Microeconomic CLEP result and a few questions

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Hi Everyone:
I'm a newbie and so please don't yell at me if I'm not doing things right.

I've taken 3 clep tests in the last 6 weeks - Macroeconomics, Microeconomics and Intro to Comp and received 70+ on all of them. What I noticed when reviewing the posts is that many note that they took an exam near the time that they scored 70%, 60% - I think I saw someone who was at @ ~48% 2 days before the test. :eek: My rule - I would never sit for an exam if I could not get at least an 85% on the last practice exam.

I suppose it all comes down to how comfortable you are "not knowing". Some students are not bothered by this - call it confidence, bravado, fill in the blank. Others (include me in this group!) can't sleep knowing that I'm going to take a test on which I don't know 20 - 52% of the material. Maybe it's my accounting background - you know the penny variance could be made up of 1 million and -999,999? Maybe that 20%, especially since I do not have the benefit of a professor who I could "read", is really 35%, or maybe that 20% consists of the weighted questions that count for much more than what I think I don't know.

Bottom line - think about what kind of student you are (were). Did you pass your exams fast and loose or were you more confident and successful when you knew most of the material.

My two cents (or 50 cents based on word count!)

Tracy

ps - I really enjoy reading your posts!