Scared

[burbuja0512]

I've not taken any DSST or CLEP exams before, and I recently decided to give IC a whirl for a Religion class i need. I've been studying the flashcards for about a week now, and have gotten through the first half (eastern & basic religions).

IC touts itself as being the only resource you need to pass these tests, but I am a bit frightened by all of the previous comments about this test. My school requires a 400 to pass the test. I've looked at the Peterson practice tests, and many of the questions seem VERY in depth - not what I would expect for an "Intro" test.

My question to those of you with experience with these tests is: do the tests allow you to miss quite a few questions? I see people in here that passed with a respectable score after claiming to have only studied for a few days. I'm already a week in and I feel woefully not knowledgeable about even the subjects where I am continually getting 100% on the IC flash cards.

Thanks for any input!

MOVED FROM SPECIFIC FEEDBACK ONLY SECTION

I would say that IC is generally the only resource that you need to pay for. My combo for success was IC cards + Specific Feedback Forum + youtube lectures + google/wikipedia.

IC will give you an idea of what's on the test along with a basic explanation, but it will not teach you everything on a subject that you're totally unfamiliar with.

Of course everyone has different learning styles so you'll need to keep that in mind, but if you're going through IC and totally don't understand the card, then STOP. Go to Google and search the topic, UNLESS you have already bookmarked other helpful sites that you found in the IC specific forum feedback.. then check those out first.