10-16-2013, 02:58 PM
Well, this morning I finally took my final DSST - Introduction to the Modern Middle East. I got the feeling that it was both easier and harder than the previous two I have done. It's hard to put your finger on just how it is harder.
I got 95 questions, and I marked about 24 as questionable. I was surprised how many questions dealt with pre-nineteenth century Middle East; I think the first sixteen questions were on that era alone. I got ten the fifteen questions about variations of Arab Nationalism and Arab Socialism. None asked about Said Zaghlul. Three included Mustafa Kemal, and there was one a piece on the Camp David Accords, the Peel Commission, and the White Paper. No questions about the Safavid Empire or the Seljuq Empire. Overall, I'd say about twenty to thirty were gimme questions, with about twenty more as 70% sure I got them right.
I feel fairly certain I passed; again, it will be some weeks before I know my score, since it was on paper. Now I pray that all my DSSTs will be on my TESC transcript by year's end, since I want my B.A. in March.
I got 95 questions, and I marked about 24 as questionable. I was surprised how many questions dealt with pre-nineteenth century Middle East; I think the first sixteen questions were on that era alone. I got ten the fifteen questions about variations of Arab Nationalism and Arab Socialism. None asked about Said Zaghlul. Three included Mustafa Kemal, and there was one a piece on the Camp David Accords, the Peel Commission, and the White Paper. No questions about the Safavid Empire or the Seljuq Empire. Overall, I'd say about twenty to thirty were gimme questions, with about twenty more as 70% sure I got them right.
I feel fairly certain I passed; again, it will be some weeks before I know my score, since it was on paper. Now I pray that all my DSSTs will be on my TESC transcript by year's end, since I want my B.A. in March.
A.A. General Studies- TESC, 2013
B.A. History, TESC, 2014 - Arnold Fletcher Award - 4.0 GPA
M.A. Government, Security Studies - Johns Hopkins University, Class of 2018.
Straighterline - 26 courses, including English Comp. I & II, Western Civilization I & II, U.S. History I & II, Intro. to Sociology, Intro to Philosophy, Cultural Anthropology, Environmental Science, Science of Nutrition, Business Law, Financial Accounting, etc.
ALEKS: Intermediate Algebra
CLEP: Humanities 56, Social Sciences and History 58
FEMA: 6 credits
DSST: Civil War and Reconstruction 71, Introduction to Vietnam War 69, Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union 64, Modern Middle East 71.
TESC courses: War and American Society (A), Liberal Arts Capstone (A).
120/120! I'm there!
"Another day has passed and I didn't use Algebra once."
" Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." Albert Einstein
B.A. History, TESC, 2014 - Arnold Fletcher Award - 4.0 GPA
M.A. Government, Security Studies - Johns Hopkins University, Class of 2018.
Straighterline - 26 courses, including English Comp. I & II, Western Civilization I & II, U.S. History I & II, Intro. to Sociology, Intro to Philosophy, Cultural Anthropology, Environmental Science, Science of Nutrition, Business Law, Financial Accounting, etc.
ALEKS: Intermediate Algebra
CLEP: Humanities 56, Social Sciences and History 58
FEMA: 6 credits
DSST: Civil War and Reconstruction 71, Introduction to Vietnam War 69, Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union 64, Modern Middle East 71.
TESC courses: War and American Society (A), Liberal Arts Capstone (A).
120/120! I'm there!
"Another day has passed and I didn't use Algebra once."
" Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." Albert Einstein
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