|
05-04-2008, 09:47 AM
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Personally, I'd say that the IC flashcards would account for about 90% of what you need. However, I would supplement my studying with some of the online resources in the specific exam feedback section: http://www.instantcertonline.com/for...buse-dsst.html
__________________
Charter Oak State College GRADUATE (I can finally say that as of 05/31/08)!! Concentration - Psychology Tests Completed: CLEP: Introductory Sociology - 65 DSST: Drug and Alcohol Abuse - 61 Here's to Your, Health - 66 Fundamentals of Counseling - 67 Charter Oak Tests: Infant and Toddler Development Child Developmental Psychology Introduction to Early Childhood Education (all passed, worth 3 credits each) Psychology GRE: 62nd percentile, 18 credits     
|
|
05-04-2008, 11:27 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I scored an "A" on Drugs and Alcohol using this process:
DAY 1: Download all of the posts for the exam from Instacert, then copy/paste all of the Instacert flashcards so I could print/review on paper. Anything on the posts I didn't see in the flashcards I looked up/printed from Wikapedia. DAY 2: Read the flashcards, some 80 pages when printed. Using a highlighter I would mark anything I didn't already know. DAY 3: After going through the cards in this manner I would reread just the highlights. During this review I would write notes on the paper adjacent to the flashcard notes on anything I didn't remember from the first read. This review was much quicker than the first where I read all of the flashcards. After that, still on Sunday, I would do a third review where I read just the handwritten notes. I would highlight the handwritten notes that I did not remember so well. Sort of whittled down the info on three reviews. On Day 4 I read just the highlighted handwritten notes. Then took my test that morning. This worked very well for CLEP and DANTES, scoring "A's" or A-level grades on every CLEP and DANTES exam. Excelsior exams however I didn’t do so well. You can see those grades I missed the B grade cutoff by one point on many of those exams. I also took exams on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Same process, but I only could get two reviews before testing. I looked at the Average Scores and took the easier tests on those days since I could only study a few hours in the evenings. Good luck, ICS
__________________
Acquired 257 total credits: CCAF 93 credits, Exams 66 credits, ACE 67 credits, Trad 28 credits <2008 · Psych CLEP - 58 · Human CLEP - 440 · Soc Sci CLEP - 500 . Tech Writ DSST - A · Coll Math CLEP - 510 · Engl w/ Essay CLEP - 510 · Engl w/o Essay CLEP - 510 2008 · 11 Jan Sociology TESC - B · 14 Jan Adult/Aging ECE - C · 20 Jan Housing Privatization, AFIT · 28 Jan MIS DSST - A · 30 Jan Org Beh DSST - A · 04 Feb Ethics T&P ECE - C · 19 Feb World Pop ECE - C · 21 Feb Org Beh ECE - C · 25 Feb Drug/Alc Abuse DSST - A · 06 Mar Res Meth/Psych ECE - B · 08 Mar Info Lit ECE - (98) Pass · 20 Mar Abnor Psych ECE - C · 25 Mar Found/Geron ECE - C · 27 Mar Engl Comp TESC - (96) Pass FAILED: None · Bachelors of Science Degree, Liberal Arts, Excelsior College, awaiting conferral July 18, 2008 · Airframe & Powerplant License, Federal Aviation Administration, 2002 · Associates Degree, Aviation Maintenance Technology, Community College of the Air Force, 1998
|
|
05-07-2008, 09:54 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I only used IC
I passed using IC only. I could have scored better but I went over the flashcards pretty fast and one time only. With an extra couple of days more I would have done better.
Good Luck
__________________
Excelsior College: AAS in Tech Studies - Computer Technology - Complete hopefully before 2009 Remaining requirements: 3 hrs WER, 6 hrs Nat. Sciences/Math, 1 hr Info Lit. Passed so far since joining InstantCert: CLEP 12L Spanish - 77/50 6 L Freshman Comp. - 51/50 3 L Info Sys & Comp App - 56/50 3 L Intro Sociology - 61/50 3 L Prin of Mngmt - 68/50 3 L US History I - 52/50 DSST 3 U Drug and Alcohol - 49/49  3 L Here's to Your Hlth - 56/48 3 L Intro To Comp - 56/45 3 L Prin of Sup - 51/46 Quote: There are no stupid questions, only stupid people. "Mr. Garrison"
|
|
05-08-2008, 08:03 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
I tried this method also last year. Failed with a 48/49. 
__________________
Excelsior College 102 credits complete 20 UL Credits to go (7 tests) BS Liberal Studies Area of Focus:Computer Information Science Next test: Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (July 11th) You could take 25 DSST tests or 27 CLEP tests for the price of 1 UoP class.
|
|
05-08-2008, 08:18 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Here's some really great drug and alcohol podcast you can combine with instantcert cards!
UC Berkeley Webcasts | Video and Podcasts: Psych 119 Of course you may have to fastforward a good 10 minutes into each one before he gets into the subject. Hope this helps!
__________________
PURSUING BS in LIBERAL STUDIES @ Excelsior Completed so far: Military - 58 credits Traditional - 12 credits Clep - 15 credits Excelsior Exams - Organizational Behavior(B), World Population (A), Ethics (A), Cultural Diversity (B) DSST -Drugs & Alcohol (A) Pending - DSST Civil War(taken 6/24/08 and awaiting result!) Up next- Psychology of A&A
|
Linear Mode
