course or knows of another chapter exam that is a shocker compared to the quizzes please let me know!

Thanks,
Armyb77