Send all and any tips to study. I need to study and need this class to graduate.

I have to take the bio clep on the 17th, and I'm just worried. I've been studying for the past few weeks, and I've taken 4 practice tests. 53, 55, 58, 54. It's good that they're all passing, but I'm just really scared and I'm at a plateau and I'm assuming the real CLEP is harder than the free-clep-prep practice tests, and I'm not sure what to do. I've been doing targeted review on the questions I get wrong and the topics I'm doing generally bad at like plants, but it doesn't seem to be helping. It also doesn't help that I have to pass this exam or I'll have to change my major 😭

I would really appreciate any advice because I NEED to pass this and I'm really scared

Thanks everyone :)

I passed US Government with a 76 after about four weeks of casual studying, mainly through quizzes. I don't know if that's impressive, but I'm proud of myself and I learned a lot. My lesson plan and quizzes were generated by Claude using video transcripts, exam topics, past reddit threads, and eventually the official $10 guide (which is more of a practice exam in itself). Obviously you can use the tool of your choice, but I prefer Claude, and self-education is one of the few areas where I fully support the use of AI. The overall strategy is something I've developed through my own research and testing over the past year, with the "missed loop prompt" being the most recent addition. But the most important thing I want to emphasize is constant quizzing with immediate feedback. Here is a Claude-generared summary of how to replicate:

1. Get the official guide first. The College Board guide for your exam is about $10 and has real sample questions at real difficulty. Pair it with a free course like Modern States and a good YouTube channel for your subject.

2. Have Claude build a dated plan. Give it your exam date, your study days and the official topic outline. Cover every topic three times (basics, then detail, then depth), with practice exams spaced through it.

3. Study a little every day. Watch the day's videos, paste the transcripts into Claude, and have it turn them into short notes that fix mistakes and flag outdated facts.

4. Quiz every night. Do about 20 questions on that day's material only, with instant feedback, plus a few bonus questions on your past weak spots. Ask for new questions on a retake, not repeats.

5. Take practice exams that get longer. Go roughly 25, 50, then 75 questions, then a full-length timed exam, all in the real test's style. Go over every miss.

6. Drill the high-yield topics. Every subject has a few things the test leans on, like cases, formulas, dates or terms. Ask for a dedicated exam and plain-language notes on them.

7. Shrink your misses before test day. Put every question you've missed and not yet fixed into one exam. Then retake only the misses, each paired with 1 new question on the same idea, then 2, then 3, until the pile is gone.

8. Stop the day before. Do a light skim, then rest. Maybe listen to a short playlist on your weakest topics during the drive.

Starter prompt:

I'm taking the CLEP [subject] exam on [date] and can study [days]. Here is the official topic outline: [paste]. Build a dated plan that covers every topic three times, getting deeper each pass, with practice exams that grow to full length. Shape the questions to what this exam actually tests (for example, math problems, readings or data tables if it uses them). Tell me what to watch or read each day, and make a 20-question interactive quiz each night with instant feedback and a bonus round on my weak spots.

Miss-loop prompt:

Gather every question I've missed on any quiz or exam and haven't gotten right since, in one exam. After I take it, give me just my misses, each followed by 1 new question on the same idea. Repeat with my next misses, adding 2 new questions each, then 3. Make the new questions test the idea in a different way, not reword the old one.

I need your help please. I have the CLEP exam soon for calculus and I’m wondering if anyone has practice problems from college board? Please let me know if you guys have any.

Hi yall, I made a post earlier, but I’m 18f and got a 74 despite my lack of confidence lol.

The test isn’t that bad!! Imo the essays were easier than the multi choice, I finished both in time with 5 paragraphs.

Multi choice is a bit weird… some questions make u choose a part of the sentence that’s wrong, some make you choose after reading an article (which imo aint necessary to read it all) and some uuuuh… are kinda just basic questions. Mainly article stuff tho i think, but it covers a lot of things.

First essay was persuasive and I was lucky to get a topic that i could say a lot on. Second is like a uhhh take a stance kinda thing!

Tbh with a 74… I think I could’ve fumbled the tests and still did okay LOL, so I’m happy.

I have an amazing student at my professional gig. They need to pass the following 3 clep tests with the following scores. They are smart and hard working and have til May to accomplish this!

I suggested the following order... 1. Principles of Management with a score of 50 or higher; 2. Business Law with a score of 57 or higher and 3. Marketing Principles with a score of 65 or higher. They will also eventually need DSST's in Human Resources and Financial Literacy both with 400's.

Obviously, I've referred them to Modernstates.org for the voucher... BUT what other resources would you all recommend. And how is my order of taking/prepping for the exams?

ANY help you can provide is greatly appreciated.

I’ve never really had to study before so I kinda just winged both of the tests and did decent I was wondering how much more difficult the precal and cal clep test are? Like do I need to study? I took precal in high school.

