Average length of study time to prepare ?

[tampalizard]

So far, I would say the tests I studied most for were the first ones I took. I probably spent 12 hours total...spread out over weeks of course..on Business law 1 and Marketing. Since then I have studied significantly less and I guess I am going to find out the consequences soon as I have 8 tests scheduled between May 8th and June 6th. I have 3 scheduled on the 4 days between May 15th and May19th. I will admit, I am a good "tester". Sometimes I think I have more skill at test taking than I actually have knowledge. I think that is part of why I pass. It also helps that I am not in a supreme "money crunch" or on a big time limit. So...if I don't pass I COULD live with it. Of course I WANT to be done with this but I don't NEED to be done. This makes me more relaxed than people who are not in the same position. The last two tests I took were upper level ECE tests. I probably spent an hour going over the Human Resources Material (I felt pretty comfortable with that subject) and maybe 2 hours on the Labor relations (Something I knew very little about as I live in Florida and we have no Unions) Since there was no InstantCert materials specifically on that, I had to spend time deciding what I needed to know. Also, I do have a good memory and as long as I can memorize the info, I am usually OK. My problem is going to come in with the subjects that are not based on memorization...namely Algebra, Statistics and Principals of Finance. I have decided to give them a shot as I am TERRIFIED of math and I will NEVER feel good about taking the tests. I might as well do it and see what happens. I remember sitting in 3rd grade absolutely crying hysterically when the teacher brought out the flash cards. "A real childhood trauma". Since then I have a panic reaction immediately upon seeing those numbers...especially if they are surrounded by lines...ie Roots and other formulas. Oh well...life goes on. It also helps that I have a VERY FLEXIBLE testing center for DSSTs and CLEPS. So if I find myself starting to fail or getting freaked out...I can always call to rebook- even the same day. Lucky huh? I will study about 2 hours for each of the upcoming test. I left Algebra out by itself by 1 week to give me extra time. We will see what happens!:confused: