02-04-2011, 09:04 AM
I wonder if the person that started this thread has ever taken a CLEP..
Ok.. in all fairness, yes some CLEP's are easy for some adults. I took Spanish, A & I lit, Intro to Computing and Technical Writing either cold or almost totally cold and passed all of them. It wasn't because I'm a good guesser though, it's because of my life experience, but isn't that the point of a test? Isn't it to get credit for stuff that you've learned already? Would any sane college want me to sit in Spanish 101 when I can probably speak it better than the teacher?
Yes, you'll see us talking about easy tests on the forums, but if you don't study, or don't have life experience in the topic, they're not as simple as we make it sound.
Don't believe me? I challenge you to go in and take a test in an area that you are TOTALLY unfamilar. (Maybe Modern Middle east?) Come back and let us know how things went.
Ok.. in all fairness, yes some CLEP's are easy for some adults. I took Spanish, A & I lit, Intro to Computing and Technical Writing either cold or almost totally cold and passed all of them. It wasn't because I'm a good guesser though, it's because of my life experience, but isn't that the point of a test? Isn't it to get credit for stuff that you've learned already? Would any sane college want me to sit in Spanish 101 when I can probably speak it better than the teacher?
Yes, you'll see us talking about easy tests on the forums, but if you don't study, or don't have life experience in the topic, they're not as simple as we make it sound.
Don't believe me? I challenge you to go in and take a test in an area that you are TOTALLY unfamilar. (Maybe Modern Middle east?) Come back and let us know how things went.
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ISSA Certified Nutritionist
COSC BS, Business Admin
My BS Credits:
Spanish 80 | Humanities 67 | A & I Lit 72 | Sub Abuse 452 | Bus Ethics 445 | Tech Writ 62 | Math 53 | HTYH 454 | Am. Govt 65 | Env & Humanity 64 | Marketing 65 | Micro 61| Mgmt 63| Org Behavior 65| MIS 446|Computing 432 | BL II 61 | M&B 50 | Finance 411 | Supervision 437| Intro Bus. 439| Law Enforcement 63| SL: Accounting I B | Accounting II C+| Macro A | ECE: Labor Relations A | Capstone: A| FEMA PDS Cert
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