CLEP/DSST Frustration

[zenurez]

True! I may be rushing a bit, but even freeclepprep had both of these rated as a 2 and 3. Maybe i am not giving myself enough time to sit down and soak in the material. Sad thing was i thought i aced that sociology clep today lol. I will give it more time on this next test which will be anthropology. But yeah with the military i am stuck to studying at night, and am taking classes at AMU already. I think i got extra ego boost from passing the first two right off bat, and need to settle down. Thanks a bunch @officerA

I thought I did great while doing my Sociology test and although I did pass, it ended up being my lowest CLEP score. Since I felt very prepared going into the test, and I didn't use any other study materials, I wondered if perhaps the preparation of the IC flashcards was lacking some key points. In all my tests since, (Macro, Micro) I have used multiple resources that were talked about on this forum for specific exam feedback along with the IC flashcards. They seem to do two things, 1) take my understanding from memorization to comprehension and 2) fill in some areas that perhaps were glossed over in IC.

Personally, I'd do Antrhopology. The feedback on Intro to World Religions is that its pretty hard. When I looked at a study guide someone had posted, it seemed like every term I had to learn was a new word that I couldn't spell and didn't know how to pronounce. I haven't done the test for Anthropology, but I don't remember the subject being very difficult when I was taking at B&M.

Also, as far as free-clep-prep.com ratings, I'd rate the tests differently.
Studying for Sociology seemed very easy but the test seemed to have things I didn't know. I'd rate a 3.
Geology was pretty easy at a 2 or even a 1, especially considering I didn't have IC or a study guide. Of course it helped that I'm fascinated by the subject.
US History I was pretty easy all around so I'd rate 2
MacroEconomics I'd rate a 5 as the hardest test I've had to do so far. However, I enjoyed the topic and put a lot of time into understanding it.
MicroEconomocis is supposed to be very hard, but it was easier than Macro, so I'd put it at a 4.

Good luck studying Anthropology. Make sure to take any free practice tests listed on free-clep-prep.com several times until you get 90% or better, and research this forum for specific exam feedback that could help you. Hope this helps :-)