CLEP Official Study Guide, 2003 Edition: All-New Fourteenth Edition [Paperback]

The College Board (Author)

Book Description

Series: Official Study Guide for the CLEP Examinations | Publication Date: August 1, 2002

Prepare to earn college credit at more than 2,900 participating colleges and universities

Every year more and more students save countless hours and dollars through the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP). These comprehensive examinations are used to award full college credit for demonstrating college-level achievement in a variety of areas and subjects. This new edition offers valuable advice from The College Board about how CLEP can help shorten the path to a college degree. With free CD-ROM, this is the only study guide that helps prepare students for the CLEP computer-based test.

CLEP Sampler CD Included
All Thirty-four CLEP Exams Included

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About the Author

The College Board has played a significant role in American education since 1900. Its members include virtually all colleges in the country and a growing number of high schools. Their faculties and administrators serve as advisers and supporters of College Board activities, giving the organization a level of authoritativeness that no other publisher can match. The College Board is the leader in the field of college information and test preparation publications. The College Board College Handbook has been published since 1941 and is widely recognized for its accuracy and comprehensiveness; as the sponsor of the SATs, the Board also publishes the most authoritative and respected book on preparing for the SAT -- 10 Real SATs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: College Board; 14th Bk&Cr edition (August 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874476887
• ISBN-13: 978-0874476880
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,673,518 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful for the CLEP Subject Exams, September 17, 2002

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Nadine Langlois (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: CLEP Official Study Guide, 2003 Edition: All-New Fourteenth Edition (Paperback)

If you are going to take any of the CLEP subject exams, and especially the CLEP exam Info Systems and Computer Applications, then you might want to consider getting this book. While it does cover the CLEP general exams, there are several very good guides out there that would probably be better. However, there are no decent guides for the Info Systems exam and just a few for the other various subject exams.

Having taken the CLEP Info Systems exam and using this book as my only source of study questions, I can attest that the sample test in the book is very close to what you can expect on the exam. Incidentally, I passed.

I have taken other CLEP subject exams and while there are some very good study guides out there, this book should also be used as a source of sample test questions as they all seem to be very close to the actual exam.

Overall, this book gives an accurate representation on what you can expect if you are going to take any of the CLEP exams.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Other books are better!, May 13, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: CLEP Official Study Guide, 2003 Edition: All-New Fourteenth Edition (Paperback)

While it is true that this book does contain some sample questions, so do other books available on Amazon. Several other books are much, much better than this one. The sample computer test information is free at collegeboard.com. If you are well versed in your area of study, then this book may help with sample questions.

However, if you need to study and can not afford to waste money with every clep book, that this is the wrong book for you.

If you have limited funds, and want a better study guide, purchase "Cracking the Clep" Princeton Review. You get alot more information for your money.

Other books that are better than this one are the Comex books and the study books from REA.

All of these books are available on Amazon, and will do you better than this book. If you can afford to buy every book, and need a comfort zone, than by all means, get this one too.

Just don't expect any of the questions in this book to actually be on the test. They won't. You need to either know or learn the concepts that the questions represent.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worthless CD - Why Did They Bother?, February 21, 2003

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Richard Kearney (Teaneck, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CLEP Official Study Guide, 2003 Edition: All-New Fourteenth Edition (Paperback)

While this book does a good job of covering the questions and subject matter of the 34 CLEP examinations, the fact that the administration of the exam is now computer-based creates a desire for practice experience that simulates the actual test environment. Students who select this book expecting that the accompanying CD-ROM will include such simulated practice exams will be in for a major disappointment, however, because the CD contains little more than a canned orientation to the computer interface. The publishers don't help much by adding a somewhat vague description of the CD's content in the text; and on the actual CD there are menus that go through subject areas and subject exam titles, but they all lead to the same generic tutorial that has nothing to do with the subject content!! It's like you're being conned. For the 2004 edition, the College Board should make a simple choice: omit the CD (and drop the price of the book) or put real practice exams on it.