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Hi, new member here! - Ronny - 04-30-2008 I found this community through a search engine and I'm so glad I did. I just want to say hi to everyone and tell you about myself. I'm 27 on my 3, so I'm a nontraditional student (college freshmen) at Cuyahoga Community College. I've taken 2 CLEPs so far, Sociology and Psychology and passed both easily using the REA study guides. This summer I'll be taking several more (I hope to take biology, humanities, macro & micro economics, marketing, intro to managment, business law and analyzing and interpreting literature (ambitious, I know! )) while taking a math class at school as well. Click my bio for a little more about me. Hi, new member here! - Archelous - 05-01-2008 Welcome to instacert! Its a really helpful site Hi, new member here! - cinderly - 05-01-2008 Welcome and happy almost-birthday, Ronny! You'll find lots of useful information at IC. As for your planned exams, I think I'd approach them in this order (from "easiest" to "hardest"/needs most prep time): Analyzing & Interpreting Literature Humanities Intro to Marketing Intro to Management Microeconomics Macroeconomics Business Law Biology (Keep in mind that I've only taken one of your proposed exams, so please take this advice with a large pinch of salt.) Also, if you haven't already, check out the Specific Exam Feedback section for more information on each of the above exams. (It's not for questions but still a great resource.) Best of luck to you as you pursue your degree. You can do it! Hi, new member here! - knucyt - 05-01-2008 Welcome Ronny! Cinderly's list looks good to me with one possible exception - you might want to look at taking Macro before Micro. Based on all the feedback and comments I received when I asked that very question, 90% recommended Macro before Micro which is what I did. I've take 4 from your list so far and have used IC and REA for all of them (plenty of IC'ers use only IC - I just like to have the context upfront that REA can give you) Check out the Specific Exam forum for details of IC'ers experience - there is a lot of great guidance in those threads that will save you time and money. Good luck! Hi, new member here! - Inwe - 05-01-2008 Ronny, I have taken everything on your list except Humanities, and think Cinderly's suggestion looks good. However, none of these test have very much overlap except Micro/Macro so any order you feel like would work. Good Luck!! Hi, new member here! - FloArmstrong - 05-01-2008 [SIZE="3"] Hi everyone, I heard about this community before and had been encouraged to join. I'm glad I did. I like it already... I am working on my BBA concentration in acquisition. I want to finish this degree ain't no time. The big question HOW? I have about 7classes left after this summer. I am glad Strayer University, considered a lot of my classes as transfered credit from George Washington University. Changing career is hard. I feel like I start over. I enjoy what Iam doing now contracting and medical field is not for me. So far I am reviewing for ENG 115, HUM 400 & FINANCE... I really need to get this out of the way so I can concentrate on the major courses. I am determine and hope for the best. So far, I read some feedbacks and it sounds yummy... inspiring. I am moving along... See you around, Flo[/SIZE] Hi, new member here! - Ronny - 05-02-2008 Thanks everyone for the warm greetings, I'm so glad I found this community! Cinderly, thanks for ranking them from easiest to hardest for me. It's good to know how much prep time to devote to each one. I think both Humanities and Biology will be rough for me. Literature and Art are my worst subjects, my backround in nill. In Highschool Biology I passed, but barely. I'm constantly amazed at people taking such hard exams and passing them with a few days prep time. I guess I shouldn't be, as I passed both sociology and psychology with 1 day prep each, . Given my weak background I think I should take at least a week of study for both the 6 credit Biology and Humanities exams. I'm also worried about the economics CLEPs, I've already got the Micro and Macro REA guides as well as the Barrons Economics review which is 500 pages of small print and graphs. I want to approach the economics CLEPs together because the material isn't separated by micro and macro in the Barrons review, I'll take about a week to read the Barrons guide and then the micro and macro REA guides and practice tests and take them both on the same day. As far as the other CLEPs go, I think the REA guides will be sufficient as their reviews on Amazon.com indicate. Any suggestions to make things easier than I plan or do I have the right idea? Hi, new member here! - Ronny - 05-02-2008 Hi Flo, Welcome! Hi, new member here! - Ronny - 05-27-2008 Just an update. I've taken Inwe's advise and not taken anything in order and have been doing great. So far I've passed A&I Literature 66, Marketing 76, and I just got home from the Business Law with a 71!!! Thursday I've scheduled a DANTES test to try those out too, the Substance abuse test, it'll be paper based. I've also scheduled Management for this coming Wednesday, I'll take it easy next week and just do one easy exam. I kind of think I wasn't ambitious enough when I decided what exams to take this summer. I want to add a couple easy general exams like social sciences and natural sciences and some DANTES exams to my exam list. Even if I just do one each week instead of hurting myself doing 2, it's a very achievable plan in my opinion. Thank you all so much for all the advice I've read here, so far it has been spot on perfect! Hi, new member here! - mickeloaf - 05-29-2008 Welcome to the board!