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Clep & Dante - epalla02 - 08-28-2008
What is the main difference between CLEP and DANTE, if any?
Clep & Dante - dwoods - 08-28-2008
The main difference that I noticed is with Dantes you have four available choices for an answer and with CLEP, you have five.
Clep & Dante - reshab912 - 08-28-2008
clep exams are always considered lower level - L
Dantes exams have both upper and lower - U , L
and of course dantes have 4 options to choose from and clep has 5
Clep & Dante - TimeOut - 08-29-2008
The other big difference I think is that DANTE started out as a military thing, it was Department of Defense, where as I think CLEP was just civil. But yes DANTE does upper and lower level and CLEP just lower.
Clep & Dante - studyhard - 08-29-2008
And the other difference is simply the subject areas covered. A lot of CLEPs tend to center around basic core subjects--math, science, foreign language, basic history, etc. DSSTs will sometimes cover more specific areas (i.e., the Vietnam War is an entire DSST test, not just a few questions on a U.S. history exam) or more "elective" type things.....World Religions, Race to Save the Planet, etc.
Clep & Dante - jadechow - 08-29-2008
This difference doesn't concern the exam format or subject matter - but, EC gives letter grades for Dantes exams based on the score you achieve. For anyone looking for boost a lagging GPA (ok me!) that could be a big plus.
Also, I love the four answer choices versus five.
Clep & Dante - Shanarosee - 08-29-2008
I also feel that for some CLEPS and DSSTS, the DSSTS may be a little easier. That may be because there are only four choices instead of five and also you have more time. I was told that the CLEP college alegebra is harder then the DSST Alegebra CLEP.
Clep & Dante - studyhard - 08-29-2008
You do have more time with a DSST but I prefer CLEPs 'cause DSSTs have an annoying tendency to have vaguely worded questions, in my grumpy opinion.
Clep & Dante - bmills072200 - 08-30-2008
studyhard Wrote:You do have more time with a DSST but I prefer CLEPs 'cause DSSTs have an annoying tendency to have vaguely worded questions, in my grumpy opinion.
I would agree will that...all in all, I would say that CLEPs are easier than DSSTs. Even though CLEP has 5 options per question versus 4 for DSST, 2-3 of the answer options on the CLEPs are usually obviously wrong and sometimes utterly ridiculous, where the DSSTs tend to be more tricky with the answer options....just my opinion...
Clep & Dante - volleyball7079 - 05-01-2009
Hi! I've taken the Business Law CLEP (Passed with a 64
) and I am getting ready to take the following DANTES/DSST tests...Business Law II
Organizational Behavior
Principles of Supervision
Intro to Business
I have the electronic study guides for Principles of Supervision and Organizational Behavior and would be interested in making a trade please let me know if anyone needs it and I can email it to you. Does anyone have the Organizational Behavior or Business Law II electronic DANTES study guides?
Any help would be appreciated and if I can help anyone please let me know.
You can email me at:
volleyball7079@yahoo.com
Thanks!
Liz