Yay! I passed with a 69! That really surprised me. My extremes of pessimism and optimism had put me at either flunking or something in the very low 60s, but I did not expect this!
I found my actual test to be easier than the CLEP practice test. Weird.
A study suggestion for doing this exam in a short amount of time (I only took two weeks):
I used:
SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides for detailed stuff
IC for basic explanations and review, doing each section only once (a few twice...would have been good to do more)
Read the REA book and did all 3 practice exams and reviewed the answers
Did the CLEP practice test and looked up every unfamiliar term online
Made flashcards for myself. I spent 3-4 hours making flashcards of terms and concepts that were new to me, from cell parts to ecology to the different parts of the brain (and yes, you need to know that).
I think I lucked out a little (thanks, Lord for answering all those prayers!) because some of the stuff I was really poor at wasn't on the test and some of the easier stuff was, but still, a person should be able to pull a passing score using the resources I used.
Thanks for your encouragement everyone! I'm tickled to death to have 6 more credits!
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DONE! History degree from TESC!
CLEPS:
College Math-69, Sociology-70, Humanities-72, Am. Lit-61, English Lit-69, S. Sciences & History-65, Eng. Comp/w essay-75, Microec.-64, Macroec.-73, Western Civ. I-71, Western Civ. II-71, American Gov't-71, US History I-75, US History II-65, A&I Lit-77, Prin. of Mgmt-76, Prin. of Mktng-76. Biology-69
DSST's:
Civil War & Reconst.-70, Modern Middle East-63, World Religions-76, Tech. Writing-67, Prin. of Supervision-67, HR Mgmt-69, Rise & Fall USSR-64, Vietnam War-60, Ethics-69. Intro to Bus-67, Org. Behavior-69, W. Europe-60
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