How to Prepare for the CLEP Exam
The College Level Examination Program, or CLEP, consists of 34 exams in two major categories: general and specific subjects. Here are some tips to get ready for them.
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Find out what the tests you are taking will cover. The College Board offers a comprehensive guide called "The Official Study Guide for the CLEP Examinations," as well as detailed descriptions of each test at its Web site.
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Review textbooks in the appropriate subject area or areas for the exams you have signed up for. Because each of the tests is designed to cover material taught in courses that most students take as requirements in the first two years of college, assigned texts for those classes provide a good content review.
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Practice with sample questions, available online at the College Board Web site.
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Develop a strategy for taking the test. All CLEP exams are timed, multiple-choice tests in which all questions are of equal value. They are scored by counting each correct answer, and then deducting from that total a fraction of incorrect answers. There is no deduction for unanswered questions, so don't spend too much time on any one question, and for heaven's sake, don't guess.
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Aim to pass the exam, not ace it. A satisfactory score on the CLEP exam earns you college credit, but no letter grade.
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Sign up! (See "eHow to Take the CLEP Exam.")
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AverySays
Feb 22, 2007
They no longer deduct points for incorrect answers, so definitely DO GUESS if you don't know an answer. -
AverySays
Feb 22, 2007
They no longer deduct points for incorrect answers, so definitely DO GUESS if you don't know an answer.