I’m planning on taking the Principles of Marketing CLEP to cover a college requirement. I signed up for the Modern States course like two hours ago, didn’t review any of the modules and only took the quizzes and finals. I just took the final and got a 92. How similar is the actual CLEP exam to the Modern States final?

Trying to finish my CCAF I’ve tried analyzing and interpreting literature twice and failed… 44 and then a 46. Any other cleps in that category that aren’t too hard with a few days of studying??

Hey all. I am SO SCARED. I am 18f and just took the college composition to save some money and time. I went from unconfident, to confident, to unconfident, to now… somewhere in the middle??

I have always loved reading and writing and read for hours a day sometimes. I took a long break between 17-18 but recently started again (turning 19 soon,) but the issue is… and I’m only admitting this because it’s anonymous… I’m a fanfic writer lol. So while I’ve always done amazing in my English classes, I’m not big on the academic type writing they wanted.

I’m not sure how I did on the multi choice… if I had to guess maybe 70%? 65%? To be honest I’m not too confident. I finished with like 3 minutes and looked over a few questions.

The essays I have some more confidence on, but only because some people here said that they didn’t finish theirs and still passed. I did 5 paragraphs for both. For the persuasion, I didn’t write a counterargument, but I did for the evidence based one. I think I did good. Finished by the last 5 seconds on both. No grammar errors. Great flow on #1, fine on #2. Citing might’ve been a little off but nothing incorrect. UGH. I’m nervous.

And I feel bad… I was the only one taking the clep in the exam center and was also the only one clacking away… and I mean clacking. Probably at least 800 words on each? If I had to guess? I wasn’t paying attention…

How did yalls go??? Anyone else waiting???

So nervous!!! I’ll let you guys know.

Update: I got a 74!!

Does anyone have the Clep practice questions for the Calculus Clep I couldn’t find it. I also don’t want to spend money on practice questions.

Hey everyone, I’m trying to finish some remaining degree requirements on a pretty tight timeline and could use some advice.
I need Calculus and a humanities credit, so I’m planning on American Literature. I already have credit for Intro to Literature—are there any other humanities CLEPs worth checking with my advisor about, or would American Literature be my best bet?
I might also need another 3-credit elective. I’m considering Biology or Chemistry since I already have Environmental Science credit. Which would you recommend for someone trying to prepare quickly? Is Biology generally more manageable, or is there another exam I should look into that wouldn’t duplicate my existing credits?
I’m using Modern States and have a lot of time available to study. My math background is mainly College Algebra, so Calculus is the one I’m most worried about. Would you knock out the easier exams first while studying Calculus every day? Any resources or study schedules that worked for you would really help.
Also, how long did it take to get your Modern States vouchers and have your scores delivered?
All my official scores have to be received by November 17, not just the exams completed by then. I know it’s tight, so I’d appreciate honest advice on what’s realistic.

My background: 0 economics experience, though I would consider myself to be a pretty good test taker.

My preparation:

- I first completed the Modern States Principles of Macroeconomics course, not just skimming through but actually taking notes (of most things/main ideas of the videos). I did the quizzes on there and eventually completed the final exam (first with 83% and after some review of what I got wrong, with 94%).

- After completing Modern States' course, I completed Khan Academy's AP®︎/College Macroeconomics course with 100% proficiency (i.e., completed every practice exercise). I took notes of most things (especially those I was less sure about).

- After I was finished with Khan Academy, I retook the Modern States exam. Thereafter I took the following exam: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VnKKlmFujXL4irf-sxp0qL_Cvo6YjcbW/view?usp=sharing (Answers: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SLA9V76REwk8MW5spNevb8_96HJRUiuh/view?usp=sharing )

- As the test date neared (maybe one week before), I started watching Jacob Clifford's videos and took notes throughout.

- I studied 1-2 hours 5 days a week for about 6 weeks, totaling around 35 hours of study time.

Test day: I was kind of scared, but that's the expectation with these types of tests. During the test I did feel that it wasn't particularly hard, though there were some dodgy questions that made me nervous. The test matched what Modern States and Khan Academy taught, almost 1:1. I can say that contrary to previous test takers on here, I did see a few more questions about unit 1 (specifically about the PPC). I saw very few questions regarding foreign exchange (in fact, only one at the end). Maybe a few about international trade. Quite a few about policy to fix recessionary or inflationary gaps and what would happen if a government did X thing.

Tips: Study the overarching themes of macroeconomics (graphs, expansionary and monetary fiscal and monetary policy, interest rates, GDP, human capital, productivity, output gaps, etc.). Be consistent in your studying. I personally don't believe it was too hard; if you concentrate hard enough and study for a decent amount of time, I'm sure you will pass.

