Peterson's Practice - Hard!? (Biz Law Feedback included)

[dseiler]

I've been studying from the Instant Cert exams for a while now, and I've recently switched to the Peterson's. Anyone else find the difficulty of the Peterson's huge compared to the ICs? I feel like I am drowning on these tests!!

[mapalo]

what are you studying for?

[ShotoJuku]

IC flashcards are not questions in the conventional multiple choice sense; they are memorization tools. Peterson exams are of course muliple choice style questions and they are usually more difficult than those found on your standard CLEP exam.

My advice.......use both (plus others as needed) and you WILL NOT FAIL!

Good Luck!

[Culrich]

On most of the practice tests I've taken, Petersons dose not come close to reflecting the level of difficulty of the actual CLEP tests. Petersons are much harder. I took three of the Petersons practice exams on business law and finished with scores of 48, 39 and 52. I took the actual CLEP Intro to Bus Law test today and finished with a score of 67. Thanks again Instantcert for another 3 credits.

[abby]

Originally Posted by dseiler

I've been studying from the Instant Cert exams for a while now, and I've recently switched to the Peterson's. Anyone else find the difficulty of the Peterson's huge compared to the ICs? I feel like I am drowning on these tests!!

Yes, IC isn't really a test, per say. It allows you to go through, memorize the material or become familiar with it. And they believe that fill in the blanks is a better teaching tool than multiple choice. The Petersons tests are practice tests in the same format as the real CLEP tests. But, yes, I will agree that they are often much harder than the real test (like College Math, though the Am. Lit. was pretty much the same). If I do the 3 Petersons, and have a passing grade between 50-60, I will usually score at least 5 points higher on the real test.

And congrats to Culrich for passing!!!

[mapalo]

Culrich congratulations for passing the Business law, are you able to give a review of the Exam

[dseiler]

Taking the English Comp with Essay, averaging about 55% on all three tests. Some of the questions are just insane.

By the way, are the Peterson's tests still "free"? I think I might have jumped the gun actually paying for them.

[dseiler]

Originally Posted by abby

Yes, IC isn't really a test, per say. It allows you to go through, memorize the material or become familiar with it. And they believe that fill in the blanks is a better teaching tool than multiple choice. The Petersons tests are practice tests in the same format as the real CLEP tests. But, yes, I will agree that they are often much harder than the real test (like College Math, though the Am. Lit. was pretty much the same). If I do the 3 Petersons, and have a passing grade between 50-60, I will usually score at least 5 points higher on the real test.

And congrats to Culrich for passing!!!

Combining IC with Petersons definitely sounds like the right way to go. I was really sweating when I started taking the Petersons.

Congrats on your achievements!

[abby]

Originally Posted by dseiler

Taking the English Comp with Essay, averaging about 55% on all three tests. Some of the questions are just insane.

By the way, are the Peterson's tests still "free"? I think I might have jumped the gun actually paying for them.

You should be fine with 55%. That's passing of course. Have you practiced the essay? That was the main problem for me. So I practiced writing and timing myself for as many sample topics as I could find.

Good luck!

[dseiler]

Haven't practiced the essay, but that's the least of my concerns. Always been a good writer at least by my standards. Taking the test today at 5:15. As soon as I get the results back (no idea when cause of the essay) I will post here.