Tomorrow morning I'm taking my first clep (Principles of Management.)

The Peterson's Principles of Management practice test is scaled out of 100. My question is what average on the practice test will generally get a pass on a CLEP and Dante's?

I will post my results on this thread. Thank You all for any input you can give.

I could be wrong, but some think scores of 70 or higher mean you are ready.

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20 UL Credits to go (7 tests)
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Area of Focus:Computer Information Science

Next test:
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (August 6th)

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Making a 70 or higher means your ready?

If you get a 70 or higher - you should have taken the test a week ago. No -- you can feel confident going into the testing center if you can pull off 50% + on each of the tests. Hasn't failed me yet!

Principles of Management should be a breeze for you as long as you are using InstantCert and feel like you have mastered the flash cards. I took the Principles of Management exam this past Saturday and I got a 70. The exam is very straightforward.

As far as the Peterson's exams are concerned, I have not found any specific guidleines to compare the scores on a Peterson's to the actual CLEP. My personal experience on 4 different exams has been the following:

US History II - Peterson's gave me 46%-49% and I scored 56 on CLEP
Principles of Management - Peterson's gave me 68% and it was 70 on CLEP
English Composition with Essay - Peterson's was 65%, and CLEP was 52
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature - Peterson's 54%, CLEP 54

In summary, the percentages on a Peterson's test seem to be pretty consistent with the raw score on the CLEP based on my experience. In many cases, people find that their percentages are slightly lower on a Peterson's than the raw score of the actual CLEP. I think it is pretty fair to estimate that if you are scoring a 55% to 60% on a Peterson's, the CLEP should be a smooth pass for you!

My average score on the Peterson's Princ of Mngmt tests was mid 70s; I took the POM CLEP yesterday and scored a 70.

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Ridge

B.S. Technology - Excelsior - 0 Credits Left

I agree as a general rule of thumb with the previous comments below...I also appear to be one of those who should have "taken the test a week ago"...! I find that w/each Petersen I usually go up between 5-8 points with each practice test and then score a little bit higher on the actual CLEPS. I did find A&E Lit to be the exception to all the other Petersen's I have done.

I find the Petersen's tests give me the confidence to know I am ready and knock the exam out and also get in the right mindset for the questions. For some of my CLEPs the grade does not matter other than being a passing grade, but for others (such as Soc, Psych, etc) that I will have to show to another school for my next degree program the grades do matter...so I prefer to score higher.

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CLEPS/DANTES ATTEMPTED/PASSED -21 Classes credited:
- Human/Cultural Geography (SOC300) 69/Nov 08
- Intro to Business Law (LEG100) 73/Nov 08
- Astronomy (HUM300) 68/Nov 08
- Human Resource Management (BUS310) 73/Jul 08
- Money and Banking (ECO320) 64/Jun 08
- Principles of Finance (FIN100) 67/May 08
- Principles of Macroeconomics (ECO100) 75/Apr 08
- Principles of Marketing 74/Apr 08
- Introduction to World Religions (HUM400) 78/Apr 08
- Analyzing & Interpreting Lit 69/Mar 08 (6 credits)
- Introductory Psychology 74/Feb 08
- Introductory Sociology 73/Jan 08
- Principles of Mgmt 75/Dec 05
- English Comp (cold) 59/Sep 05 (6 credits)
- Information Systems & Computer Apps 72/Sep 05
- College French Language 75/Jun 05 (12 credits)

+Traditional Credits Earned 2005-2008: 17 classes - last 3 traditional classes completed Oct/08
ALL DONE NOV 08. Degree received: BS in Business Administration, minor in Management, SCL. Saved $$$$$ and Time - Thanks to InstantCert.

thank you all for your feedback. This was my first test, with a 63 and very little work.

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Working On:
-B.S. International Management Spring "09"
-GRE Subject Test Psychology (30 credits ECE) Summer
-Principles of Statistics
-Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union April

Passed:
-Principles of Management 63
Intro to World Religions 64

WOW!!! Great work! I knew you could do it!!

Way to go! Now on to the next one......

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Excelsior College
102 credits complete
20 UL Credits to go (7 tests)
BS Liberal Studies
Area of Focus:Computer Information Science

Next test:
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (August 6th)

You could take 25 DSST tests or 27 CLEP tests for the price of 1 UoP class.