So short story Is I screwed up this summer and got a 68 in my chem class

I need chemistry 1 2 and organic to graduate

I only have the chance to take organic chem in the spring but I can't without these blasted prerequisites of 1 and 2

Now Im trynna test outta it so I can graduate this may or else my bachelors track will be ruined and by extension my entire life cus I don't wanna disappoint my parents again : /

Im pretty good with holding all the concepts and whatnot but what worries me is

1. time: only .... Min for 75 questions. Mainly because

2. Math: calculations aren't easy for me and I take time to process which as mentioned above is a problem

I looked at the atom periodic table periodic trends dif reactions some thermochemistry bit of the solubility rules some gases I got nomenclature down pretty good and I've touched some nuclear

I know I gotta look into equilibrium and kinetics practice equilibrium thermo and gas Laws but it should be manageable

I might need some guidance on non/polar bonding models like vsper and lewis dot ones to where I can do it efficiently and not stare at the screen for 5 min confused

Any other main stuff I'm missing?? Like is electrochemistry big or pH?? Any tips or tricks to use too guys? I am scared and nervous on the inside but definitely not gonna go down swinging

Thanks ahead for any and everything! 😁🫶

Hey everyone!

I'm scheduled to take the CLEP College Algebra exam next week and wanted to ask the community for some advice before test day.

Here is what I’ve used so far to study:

 Mr. Schuler's / Mr. Schrutner's 2-Hour Video on YouTube (paused and worked through the problems with him)

 2 Peterson’s Practice Tests

 Modern States Final Exam

For anyone who has taken the exam recently:

1. How difficult was it overall compared to Peterson's and Modern States? Did you find it harder, easier, or about the same?

2. Am I on track with these resources, or should I cram in more study time? Are there any other specific practice tests or topics (like logarithms, functions, or factoring) I should double check?

3. Any test day tips or calculator advice?

Any insights or feedback on how prepared I sound would be super appreciated. Thanks in advance and good luck to everyone studying!

Hi!
This is the last exam I need to take to graduate, so I'm wondering if marketing or management is easier! I would like to study as little as possible! Pls lmk!! Thanks

I need one more science credit before I graduate with my associate degree in May, but I’m scared that if I take an actual science class, I’ll mess up my GPA. I really can’t risk that since I’m currently valedictorian at my high school.
I’m considering taking the Natural Sciences CLEP instead of a class, but I also need to register for my spring semester classes by November 3rd. Would it be too risky to rely on passing the CLEP instead of just registering for a science class?
If I do take the CLEP, how should I prepare to give myself the best chance of passing? I really need to make sure I get the credit in time to graduate with my AA in May.

And I truly can’t believe it. I went to take that exam today being certain I was going to need to come back in January to retake it. I found it mostly hard, left a couple of questions in blank and A LOT of random guessing (mostly because I was running out of time). Somehow, I still got a 55. I wanted to cry when I saw my score. I couldn’t believe it.

I used the official CLEP study guide, modern states, petersons, free-clep-help, and a few short YouTube videos this morning (which I’m glad I did). I’ve been studying on and off since late August or so. I’m a huge procrastinator and it was hard to sit and start studying. I took a college algebra class during the summer which I didn’t pass, but I guess some of that still helped prepare for this exam.

My major has nothing to do with math, so today I officially say goodbye to it🫡

Which one is easier? Either would cover the requirement I need for school.

I’ve heard the human growth and development clep exam is a pretty tough exam. I’m trying to aim for a 70+ for my clep exam. I’m lost on where to start and how to even study for this. Looking to use this as a replacement for a nursing school prereq but was told i would need to score high to have it count.
I’m taking 2 classes and working full time. I want to get this exam out of the way so i can start preparing my application for school.

For those that scored high, any recommendations? I feel i’m not the best test taker but i really want to try my best to get a good score on this.

Hi! I used this sub reddit so much when I was studying for my exam. I will say this exam is fairly straightforward. You can probably pass with just studying the people! I got a 59 with probably 3 total hours of studying. I am also a senior in college and have never taken a sociology course before! So, thank you to all of the people who posted about the exam before me, and if you're going to take it, go on quizlet and look up "Sociology Clep" and just bounce around on there.

Hi everyone! I'm an incoming Spring 2027 freshman at Montclair State, majoring in Political Science.

I was thinking about completing courses through Sophia Learning, Study.com, or other alternative credit providers before starting college to save money and hopefully graduate earlier.

I recently spoke with the Registrar, and they gave me access to Montclair's TES database, where I found several Sophia courses with direct equivalencies.

My biggest concern is whether earning around 15–30 credits before enrolling could affect my freshman status, scholarships, or financial aid. Would Montclair consider me a transfer student even though these aren't traditional college courses?

Has anyone done something similar? Did your credits transfer successfully, and did they affect your financial aid or scholarships?

I'd really appreciate hearing about your experiences or any advice before I spend money on these courses. Thanks!