11-08-2006, 11:36 AM
Ok, guys, this test is WAY harder than I anticipated. I have exhausted all our library and neighboring library for resources - books and videos. I have completed TWO full video series on pre-calculus. AFter the first series (Standard Deviants which was pretty hilarious) and after understanding EVERY SINGLE CONCEPT and working out EVER SINGLE PROBLEM, I took a look - with my study buddy - at the 25 questiosn you buy for ten bucks off the CLEP site and WE COULD NOT ANSWER EVEN ONE QUESTION. I just finished my second video series today and I am super discouraged. Apparently the trouble is these tapes are very different from what is on the test, as well as it seems the test is far harder than the material we are studying.
This is definately the longest I have ever studied for a test, and I am still light years away from being ready. I just signed up to take it a week from Friday and I'm going to do something I've never done before - I'm taking it unprepared, hoping that I will pass sheerly from good guessing because I have reached a point where, um, I need a professor and I'm not willing to enroll. This is also a major chance as several questions are student-generated fill-in-the-blank vs. multiple choice.
ATTN THOMAS EDISON BUIS MAJORS: As you know, this higher math is a pre-requisite OR you can take college algebra AND trig. My brilliant solution is: if you fail this, don't enroll in pre-cal next semster (it could really skew your GPA b/c it is tough and if you get a C, your GPA will be severely affected if most of your degree is via CLEP and DSST tests). SOLUTION: if you fail the pre-cal Clep, immediately take the CLEP Algebra and enroll in Trig (there is no Trig Clep anymore). This seems to be the feasible solution.
Dang it, I am discouraged!!!
This is definately the longest I have ever studied for a test, and I am still light years away from being ready. I just signed up to take it a week from Friday and I'm going to do something I've never done before - I'm taking it unprepared, hoping that I will pass sheerly from good guessing because I have reached a point where, um, I need a professor and I'm not willing to enroll. This is also a major chance as several questions are student-generated fill-in-the-blank vs. multiple choice.
ATTN THOMAS EDISON BUIS MAJORS: As you know, this higher math is a pre-requisite OR you can take college algebra AND trig. My brilliant solution is: if you fail this, don't enroll in pre-cal next semster (it could really skew your GPA b/c it is tough and if you get a C, your GPA will be severely affected if most of your degree is via CLEP and DSST tests). SOLUTION: if you fail the pre-cal Clep, immediately take the CLEP Algebra and enroll in Trig (there is no Trig Clep anymore). This seems to be the feasible solution.
Dang it, I am discouraged!!!
Leah in Texas
CLEPs I passed: Accounting, Info Syst/Comp App, Mgmt, Marketing, Am Lit, Anlyz/Inter Lit, Eng Comp w/ Essay, Eng Lit, Humanities, US Hist I, US Hist II, Macroeco, Microeco, College Math, Nat. Sciences, College Algebra, Buis Law, Sociology
DSSTs I passed: Statistics, Finance, HR Mgmt, Org Behavior, Intro to Buis, Mgmt Info Sys, Buis Math, Prin Supervision, Money and Banking
Tests I failed:
Money and Banking, Pre-cal
College/Major: Thomas Edison, Buis Mgmt
CLEPs I passed: Accounting, Info Syst/Comp App, Mgmt, Marketing, Am Lit, Anlyz/Inter Lit, Eng Comp w/ Essay, Eng Lit, Humanities, US Hist I, US Hist II, Macroeco, Microeco, College Math, Nat. Sciences, College Algebra, Buis Law, Sociology
DSSTs I passed: Statistics, Finance, HR Mgmt, Org Behavior, Intro to Buis, Mgmt Info Sys, Buis Math, Prin Supervision, Money and Banking
Tests I failed:
Money and Banking, Pre-cal
College/Major: Thomas Edison, Buis Mgmt
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