CLEP Forum - CLEP Study - CLEP Testing

knucyt · #3 (**permalink**) 05-22-2008, 06:17 PM

mdd0401,

Since this exam is really important (critical?) to you - at least it sounded like that on your earlier post:

"I am going to start my intern for P-4 Early Childhood Education in August...IF I can pass this biology CLEP test! "

What is your deadline to pass?

If you fail, is there another test you can substitute?
If not, and you have to designate your P-4 program to get the grade from this Biology exam, then you may have to wait 6 months before you can take it again - that's the usual CLEP/DSST procedure.

If you have a little more time and absolutely cannot substitute another test (in other words you cannot afford to fail) then you might want to consider a few more days of studying and postpone tomorrow's exam to next week.

REA and Petersons tests are often harder (but not all) than the actual CLEP but most IC'ers wait until they can score at least a minimum of 50 or greater before moving on to the actual test (you are close with the 48 - was that the second practice test you took? - if so you did improve by more than 10 points!). The practice scores you are comfortable with depends on the type of test taker you are.

As Linda suggested, go back and read the answer/explanation to every Peterson question and that will fill in the gaps/clarify for you. After you have done that and understand the Peterson material (again it depends which test you are taking), then try the 3rd practice test and let us know how you do.

You should also think about what type of test taker you are and what you are comfortable doing. Some people here can wing it and pass with only scoring 50's or even less on Peterson's, and some of us don't take the exam until we can score at least a 65-70/100 on Peterson's....it's all about what you are comfortable with and how important the exam is to you. You probably should follow your gut feel if this is the only exam you can take to start your new school program.

You can pass it!