Congratulations, Don, on adding 3 credits to your tally.

As to InstantCert, I've seen plenty of people here say they've passed tests using nothing else. They can't all be wrong... but I tried it for Western Civ I, and I'm about 75% sure that, using InstantCert alone, I either wouldn't have passed or would have passed by a very thin margin.

It might just come down to different learning styles and comfort levels. In addition to the rather capricious behavior of the WCI flashcards (details given in my exam feedback post on Western Civ I), I couldn't get a good grasp on chronology using the cards. That's not good in itself, and also, it added to my sense that I might not be getting all the information I needed. It's very hard to gauge that when everything is so scattered. I could have made notes from the cards and put those in chrono order (as I believe some have mentioned doing), but note-taking is so much easier using a book.

I didn't use InstantCert for WCII or US History I, so those might have been better.

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Kelly
Excelsior College, BA, History: 103/121
Southern Arkansas University 1988: ACCT2003; CSCI1003; ENGL1113; SPCH1113; BUS1003; CSCI2023; ECON2003; MATH1023; SOC2003 (27)
Northeast Louisiana University 1991: PSYC201 (3)
Excelsior College 2007-10: INL102; HIS440; HIS342 (7)
CLEP 2007-09: Humanities, Natural Sciences, Western Civ I, Western Civ II, US History I, US History II, A&I Literature, Social Sciences & History, Educational Psychology, Human Growth & Development, Introductory Business Law, American Government, Principles of Management, American Literature (57)
DSST 2009: Western Europe Since 1945, Rise & Fall of the Soviet Union; Civil War & Reconstruction (9)
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