02-15-2013, 11:36 AM
I took this test a month ago, and just got my score back last week: 62. For me, it wasn't that hard because I enjoy correcting grammar and revising papers, so I hardly had to study for the multiple choice portion. I took a week to study for this one. The 2 mandatory essays are probably the hardest part. You have 30 minutes to write an argumentative essay about either a quote or an argument given to you. Then you have 40 minutes to read two sources and write an essay backing up your view while integrating/quoting the two sources into your essay.
For the argumentative style, I reviewed the section for writing essays in the Princeton Review Cracking the ACT, which I had used for my ACT and found quite helpful for explaining how to write argumentatively.
For the source essay, make sure you know how to cite sources. It is also important to practice being timed while writing your essays, because 30 minutes goes by very quickly!
If you need more help with the multiple choice portion, check out English Composition CLEP Free Study Guide - Free-Clep-Prep.com. It is for the old CLEP, but looks like a good study resource. And I know several people have mentioned that Princeton Review's Cracking the CLEP is very helpful too.
The most helpful thing for me was the Peterson's Practice Tests. I took all three of these (along with the Official CLEP study guide), and they were right on for the actual test. They give you good practice for writing essays and has good sample essays to look over.
I also went through the CLEP Official Study Guide practice test. This is always a good representation of the actual test. If you don't have access to Peterson's PT, see if you can get a couple of different versions (from 2011 onwards because that's when the CC test was changed) of the Official Study Guide from the library to give you different tests on which to practice.
All that said, this is not a bad exam for 6 credits! Hope it goes well!
For the argumentative style, I reviewed the section for writing essays in the Princeton Review Cracking the ACT, which I had used for my ACT and found quite helpful for explaining how to write argumentatively.
For the source essay, make sure you know how to cite sources. It is also important to practice being timed while writing your essays, because 30 minutes goes by very quickly!
If you need more help with the multiple choice portion, check out English Composition CLEP Free Study Guide - Free-Clep-Prep.com. It is for the old CLEP, but looks like a good study resource. And I know several people have mentioned that Princeton Review's Cracking the CLEP is very helpful too.
The most helpful thing for me was the Peterson's Practice Tests. I took all three of these (along with the Official CLEP study guide), and they were right on for the actual test. They give you good practice for writing essays and has good sample essays to look over.
I also went through the CLEP Official Study Guide practice test. This is always a good representation of the actual test. If you don't have access to Peterson's PT, see if you can get a couple of different versions (from 2011 onwards because that's when the CC test was changed) of the Official Study Guide from the library to give you different tests on which to practice.
All that said, this is not a bad exam for 6 credits! Hope it goes well!
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