Maniacroeconomics The other day I followed in ryoder's footsteps by putting together a gantt chart for my two-degree path. I have it laid out so that my free electives for one degree also knock out required courses for the second. Anyway, my plan was not quite perfect, and I didn't realize that until after I already booked myself for an easy CLEP (bus law) with only a day of study. Hm, well, then I figured out that I'd be better off doing that one much later (kinda complicated, so I won't get into it any deeper in explaining how that it so). Anyway, I was faced with the choice of either losing my apointment fee or taking one of the econ cleps. What did I do? Like you had to ask... Somehow, with a day of studying (approx. 7 hours total) I learned a semester's worth of macroeconomics and passed with a 58. It is by far my lowest CLEP score so far, but still a pretty high passing score. No matter how much or little I have prepared, I have passed every p/f and aced (A) every graded exam. It's kind of a strange feeling, but I'm beginning to think I am invincible...
Congratulations, but I'm not surprised. To pass a CLEP, you literally only have to do as well as the average college freshman who got a C in the equivalent course. For smart adults like you, it shouldn't take weeks of prep to jump that hurdle.
MC congrats on your CLEP success. I definitely know that if you want to, you can pass most of your CLEP/DSST/TECEP/ECE tests with very little studying, however passing the test with the lowest possible score is not the challenge for me. For me, I really wanted to pass with an A grade, as I am sure you do as well. Macro and micro were my first CLEPs ever and I studied both for two weeks and passed both with a 72. I studied all weekend long over two weekends plus a few hours each day and totally immersed myself in all things economics for about 23 days. The knowledge I gained pursuing those two tests helped me immensely in future work in my MBA program. NCU's SKS5000 course draws upon the foundation of undergraduate business knowledge and comes packed with a 1300 page book. This course is condensed and requires learners to have a breadth and depth of undergraduate business knowledge in order to complete it with a high grade. I already had that knowledge due to my sometimes overzealous preparation for CLEP tests. So congrats on this test but I do not recommend this as a study pattern for your future exams. Studying is fun and getting a high grade is enjoyable. I have all of my CLEP exam printouts in a folder in the order in which I took them and looking at those scores brings back great memories.
Preaching to the choir, man. As I mentioned, it is by far my lowest CLEP score, and I'd definitely like to, you know, learn something along the way :tongue:
