<p>Has anybody taken the Macro and Micro economics Clep exams? Were they easy? Hard? What did you do to prepare? My plan of action was to buy a cheap, used AP textbook, read it, and then hopefully pass both exams. Is that enough? Maybe even to much? I have no experience with CLEP exams and any insight or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks</p>
<p>I’m planning on taking both of these myself some time this week. Here’s a couple of resources that should be helpful:</p>
<p>[DOD</a> Libraries](<a href=“http://www.nelnetsolutions.com/dod/]DOD”>http://www.nelnetsolutions.com/dod/)
This site is awesome. It has three full length, timed practice tests for every single CLEP exam. Technically, signing up requires you to be a dependent of a current or previous service member, but they don’t actually verify that; you just have to check a box. (Though I qualify anyway.)</p>
<p>And for studying:
[PinkMonkey.com-Economics</a> Study Guide](<a href=“http://www.pinkmonkey.com/studyguides/subjects/eco/contents.asp]PinkMonkey.com-Economics”>PinkMonkey.com-Economics Study Guide)
Pink monkey is great for studying for a lot of the different CLEPS, as well. It looks like it’s from the 90’s, and it’s chalk full of ads (thank god for ad blocker), but it’s free and effective.</p>
<p>I took one of the macroeconomics practice tests after reading the pink monkey macro section and got an 80% (compared to 45% before reading it). So that should be all you need!</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>The DOD library Dune01 mentioned actually grants you access to the Petersen practice exams. Just realize that Petersen is a completely different test design company and their practice exams can sometimes give you the wrong impression of the actual CLEP exam (in regards to wording and/or difficulty). If you truly want to know what the exam will look like, check out the CLEP website – you should have already visited this website to read over the exam descriptions of both exams you are interested in. CLEP offers a $10 download which will cover the exam description and a practice test. Another option would be to do a little online library catalog research and see if any of your local library systems have a CLEP Official Study Guide on their shelves. This is an actual book of practice tests for all of the CLEP topics. Harder to limit your time (90 minutes for each of the exams except for College Composition), but at least you can see what kinds of material is covered under micro and macro which will then direct your studying.</p>
<p>Another great website to check out is free-clep-prep.</p>
<p>In regards to the difficulty of these exams, you do realize that each of these exams is supposed to cover what is taught in one semester of microeconomics and macroeconomics, right? If you already have a background in economics you will probably have an easier time preparing for the exam. If you are starting from a zero knowledge, make sure to give yourself enough time to study as there is a 6 month retake period that CLEP enforces if you do not pass (and know what your credit-granting university counts as a ‘passing score’ ahead of time).</p>
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The both schools i applied to require a 50. Is that a high score?</p>
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<p>Thanks to both of you, that was very helpful. @dune01, tell me what you thought of the exams and how u did after taking them. </p>
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<p>I’ve found the peterson’s tests to be fairly similar in wording and difficulty to the three CLEP tests I’ve taken so far (US History I, Analyzing Lit., and Macroeconomics).</p>
<p>I took the macroeconomics test today and received a 67. That pink monkey study guide is the only studying resource I used.</p>
<p>Edit: We posted at pretty much the same time. Sort of weird! It was, in my opinion, a very easy test. You should have no problem hitting a 50 if you read and understand the entire macroeconomics section on pink monkey. (A 50 appears to be roughly equivalent to a 50%.) If you can get at least a 60% on the petersons practice test(s), you’re golden.</p>
<p>A score of 50 on the macro and micro tests equates to almost 60% correct. Even though there are 80 questions on the exam, 10 questions are not even counted in the score (still in test development). A 50 is supposed to equate to a ‘C’ student’s success. Good luck and let us know how you do!</p>
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<p>Good to know. Where/how did you figure that out, if you don’t mind me asking?</p>
<p>Are you just assuming that the raw score to scaled score conversion is linearly distributed and thus each question is given a uniform scaled score?</p>
<p>Thank You Dune01 for the websites. I have been a member for a while and learning a lot.</p>
<p>Dune, I am a test administrator and have access to certain CLEP publications.</p>
<p>60% equates to a 50???!!! It’s that Easy?! I just took a micro practice test from Princeton Review’s “Cracking the AP Economics Exam” and got 78% correct after studying for only 15 hrs and youre tellingme all i need is 60% to get the credits?!! So do you thing ill be able to pass the test right now? I personally thought the 78% wasnt gonna cut the cake assuiming this teswt and the clep are similar (i mean they are both collegeboard tests)</p>
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<p>Awesome. Just wanted to make sure it was credible (so I can safely base future actions off of it). Thanks for the information!</p>
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<p>Almost certainly. I got an 80% on my last macro practice test and a score of 67 on the actual test. You should be fine. Let us know how it goes!</p>
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<p>You’re welcome. I hope they help.</p>
<p>Dune, I just want to make sure that you realize that there is no set percentage correct that equals the scaled score of 50 across the board.</p>
<p>One other point as I have been surprised at how many CLEP test candidates are not completely aware of the test design. The number of questions delivered in a CLEP exam are not the number of questions that are scored to get your final results. There are always extra questions (I call them pre-test questions or those still in test design process). So in the case of the macro test, there are 80 questions, but there are 10 questions that are not taken into account when scoring. No one knows which 10 are basically “thrown out”, but your score is based on how you answered the 70 “real” questions. There are different formats of each exam, so there are very slight differences in the actual number of correct answers out of the possible 70 to equal the scaled score of 50.</p>
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<p>Of course. I’ll just be using 60% as a general baseline to judge my readiness, not as anything absolute or final.</p>
<p>I took the micro test today and got a 64 after studying from knowing nothing for a total of 15 hours. These tests really are a great easy way to earn college credits!</p>
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