Studying for this test on Wednesday. Doing well on IC. I took the official clep parctice exam and only got 6 wrong. Scoring about 57 on the Peterson's they are pretty hard.

Did everyone else find that the Peterson exams were much harder than actual exam? I've noticed that in the past but the Humanities exams seem particularly hard and I know this subject matter better than other exams I've taken in the past. (or at least I thought I did).

Anyway, I just wanted to get some tips from those who have taken this exam. I've read all the threads in here. Some say the exam is easy and some say it is hard. I really want to pass since this would be may last exam and then I can graduate!

TIA.

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Credits to date:
84 -Traditional
6-CLEP Analyz. & Inter. Lit (68)
3-CLEP Princ. of Mgmt. (73)
12-FEMA
3- DSST Environ. & Human. (53)
3 - Intro.to Psych (66)
3 - Human Growth & Dev (61)
6 - Humanities (72)

Austin- First of all, don't worry. The Peterson's practice test for this exam is insanely difficult (so much so, that I was discouraged at only getting about 65% of the questions correct). However, I found that the actual exam was much closer in level of difficulty to the College Board's official practice test. From what you've written, it sounds like you're well prepared. Best of luck on your exam!

I agree with Pennyddreadful,

The Peterson's mock exams took the material too deep. For this exam, you only need to know a little bit about a lot of things, rather than a lot about a few things.

The College Board practice test should be your guide for this exam.

Judging by your score on the practice test, I think you have more than enough mojo to pass this exam.

You are going to do groovy baby.

Best of luck,
Snazzlefrag

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My name is Rob
So far, I have earned 139 credits (12 not used).

Excelsior College
- BS Psychology (15 credits - 5 courses/exams to go)
- BS Business (9 credits - 3 courses/exams to go)
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Upcoming: An UL business course of some kind.
In-progress: ENG100 English Comp (PFC)
Most Recently Completed: Tech Math I at PFC.
Exams/Courses Passed To Date (42):
- Courses (3): 1 ECE, 1 CSU, 1 PFC.
- Exams (39): 24 DANTES, 15 CLEP.

You're probably going to score in the 70's on this one. Have fun!

You'll do great! I scored a 70 on that CLEP and I only had 75.1% correct on my second time through the InstantCert material. I did not use the Petersons practice exams for Humanities, but in the case of both Biology and Educational Psychology the Petersons material was harder than the actual CLEP.

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Chris
120 credits, 3.60 GPA, B.S. General Business, Excelsior College to be conferred 6/20/08

CLEP Accounting-71, Humanities-70, Marketing-78, Macro-70, Sociology-66, HG&D-72, Management-77, American Gov't-63, Business Law-73, Edu Psych-67, Biology-71; DSST MIS-66, Statistics-78, Principles of Finance-66, Money & Banking-65, Health-65, Business Law II-69, Environment-68, HRM-70; ECE Ethics-A, Org Behavior-B, Info Lit-P, Labor Relations-C, Ops Mgt-A, Business Strategy-B

Thanks everyone. I took the last Peterson's and scored a 70. I should be ready for Wednesday. Those lower Peterson scores were making me a bit nervous.

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Credits to date:
84 -Traditional
6-CLEP Analyz. & Inter. Lit (68)
3-CLEP Princ. of Mgmt. (73)
12-FEMA
3- DSST Environ. & Human. (53)
3 - Intro.to Psych (66)
3 - Human Growth & Dev (61)
6 - Humanities (72)

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M.S. - Psychology
B.S. - Criminal Justice
A.S. - Administrative Management

Shoto-Advice:
"EC"
"CCU"
"Prayer"
"A Pass is a Pass"
"Slow and Steady - Wins the Race"
“Sometimes The Easy Way Is Not Always The Best Way”
"Passing a Petersons = Conquering a CLEP -or- Defeating a DSST"
"The 5 R's of Study: Repetition - Re-Enforces - Recognition - Recall - Retention"

"Always be Ready to Release Your Mind & Incorporate the Advice of Others into Your Plans."

"Studying is much like Boiling Water, if it is not Heated Constantly it will Once Again Become Cold Water."

Other Sources of CLEP & DSST Study Material

REA Books, Comex Books, Pass Your Class Guides, Standard Deviants DVD's, Petersons Practice Exams, Dummies Books, Idiot's Guides .

I will be taking the Humanities exam 11/9/2007. I have limited knowledge in this area but realize that I know more than I thought using IC. I have taken and passed 4 DSSST exams using IC and had good scores. I think that with the forum and IC I can pass this one. This will finish my BS credit needs and I am starting my MS in the summer.

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filestn

Good luck filestn! Be sure to let us know how you do.

Take care,
JoAnne