11-03-2009, 01:56 PM
Hi!!
I took this CLEP 5-6 weeks ago and passed with a 56! I remember a lot of reading passages in the REA book as well, but on the actual test I think there may have been only one or two at the most! But just because there weren't alot of reading passages doesn't mean that the material in those passages should be skipped over! I remember reading some information in those reading passages that actually were on the test but not in a passage form, just a straight up question!
They do not give you a periodic table to work with! I memorized the main Elements and there symbols. There were a couple questions that you really had to just know the elements and have there order, valence electrons, etc. memorized and unfortunately I did not know all of this so just made the best guess I could! It was more on the lines of advanced chemistry if you ask me!
Another helpful thing to know is the different time periods--Precambrium, Mesozoic, etc. There were a few questions on that! Not as many gene and Punnett Square questions as I thought there would be, only 1 or 2. I remember several questions over hereditary diseases and sickle cell anemia. Things like that. Several astronomy questions...know the order of the planets, the largest planet, stars etc. Several questions were on the test that were in the practice test books that I used! The Princeton Cracking the CLEP and also in the Collegeboard Official CLEP Study Guide, so those turned out to be very helpful!
You'll do great on it!! Blessings ~kelsey
I took this CLEP 5-6 weeks ago and passed with a 56! I remember a lot of reading passages in the REA book as well, but on the actual test I think there may have been only one or two at the most! But just because there weren't alot of reading passages doesn't mean that the material in those passages should be skipped over! I remember reading some information in those reading passages that actually were on the test but not in a passage form, just a straight up question!
They do not give you a periodic table to work with! I memorized the main Elements and there symbols. There were a couple questions that you really had to just know the elements and have there order, valence electrons, etc. memorized and unfortunately I did not know all of this so just made the best guess I could! It was more on the lines of advanced chemistry if you ask me!
Another helpful thing to know is the different time periods--Precambrium, Mesozoic, etc. There were a few questions on that! Not as many gene and Punnett Square questions as I thought there would be, only 1 or 2. I remember several questions over hereditary diseases and sickle cell anemia. Things like that. Several astronomy questions...know the order of the planets, the largest planet, stars etc. Several questions were on the test that were in the practice test books that I used! The Princeton Cracking the CLEP and also in the Collegeboard Official CLEP Study Guide, so those turned out to be very helpful!
You'll do great on it!! Blessings ~kelsey
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