As I've posted in another thread, I've been studying pretty hard (or so I think) for the Microeconomics CLEP I have scheduled for this Friday. I have been studying for about 3.5 weeks now. Initially, I perused through a college Micro textbook and took a bunch of notes. It seemed time consuming but I didn't mind learning the material. Last week, I began using Instacert and also Peterson's. While I am scoring in the high 60's on average with IC, I am having difficulty with the Peterson's mock exams. I studied some more this afternoon and really thought I had a decent handle on the material (esp. since my IC scores were good) but when I went to do test 3 in Peterson's, I only got a 45. Granted in reviewing a few questions, I made some silly mistakes so perhaps I 'could' have gone over 50 (need a 50 to pass) but I was SO frustrated to see a 45! Also, the Peterson's exam seems a bit harder than the IC questions. Is that typical? It really seems like I've pounded this stuff in my head but perhaps not to the depth of getting a higher score with Peterson's. Any suggestions as I count the days to the CLEP on Friday? If I review my notes and IC, will I be okay with the lower score in Peterson's?? Help!?

swthing,

I usually find Peterson's mocks to be MORE difficult than the real thing. My actual scores are always a bit higher than my Peterson mock scores.

However, your score is right on the borderline between passing and failing. I would spend the next few days mastering the Instantcert material. Know it inside and out (answers as well as the questions).

Three days is more than enough to get you to the place where you need to be to pass this exam.

Study hard and focus on Instantcert until Friday.

Best of luck to you,
Snazzlefrag

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I concur, Peterson's do have more of a challenge and if you can do OK with them you should be more than OK to sit the real thing. GOOD LUCK!!

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