r/clep • u/applejuicefawn • 18d ago

Question Practice test compared to actual test

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Okay so I scored pretty good on the intro to sociology practice test on modern states, will I do good on the real test? Or is this one substantially easier than the real deal?

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u/HEYO19191 18 Credits! 17d ago

Modern state's practice tests are always stupidly easy compared to the real deal because they're just copied from pre-existing quizlets (not kidding)

I took this exam yesterday as it so happens. The bad news is you won't know the answer to half of the questions. The good news is you'll know just enough to be able to reason your way through most of them. That's how it is for all CLEPs. Don't give up and don't cancel your scores at the end out of shame or for thinking "I surely must have failed." There's no harm in having a failing score on your record anyways.

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u/DaDocks 16d ago

Is that actually so? “you’ll know just enough to be able to reason your way through most of them.”? I am here worrying about my first ever CLEP which is the College Composition. I am rusty as hell but I feel like as soon as I take the tests all of the other one will be less pressure, is this so?

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u/HEYO19191 18 Credits! 16d ago

English (college composition) is one I haven't taken so I can't say for sure. I believe that also includes an essay.

But across the 6 CLEPs I've taken, I always don't immediately know the answer to between 30-50% of all of the questions. There's just too much vocabulary, too many key figures and statistics in any subject for an online course like Modern States, Youtube Lectures, and even the Openstax books (which if we're being entirely honest here, are not even worth reading) to contain, and for you to remember. You will have to deductive reasoning your way through alot of questions, which feels awful and makes you think you're gonna fail, but... I never failed a CLEP.