First CLEP Exam Recommendation: Introductory Psychology OR College Mathematics

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Hi there,

I recently stumbled across this forum and have been so thrilled to have a community like this. So first of all, thanks for all the helpful resources, thoughts, and specific exam feedback.

In the next few weeks, I will be taking 4 specific CLEP exams: Introductory Psychology, Introductory Sociology, Human Growth and Development, and College Mathematics. I have never taken a CLEP exam before, though I would consider myself particularly good at studying and taking exams.

I wanted to hear some feedback for a CLEP noob on which exam to take first: Introductory Psychology or College Mathematics. Before drastically switching my degree, I was on an engineering path that came with a good deal of advanced-level math. With my current degree, I haven't touched a calculator in almost 4 years. I took Psychology in high school, but never took to it very much.

With all that being said and with your experience, which exam would you recommend that I take first?

Thank you for reading and for all of your help!

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For the 4 exams you listed I would take College Mathematics first. The reason is if you do Psych first then move to math you are hurting youself a bit. You can switch from Psych to Human Growth quickly. So I wouldn't have any down time between those. I would recommend doing

Option 1
College Math, Intro to Psych, Human Growth and Development, then Sociology.

Option 2
College Math, Sociology, Intro to Psychology, Human Growth and Development

I have taken and passed 3 of 4 of those exams (will be 4 of 4 come May). I used the REA Guides for each of them and passed all of them with a pretty good margin except for Human Growth and Dev (51). That was also because I put minimal time into studying for this exam.