Can anyone tell me if IC flashcards alone will get me through this test?

Personally, I'd say that the IC flashcards would account for about 90% of what you need. However, I would supplement my studying with some of the online resources in the specific exam feedback section:
http://www.instantcertonline.com/for...buse-dsst.html

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Charter Oak State College GRADUATE (I can finally say that as of 05/31/08)!!
Concentration - Psychology
Tests Completed:
CLEP: Introductory Sociology - 65
DSST: Drug and Alcohol Abuse - 61
Here's to Your, Health - 66
Fundamentals of Counseling - 67
Charter Oak Tests: Infant and Toddler Development
Child Developmental Psychology
Introduction to Early Childhood Education (all passed, worth 3 credits each)
Psychology GRE: 62nd percentile, 18 credits

I scored an "A" on Drugs and Alcohol using this process:

DAY 1: Download all of the posts for the exam from Instacert, then copy/paste all of the Instacert flashcards so I could print/review on paper. Anything on the posts I didn't see in the flashcards I looked up/printed from Wikapedia.

DAY 2: Read the flashcards, some 80 pages when printed. Using a highlighter I would mark anything I didn't already know.

DAY 3: After going through the cards in this manner I would reread just the highlights. During this review I would write notes on the paper adjacent to the flashcard notes on anything I didn't remember from the first read. This review was much quicker than the first where I read all of the flashcards. After that, still on Sunday, I would do a third review where I read just the handwritten notes. I would highlight the handwritten notes that I did not remember so well. Sort of whittled down the info on three reviews.

On Day 4 I read just the highlighted handwritten notes. Then took my test that morning.

This worked very well for CLEP and DANTES, scoring "A's" or A-level grades on every CLEP and DANTES exam. Excelsior exams however I didn’t do so well. You can see those grades I missed the B grade cutoff by one point on many of those exams.

I also took exams on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Same process, but I only could get two reviews before testing. I looked at the Average Scores and took the easier tests on those days since I could only study a few hours in the evenings.

Good luck, ICS

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Acquired 257 total credits: CCAF 93 credits, Exams 66 credits, ACE 67 credits, Trad 28 credits

<2008
· Psych CLEP - 58
· Human CLEP - 440
· Soc Sci CLEP - 500
. Tech Writ DSST - A
· Coll Math CLEP - 510
· Engl w/ Essay CLEP - 510
· Engl w/o Essay CLEP - 510

2008
· 11 Jan Sociology TESC - B
· 14 Jan Adult/Aging ECE - C
· 20 Jan Housing Privatization, AFIT
· 28 Jan MIS DSST - A
· 30 Jan Org Beh DSST - A
· 04 Feb Ethics T&P ECE - C
· 19 Feb World Pop ECE - C
· 21 Feb Org Beh ECE - C
· 25 Feb Drug/Alc Abuse DSST - A
· 06 Mar Res Meth/Psych ECE - B
· 08 Mar Info Lit ECE - (98) Pass
· 20 Mar Abnor Psych ECE - C
· 25 Mar Found/Geron ECE - C
· 27 Mar Engl Comp TESC - (96) Pass

FAILED: None

· Bachelors of Science Degree, Liberal Arts, Excelsior College, 2008
· Airframe & Powerplant License, Federal Aviation Administration, 2002
· Associates Degree, Aviation Maintenance Technology, Community College of the Air Force, 1998

Thanx all,

I'll give it my best!

I passed using IC only. I could have scored better but I went over the flashcards pretty fast and one time only. With an extra couple of days more I would have done better.
Good Luck

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Excelsior College: AAS in Tech Studies - Computer Technology - Complete February 2009
Remaining requirements:
6 hrs Nat. Sciences/Math
GPA: 4.0 (So Far So Good)
Passed so far since joining InstantCert:
CLEP
12L Spanish - 77/50, 6 L Freshman Comp. - 51/50, 3 L Info Sys & Comp App - 56/50, 3 L Intro Sociology - 61/50, 3 L Prin of Mngmt - 68/50, 3 L US History I - 52/50, 3 L US History II - 59/50
DSST
3 U Drug and Alcohol - 49/49 , 3 L Here's to Your Hlth - 56/48, 3 L Intro To Comp - 56/45, 3 L Prin of Sup - 51/46, 3 L Technical Writing 61/48
Central Texas College
3 L English Comp I "A"
1 L Academic Research "A" (Info Literacy Substitute)
Excelsior College:
3 L Biology- In Progress
3 L College Math- In Progress

Quote: There are no stupid questions, only stupid people. "Mr. Garrison"

I tried this method also last year. Failed with a 48/49.

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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.

Here's some really great drug and alcohol podcast you can combine with instantcert cards!

UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts: Psych 119

Of course you may have to fastforward a good 10 minutes into each one before he gets into the subject.

Hope this helps!

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PURSUING BS in LIBERAL STUDIES @ Excelsior

Completed so far:
Military - 58 credits
Traditional - 12 credits
Clep - 15 credits
Excelsior Exams - Organizational Behavior(B), World Population (A), Ethics (A), Cultural Diversity (B),Psychology of A&A (A)
DSST -Drugs & Alcohol (A), Civil War (A)

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