Feeling sooooooooooo defeated w/ this Biology CLEP

[mrs.b]

Vent on! It's a frustration we've all hit at some point, so please know it's not just you.

When I hit walls like that, I often found the best medicine was to take a step away. A break of a day - even with a date looming - can be a real refresher to make a final dive into the material. Your test is Monday, so why not take tonight and maybe tomorrow night away from the study guides, then dive back in Friday and the weekend. That's still a healthy window for cramming.

As for the best study material, that will vary from person to person. For me, if the InstantCert flashcards did not do it by themselves, I needed a real textbook. If I could not connect the dots using InstantCert, it was because my own basis of knowledge was not enough so that I could make sense of them. It may not seem it, but Biology is like any other subject; if you can nail the base concepts and terminology during study, you can nail the exam. Knowing the filler details is good when time permits, but those base concepts and terms are the best starting point or nothing else will make sense. I liked to pick up primer-type books (Dummies Guide to..., or small textbooks books that can be easily flipped through rather than read cover-to-cover) to fill in those gaps. Hit the library on Friday and flip through some books? You need not check them out, but maybe exposure to a delivery method other than what you've already tried is a decent way to break through that wall.