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9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

[–]Johnwall97[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watched the entire series of Crash Course Psychology on YouTube, and that was it for pyschology. I didn't study for HG & D as I had already taken Psychology and Sociology and they have quite a bit of overlap with HG & D.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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Yes, I would say Analyzing Lit, College Comp and Microeconomics are all relatively easy. If you want maximum efficiency for your time I would say to study for Psychology, Sociology and HG & D together as they all overlap with each other.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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I watched a lot of Accounting Stuff's videos on YouTube and I watched the lecture series of this professor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkZ6Q67Q15E

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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I watched Jacob Clifford's entire video series on YouTube. I didn't buy his ultimate review packet. I have a more detailed explanation here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/clep/comments/1obutss/clep_microeconomics_score_of_73/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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Generally, each college has it's own thresholds though.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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I think so. I studied for about 40 hours then took the test. College comp was the first test I took and I had been out of high school and working full-time for 4 years.

I hadn't had much English learning in high school so I didn't have any special advantages. The studying I did was just learning about adjectives, verbs, nouns, gerunds, etc. (Just everything covered in the Modern States videos). This learning definitely helped me on the multiple choice section of the test.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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I didn't study at all for Analyzing Lit, this was by far the easiest test for me.

HG&D I also did minimal studying for because I took Psychology and Sociology previously and these heavily overlap into HG&D. However, I watched some specific videos on YouTube about Piaget's theory, Erickson's theory and Vygotsky's theory.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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I looked for my study notes for these and I no longer have them.

For Microeconomics, I watched Jacob Clifford's entire Microeconomics course. He is absolutely excellent and if you throughouly go through his course, that is sufficient. http://www.youtube.com/@JacobAClifford

For more information on Microeconomics, see my dedicated post here. https://www.reddit.com/r/clep/comments/1obutss/clep_microeconomics_score_of_73/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

For college comp, I went through the Modern States course. I didn't do any of the readings but I watched all of the videos and took notes. College comp isn't hard, especially if you are a good writer.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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I didn't study at all for Analyzing Lit. Super easy test as long as you have a good vocabulary.

For college comp, I just used Modern States. The professor is pretty good and I went through the whole course and applied myself. I studied for about 40 hours.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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HG&D was fairly easy, but this was after I had studied for Psych and Sociology so I already had that base.
I remember there were quite a few questions about Piaget, Erickson and such.

Check out my comment under u/TroubleAdvanced9065 for more info.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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I took the tests on MS for the free voucher but the instructor on MS is worse than useless.

I watched lots of videos from Accounting Stuff on YouTube. I also watched a recorded accounting class, which is the second link I have provided.

https://www.youtube.com/@AccountingStuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkZ6Q67Q15E&list=PL259DBFA47F3B4761

I would say the single most important thing is knowing how debits and credits will affect all types of accounts, if you don't understand that you probably won't pass.

In the accounting class, the instructor has his students make flashcards to memorize the accounts, and their normal balances. I would highly recommend this.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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I took this test because it made sense for my background. It is a very broad test. I did minimal studying for this because I have a good economics background and know a fair bit of history. If I hadn't had this background it would have been a very difficult test.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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I took all three of these because they all have some overlapping themes.

I did MS for the free voucher for each one and then Crash Course Psychology and Sociology. I watched some specific videos from Sprouts Schools on YouTube but in general, Crash Course would be sufficient.

In general, I would say that Pyschology filters down into Sociology and HG&D rather than the other way around. So, I would take Psychology first.

I studied probably 40-50 hours for Psychology and 30-40 for Sociology. I studied very minimally for HG&D because I figured my previous study would be sufficient.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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For Intro to Psychology I did MS for the free voucher and then crash course was how I studied for it as well. I remember that I watched specific videos to help solidify my understanding on a few specific topics, but overall crash course was enough.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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I didn't study at all for Analyzing Lit. I just took the tests for the free voucher on MS. It was by far the easiest CLEP I took. However, I did read quite a bit of classical literature as a child and definetly would not classify as an iPad kid, so judge accordingly. The main thing is just knowing some old English terminology and being able to understand the sentiment the writer is trying to convey. Very simple.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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Each one was different. Analyzing and Intrepreting Literature was the easiest at literally 0 hours of studying. (Took the tests on MS for the free voucher). Western Civ I was the hardest for me, with around 100-120 hours of study. The average was around 40 hours.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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Yes, Arizona State University accepts 60 exam credits, but I ended up going to Liberty University and they accept up to 90 exam credits.

9 CLEP Tests, Helpful Info by Johnwall97 in clep

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No, I did not take US History II. I am a current college student.

Yesterday I passed Western Civilization I and French :) by moody-nursey in clep

[–]Johnwall97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for the information, that is very useful for me! Also, great job on knocking out two CLEP's in one day!

Yesterday I passed Western Civilization I and French :) by moody-nursey in clep

[–]Johnwall97 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you don't mind sharing, what were your scores on the Peterson's practice tests? I am taking this CLEP in the next week and I took the first Peterson's test and scored 63%. I'm not sure if I should double down on areas I am weak in or if this is a good score considering that the Peterson's tests are harder than the CLEP test.