Humanities clep exam

[joh024]

Hi -

I have bought both of REA study guides "the best test preparation for the CLEP". I am going back to school after a very long time (17 yrs). Though I finished my first two blocks of classes and did very well, studying for the Humanities Exam is becoming my life.

In addition to working 12+ hours a day and being a full time single mom, I try to find 2-3+ hours studying time/daily. I also subscribed to a tutorial service which has been a huge waste of money.

There is so much to learn and memorize that I feel extremely unprepared and overwhelmed. Though I am a very structured person, I am quite disorganized about how best to study and prepare for this test.

I have been studying the REA guides and doing the practice tests, but still feel very unfaimilar with the information. Just wondering if there were any "newbies" like me, who are prepping for this test and can provide some guidance.

Those of you who have taken and passed this test, how familiar were you with the information prior to studying? Have you been enrolled in school with no interruptions (i.e. from H.S, you went straight to collge)?

Reading about how little time some of you spent studying is making me feel like a dunce, but trying to maintain some optimism.

Thanks for your replies and any insight that you can provide.

Liz

I took this test yesterday and passed with a 62. I studied using only the instacert flashcards. The thing that I found was that since the topic is so broad the test didn't go into too much details. Instacert doesn't have the answers to the questions on the test, instead they seem to allow you ways to rule out the answers that are NOT correct on the test. So you will have a better shot with ducated guesses as opposed to trying to learn all of the material.