I am new to this board so I want to share my Clep experiences to date. I used the instant cert materials to study for the Humanities Clep exclusivly and passed with a score of 67.
American History II - passed 56
Western Civilization II- passed 56

Both of these tests were not hard. I am from Europe and never studied American History prior to Instant Cert so I think that resource is quite good. I got a score of 56 because I only studied for two days prior to the exam.

I am taking American Government and American History I next week and I am using the Instant Cert website along with the Peterson's practice tests along with the official Clep Exam Guide. I will let you know how I do. These tests by the way have a lot of questions that are very tricky.

Have a great day!

I may have missed it in the discussion threads, and I know that this had been discussed, but I came across the official word on availability of computer based, immediate scoring of DSST exams on the DSST website today, (together with the increased test fees). So I am posting it here in case anyone may have missed it. Thanks.

Quote:

Beginning October 1, 2006, Colleges and Universities can provide their students with paperless delivery via Internet-Based Testing.

• Candidates will be able to obtain immediate test results.
  
• Proctors will be able to use a more streamlined and efficient process.

Just wanted to share a way to get mega credits at Excelsior for those who haven't heard of this yet. Here is what Excelsior emailed me back when I asked them about GRE Psychology. (I am going for a liberal arts)

If you take the GRE in Psychology, you have an opportunity to earn a lot of credits with one test.

Credits are awarded starting at the 35th percentile, adding 3 more credits for every 5 percentile points. The first 12 credits are always lower level. Credits at the 55th percentile and above are upper level. Examples of desirable scores are as follows:

80th percentile - A score of 685 will earn you 12 LL and 18 UL credits (a total of 30).
75th percentile - A score of 670 will earn you 12 LL and 15 UL credits (a total of 27).
(LL = Lower Level, UL = Upper Level)

Just got back from taking the Info. Sys. and Comp. Appl. CLEP. Failed with a 46. I was shocked to see my score. Felt as prepared as I could have been and even felt confident while I was taking the test. I'm wondering what in the world I could have done differently in order for me to have gotten a passing score???
I worked through (several times) and understood pretty much all of the Instacert flashcards. I read Introduction to Computers & Information Systems by Larry Long. Plus, I took the practice test from the Official CLEP study guide and scored fairly well (then I reviewed my test and understood why I got certain questions wrong, and also went over the ones I got right).
Now I know that people say that you fail tests you feel good about... and you pass tests that you totally think you failed. But why do I feel like CLEP made a mistake? I swear... about 90% of that test I believed that I was understanding the questions they were asking and knew the answer for it.:confused: Any thoughts?

Hi everyone,

Didn't see this on the board yet. I just saw on the DSST site that they are increasing the test fee to $70 effective 10/01/2006.

I used FEMA credits to complete my associates of applied science degree from TESC and then had my transcript sent to Charter Oak State College to be applied towards a Bachelor in general studies. After receiving my transcript, I have been told that they will not accept my FEMA credits unless it comes in the form of a transcript from Fredricks College. Has any one experienced difficulty in transferring these credits from TESC to COSC?

Does anyone have any resources that I could use to accomplish this? A friend of mine was running http://www.innovativerides.com but he hasn't had the time to update it so he asked me to do it. I don't have any real clue on how to do this, but I would love to learn.

Any books any of you could suggest I check out at the base library? Any online sources that you've used with success in the past? Any help would be great

[SIZE="2"]In regards to the 'four tests in one week thread', how about a smiley that shows smoke coming from atop the head? I know my brain has been fried many times from studying and taking tests?....................[/SIZE]

I have a question for someone who's already registered at Excelsior - with all the pass/fail cleps, does it truly not matter what your score is or will the actual clep score be reflected on your transcript upon graduation/transfer (as in pass-50 or pass-79)?
I would not keep studying as long if I knew it made no difference whatsoever, but right now it is keeping me from starting the cleps that I am sure I could pass, just not sure I could ace. So you could also say I am asking for a swift kick in the you know what !

I've already posted about my ethics test. If that goes well I should have only 4 credits to go. 3 for my WER and 1 for information literacy. I had intended to take a BYU writing course, but now I am having second thoughts.

I am enrolled in Excelsior so I can't take the CLEP written stuff, so I have my sites on either of the ECE writing exams. I've skimmed through the posts, but was hoping for more input. Like, is the 6 credit comp a great deal harder then the 3 college writ? The first is supposed to cover 2 semesters and the second only 1. I've read Excelsior's content guides, but can't see too much of a difference. Is it true that the comp exam isn't scored instantaneously?

Basically I'm wondering if anyone out there has, by any chance, taken both and what they think the differences are? Any advice from people who have just taken one would be highly appreciated just the same.

(TEC.. writing exam I've heard is unscored, though expensive. Does anyone know if TE.. exams are like the clep writing or ECE writing exams, or are they harder?)

Thanks and good luck to ya all!