HONEST OPINION-American & English Lit

[cookderosa]

I am getting ready to prepare to take my first CLEP this summer. I need 2-200level English classes left to graduate with an AA from a community college. Stupidly I left those for last, HAHA.


Check with your college, you might earn 6 credit EACH for these, meaning you would only have to take 1, not 2!!! TESC gave me 6 - 200 level credits for American Lit.


SO honestly, someone who HATES fiction of any type can I pass these?


Honestly, you won't have to read much. This will be fact type exam- who wrote this or that, which period was this, who was the main character, etc. You can memorize this info, I did.



Are these tests really difficult?>>


Since you hate Shakespeare, don't take the Brit lit- take the American.

Which one to take first?

American may be the only one you need, but if not, take American first.

How long will I need to study, and what to use to study?

One month with the Idiot's guide is plenty, you could do it in 2 weeks if you study well.

Am I making a mistake making these my first CLEP's??

Only if Analyzing and Interpreting lit could be used in it's place for lit credit. Otherwise, these are your only lit choices, so it wouldn't make sense to take another CLEP first.

I got an A in both Eng 101 and 102, but I am a good writer and that's what helped my grades. However, I think these tests are going to be alot different.


Yes. Night and day.

I also plan to take Spanish, but that should be a breeze for me I HOPE!

Thank you SO much, I LOVE this forum. You guys have really helped me find hope in FINALLY getting my BS or BA and FAST> If some of you recall my first posts, I have been stuck at my community college for 4 years and drowning in student loan debt![/QUOTE]


Your quite welcome!