Hello, I am in the process of studying for the following exams: ECE: World Population Dantes: Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Criminal Justice, Contemporary Western Europe, Here's To Your Health, Management Information Systems. Clep: English Composition with Essay, Humanities I've heard these are some of the easier exams, but would like to find some solid study materials due to the fact I cannot settle for anything less than an "A" on these. I have time to study, so that's not a problem. Thanks in advance! Take care, Matt
You might want to check Lawrie's site at http://www.geocities.com/ba_in_4_weeks/recommendedbooks.html for some basic books...you might also want to check at the Excelsior, DANTES, and CLEP websites for more specific textbook recommendations. If you want to do things cheaply, you can always borrow the recommended texts for the ECE, and DANTES from your local library. Darren.
NEW book to prep with... A New title that can be used to prep for DANTES exam Contemporary Western Europe has appeared, The Struggle for Europe: The Turbulent History of a Divided Continent 1945-2002 By William I. Hitchcock. "Hitchcock (France Restored: Cold War Diplomacy) does provide a clear exposition of postwar developments-the rise of the welfare state; the slow, steady march toward the European Union; Cold War conflicts over Poland, Berlin and so on. Readers hungering for sustained discussion of the dramatic social and cultural transformations of the postwar period will not be satiated; others might find this sober and comprehensive political history of Europe's glory years instructive." (From Amazon.com) The Economist terms it "An unfashionably optimistic history of Europe from across the Atlantic." http://www.economist.com/books/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1563654
I took the following exams without any study Criminal Justice - got a B, Here's To Your Health - got an A, Management Information Systems - got an A. Clep: English Composition with Essay and Humanities, I used COMEX books, they were good.
Matt, Ordinarily, I wouldn't nitpick about spelling. But since you're doing "English Composition with Essay", you might want to know that you're seeking "study aids" rather than "study aides". An aide is always a person. -- Mark Israel
Hey Matt, Do not discount the wealth of information available to you on the 'net. There are many sites which allow braindumping of questions, or study aids, which successful test negotiators have found fruitful. Go to Google and type in "your test subject" and "tutorial". These type of boolean searches will provide enormous avenues of information. Good luck! Steven King
I posted my experience with the World Population (and other) exams in this thread. I would also suggest a search of this site for each exam name since there have been many threads with suggested resources for different exams. Good luck, Mayer
