CLEP Calculus

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I passed CLEP Calculus summer 2009 roughly before the school year began so that I did not have to take Calculus class.

I actually had calculus in high school already but it was one year ago and I did not do calculus very well, so I almost forgot everything. I studied the AP Calculus Barron's book 6th edition and a college calculus textbook. But most of the time I used AP book because it has more practice questions and quite close to the CLEP exam, the college textbook for formulas and explanation reference because in order to remember a formulas, I had to understand why. I would suggest you read the explanation to understand why and how you get the formulas and practice [SIZE="4"]a lot[/SIZE] and [SIZE="4"]a lot[/SIZE]. That's the only way that works for maths. If you're doing the problems and get stuck, don't hesitate to see the answers and do it again 'cuz we take the CLEP to save both money and time. If you read the answer and do the problem again but still don't understand, then just skip it and go on with other problems. CLEP Calculus is not tricky and extremely difficult because they have to test a lot of calculus knowledge with only 45 questions in 90 minutes. What they test you just to make sure you understand and can use calculus formulas. Again, this doesn't mean the test is easy since calculus itself does require work. In addition, there's really not enough time and people for you to ask around to understand the minor details. If you do really want to study calculus deeply, simply take a class.

I did not have much time to study for the test because I was working during the summer, and English is not my native language, so I had some difficulty understanding the questions. I crammed for the test for 5 days and then I took the test. My score is not high though, just slightly enough to pass the test.

Good luck with any of you who plan to take the CLEP Calculus.