04-06-2017, 12:27 AM
Ars457123 Wrote:Just to keep things in perspective, this is from the American Government section of the Specific Exam Feedback section:
"Studied for approximately five hours and passed with a 61. I used Dutchman's guide (Post #142) and the REA study guide practice tests. Good luck!"
Just to keep things in perspective...
I'm sure that there were plenty of people who studied way more hours than that, plus, I'm also sure that a lot of people fail. Check the pass rates!
How long does a clep take? Well, not including studying time, let's see - minimum half hour traveling each way, plus time to take test which is about 90 minutes plus the time that you have to check in, show your ID, wait for the tech to come back from lunch, show your ID again, find a locker for your coat, and wait for them to start the machine... about 3 to 4 hours total, and that's not including the hassle of finding a time that the testing center is available and works for you...
I'm not against cleps in general. I took about six cleps at a time when I was planning to graduate from a b&m school - so I know that there are positives and negatives to everything, and there definitely are some really big positives to cleps, especially with instancerts specific exam feedback section.
I think, though, that your are ignoring some of the really big negatives. So, one person studied five hours? Yay. Most people do study more than that. Also, I found that it was difficult to find a good book to study from - I used REA books before I found instancert - and I, personally, found them excruciatingly boring, across the board. Really, I literally could not finish the marketing clep REA book no matter what I did - and if you can't make marketing interesting, than it's downhill all the way! And while instantcert's method works for a lot of people, I felt it was too slow for me, so I didn't like it either.
Keeping things in perspective, I'm really glad that there are more options, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way.
Goal: BSBA in Accounting through TESU, 150 credits, Credits so far: 137/150
Received: A.S. in Business Administration, Aug. 2016
Tests taken so far:
Cleps: Psychology (73), College Composition Modular (65), Social Science and History (67), Humanities (59), Marketing (72), Analyzing and Interpreting Literature (77)
TECEP: Strategic Management Capstone (72)
Aleks: Statistics (71!)
Davar: International Management (82), Intro to Computing (80), American Government (79), Managerial Communications (70)
Study.com: Personal Finance (92), Human Growth and Development (84), Social Psychology (88) Human Resources Management (86)
The Institutes: (76)
Online Accounting Classes: Columbia College: Advanced Accounting, Tax II, TESU: Audit
Up ahead:
Study.com: Costing, ?
Saylor: Intro to political Science?, Management Info. Systems?
TEEX
Received: A.S. in Business Administration, Aug. 2016
Tests taken so far:
Cleps: Psychology (73), College Composition Modular (65), Social Science and History (67), Humanities (59), Marketing (72), Analyzing and Interpreting Literature (77)
TECEP: Strategic Management Capstone (72)
Aleks: Statistics (71!)
Davar: International Management (82), Intro to Computing (80), American Government (79), Managerial Communications (70)
Study.com: Personal Finance (92), Human Growth and Development (84), Social Psychology (88) Human Resources Management (86)
The Institutes: (76)
Online Accounting Classes: Columbia College: Advanced Accounting, Tax II, TESU: Audit
Up ahead:
Study.com: Costing, ?
Saylor: Intro to political Science?, Management Info. Systems?
TEEX
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