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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2010 - Master of Business Administration, Strategic Leadership, TUI University (in work)
2008 - Bachelor of Science Degree, Liberal Arts, Excelsior College
2002 - Airframe & Powerplant License, Federal Aviation Administration
1998 - Associates Degree, Aviation Maintenance, Community College of the Air Force

Acquired 254 total credits: CCAF - 93, Exams - 66, ACE - 67, Trad - 28

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 Computer Tech - April 2009
BSLS Admin/Mngmt - Dec 2009 Maybe Earlier

Passed so far since joining InstantCert:
CLEP
12L Spanish - 77/50
6 L Freshman Comp. - 51/50
6 L Social Science & Hist - 54/50
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 Civil War & Reconstruction - 59/47
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- "B"
3 L College Math- "A"

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), Gerontology (B)
DSST -Drugs & Alcohol (A), Civil War (A), Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (A)

8 more credits and info lit left!!!!!!!!!!!!!