Something my sister and I did on this exam was to look at the official CLEP practice test and make a list of all authors or books mentioned that were unfamiliar to us and then look them up on SparkNotes. I read quite a few book summaries on SparkNotes using the list as a guide and it was very helpful. A lot of later American Lit classics are sort of........(can I say this?).........trashy, so they weren't ever things I had read and they weren't covered in the Christian school textbook I used as basic prep.

I got a 61 on the test.

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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