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[snazzlefrag]

Congratulations on passing Biology Avery, and thank you for your feedback too. Eight credits for one exam must feel WONDERFUL!!!


How did you prepare for the exam? Do you have any additional advice to share with us? What do you plan on taking next?

Well done,
Snazzlefrag

[AverySays]

Originally Posted by snazzlefrag

Congratulations on passing Biology Avery, and thank you for your feedback too. Eight credits for one exam must feel WONDERFUL!!!


How did you prepare for the exam? Do you have any additional advice to share with us? What do you plan on taking next?

Well done,
Snazzlefrag

I hit it hard, for about two weeks.
Last Sunday through Wednesday (yesterday), I studied for about 12 to 16 hours
a day. I do NOT reccomend this approach. These were my tools:

1. VIDEOS: Watched two DVDs. The Standard Deviants' one was excruciatingly
annoying, but very helpful.

2. TEXTBOOK: I bought a used 1200 page Biology textbook that I only ended
up using for the chapter on heredity.

3. SELF-TEACHING GUIDES: Checked out three self-teaching guides from the
library. Made it through most of the first one, one small chapter on ecology in
the second, and didn't even read one page from the third.

4. CRAM GUIDES: Checked out a Schaum's Easy Outline and read it from
cover to cover. It was only 147 pages. Bought a Cliff's QuickReview and didn't
even read a page.

5. WWW: Surfed websites mentioned by learningasIgo in a post to another
thread. That post and others were a big help in deciding which topics to study
and how much study energy/time to apply to each one.

6. INSTANTCERT FLASHCARDS: Studied all of the Biology sections (except
for the four listed below) for hours and hours. Probably averaged three trips
through each of the 12 sections I got through. This is were I spent the
majority of my study time.

Didn't get around to these last four sections:

Principles of Ecology Part 2 [33 Questions]
Principles of Evolution [88 Questions]
Principles of Behavior [33 Questions]
Social Biology [38 Questions]

I almost forgot, yesterday morning I took the practice test in the 15th edition
(2003) of the College Board's "Official Study Guide" to measure my progress.
I got about 70% of the questions correct. I had a copy of the 17th edition
(2005 ) as well, but didn't have time to take that practice test today, as I
had planned.

Hope this helps,
Avery

[snazzlefrag]

So, I think it's safe to say you did study for this one!


Thanks Avery, your feedback was excellent and very helpful. I am contemplating taking this one at some point in the not too distant future. We'll see!

Thanks again,
Snazzlefrag

[AverySays]

Originally Posted by snazzlefrag

So, I think it's safe to say you did study for this one!


Thanks Avery, your feedback was excellent and very helpful. I am contemplating taking this one at some point in the not too distant future. We'll see!

Thanks again,
Snazzlefrag

If I had it to do over, I think I would have spread my approximate 65 hours of study time over one month instead of 10 or 11 days.

[ShotoJuku]

Originally Posted by AverySays

Back in May, I posted the results of my first CLEP to this thread. The subject
was Sociology and I scored a 70. I went on to say that I was going to take the
Biology CLEP on July 13th. I wasn't ready and postponed the test.

Today, I finally took it.

Even though I misjudged my pace, and ended up guessing on quite a few questions
and even leaving some unanswered, I passed it with a score of 68! My school
grants 8 credits for it, and it satisfies the physical sciences requirement for my
AA degree.


For those of you who have not taken a CLEP yet, I would like to relate a
realization that I had today. During (and at the end of) each of the two CLEPS
I have taken, I believed that I was scoring much lower than I actually was.
Both times, I thought I might have actually failed until I actually saw my score.
However, I did my best not to let my doubts affect my mental state until the test
was complete. I think it is quite possible that, if I had let those false perceptions
shake me during the tests, I might not have passed either one.


Good luck to everyone!

Avery

Congrats on two great scores and the encouraging thoughts to those who will soon be taking their first exams too!!

GREAT JOB!!!

[CaroM]

Took Principles of Management yesterday and passed with a 64! Pretty easy test, if you ask me. I used Instacert and the Comex book as my only study materials. The two overlapped so it was good to have the repetition and get all the material to really sink in. Easy 3 credits. Yea!

[ShotoJuku]

Originally Posted by CaroM

Took Principles of Management yesterday and passed with a 64! Pretty easy test, if you ask me. I used Instacert and the Comex book as my only study materials. The two overlapped so it was good to have the repetition and get all the material to really sink in. Easy 3 credits. Yea!

Well Done & Congrats!!

"The Four R's"

Repitition - Re-enforces - Recognition - Retention

[MagicATC]

Took the HG&D today and scored a 66. I used IC,peterson practice test and College board study guide. Most was pretty straight forward from IC. Some were fuzzy but its more then enough to pass with IC alone.

I need one more LL test. Which one...Intro Phychology....orrrrrr......Educational phychology? (I have already taken Intro Sociology)


-Magic

[stuffonline]

New to posting, have been reading for a little while. Here are my scores so far...Took the Algebra and Western Civ tests first, after that figured out how to study for the tests, the scores improved. No complaints they are all passing grades. My school doesn't give letter grades for them anyway. I very happy I found IC and this forum, it has made studying and gaining insight from everyone has been a great help, Thanks to All!!!

CLEP Humanities 58
CLEP College Algebra 52
CLEP Prin. of Management 67
CLEP Prin. of Marketing 66
CLEP Western Civi. 2 52
CLEP History of U.S. 2: 62
CLEP Info Sys & Apps. 66
DSST Org. Behav. not graded yet
DSST Hum. Rec. MGT next

[ShotoJuku]

Originally Posted by MagicATC

Took the HG&D today and scored a 66. I used IC,peterson practice test and College board study guide. Most was pretty straight forward from IC. Some were fuzzy but its more then enough to pass with IC alone.

I need one more LL test. Which one...Intro Phychology....orrrrrr......Educational phychology? (I have already taken Intro Sociology)


-Magic

Congrats on your exam!!

I have taken both Psych and Ed Psych and my suggestion would be Psych as it will blend well with what you already learned from Soc - GOOD LUCK!!