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CLEP General Exam (REA) - The Best Test Prep for the CLEP General Exam (CLEP Test Preparation)

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This is the book you want to get for a quick jump-start to a college education. It covers all the General Examinations. The English Composition is great because it has sample essays plus analysis from which you can use to improve yourself. It's a must buy for the General Exams. The sample questions are also good.

This book helped me pass. The reviews were great! The practice tests will get you totally prepared.

I purchased this book to prepare for the Natural Science general CLEP exam. I have just taken the exam, and I feel quite comfortable in saying, I don't think that this book helped me answer a SINLGE question on the exam. The book offers information that is far too general. For example, the ENTIRE human biological systems are convered in just three pages. Yikes! Until this CLEP I was 6/6, so I feel somewhat qualified in evaluating and recommending CLEP-preparation materials. Beleive me when I tell you, this is the worst book I've ever used!

Please, invest more time than I did in locating a study source for a six-credit CLEP exam.

This book is thick (over 1000 pages). It contains several practice exams for each subject exam. I am convinced that this book alone will not allow you to pass the exams, but should be used to point you in the right direction to seek more information. The preface recommends another REA book, the Clep General Examinations Review Book.

I think the other reviewers oversold the book -- it only contains practice exams selected from a test population, with explainations for the answers. There is no guarantee that the questions in this book will be mirrored on the exam.

This book proved to be a comprehensive study guide for the Humanities CLEP. However, it is not enough to pass on its own. I would highly recommend purchasing additional general CLEP studies guides in order to take more sample tests. The sample tests in this CLEP guide are much more basic than the test. Also, you must supplement this guide with a good visual book of art & architecture from B.C. to present day. There are quite a lot of visuals of paintings, sculptures and architectural items to identify.

This is absolutely the greatest review for the CLEP Humanities Exam. It is very thorough, yet easy to understand. I bought 3 different review books for this exam, and found this text to be the best, by far. It is most important on all CLEP exams to complete the practice exams which are in the book. I scored over 75% correct answers with the help of this text and review of the practice exams. Buy it -- if you want to pass!

GOOD NEWS:

This book gives full and complete explanations for all correct answers on the practice exam in the book. It also gives full explanations about the incorrect answers as well. Because they MAY come up on the actual test.

This book allows you to study for FIVE CLEP tests.


BAD NEWS:

Because the book is so large, they did NOT have room for a section to give you BASIC information on a subject before the practice test. Most of the other books in this series have a study section, BEFORE the practice exam.

However, this book alone will help you pass if you have prior knowledge of a subject that you are testing on. If you do not have knowledge of the subject in question, use this book, plus one or more of the other test books mentioned in other reviews.

I have to say that this book was very big, fairly expensive and NOT HELPFUL. I got a 60 on the Humanities exam, but not ONE question on the actual CLEP exam was in this book. I would suggest saving your money & going to the library to look at art books, listen to classical music, read literature and rely more on your stock knowledge of the fine arts. Had I not had a good background, I would have surely not passed. Not worth the study time.

THIS REVIEW IS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO TAKE THE CLEP GENERAL EXAMS, BUT HAVE LITTLE OR NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE IN THE TEST SUBJECTS

I just took the new computerized Natural Sciences General exam.I took it on May 16th, 2002.

I reviewed information in this book, and Cracking the Clep, and Comex Books. THANK GOODNESS I HAD THIS BOOK. Every review I read said that that Cracking the Clep was best. After I studied that book, I thought I would Ace the test. The questions in Cracking the Clep was a lot easier than the ones on the new test.

When I was studying this book, I couldn't answer more than 60%-70% correctly. The material in this book was diverse and alot harder than the other books.

This turned out to be the KEY! Not one question in any of the books showed up on the test. NONE! However, since this book asked the broadest array of question, and had the broadest array of material, I was exposed to a vast expanse of what COULD be on the test. I learned the CONCEPTS. And That is the KEY to Passing.

I scored in the 94th Percentile. and finished the test 34 minutes early.

I do recommend Cracking the Clep as your first review. However, if you can get about 60%-70% of the answers right in this book, you should be well versed to pass the newer computer version of the Natural Sciences test. Get this book. Take the Practice Tests, and review your wrong answers.

7/18/02 Update ***
I used this book to study for the Social Science and History general exam also. I passed last week with 98% (percentile) in 42 minutes! -Before I studied, I knew virtually nothing of this subject nor Natural Sciences. This book, The companion book "Best review..., and Cracking the Clep (plus the Comex books) are all slightly different. However, If you know NOTHING about your subjects, these four books are essential. They are all you need.

I also just passed the English Comp with Essay using these books.

Remember, no matter what anyone says, NONE of these books will give you the answers directly on the test. What they do is expose you to general concepts, so many in fact, that when you see one on the test, you will have a good chance to choose the correct answer.

The CLEP is designed to be a general test. To pass, you have to know a little bit about a lot. This book, along with the others do just that. If you can pass the sample tests in this book with even 60% correct, using the scoring system in the book, you
can be assured that you will pass the clep. Don't waste your time at the library pouring over questionable material.
Use the above books. Read each. take the practice tests. Review your wrong answers only.

If you can get even 60% correct on all of the practice tests in this book, you will pass the Clep handily.

One final word: None of these books alone expose you to enough information if you previously did not know the subject. Use the books like this:

1. Best Review ... - Best general reading material
2. Cracking the Clep - Closest structure to the actual test, but
questions are very easy. Good confidense builder.
3. Best Test Prep (this book) - Hard diverse questions
4. Comex Books - Good Hybrid of all books, but not complete on
it's own.

If you use all four of these books, you will go into the tests with confidence and will score a lot higher than you would imagine.

A good general overall picture of what to expect on the CLEP exams.