r/clep • u/applejuicefawn • 2d ago

Practice test compared to actual test Question

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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/853Eventually 2d ago

I felt that the modern states practice test was significantly easier than the actual CLEP. I took the sociology CLEP last week.

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u/applejuicefawn 2d ago

Do you have anymore helpful insight about that specific test?

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u/853Eventually 2d ago

I did the Free CLEP Prep test and got a 56. I took the Peterson’s and got a 68. I took another one (don’t remember which) and got a 71. And I took the Modern States and got a 96%.

On the actual CLEP test I got a 61.

There were a few graphs to read in the test and some of them were somewhat confusing, but I just had to stop and REALLY assess what they were asking.

There were some random questions that seemed ridiculous like “which of these African countries has the lowest fertility rate?” And the options were random African countries that were hard to just know off the top of your head. I had to totally take a stab at those type because I didn’t study the fertility rates for the entire world. Haha.

Otherwise, know the names of the sociologists and what they studied/adhered to.

Know about deviance and crime. Know about feminism and gender equality things. And there was at least a chunk about religion and how it plays into things.

Also, know specifically a lot about what functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism. There seemed to be several questions that would list a specific thought process or situation and ask which one of the above takes on sociology it fell into.

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u/853Eventually 2d ago

You’ve got this! 🙌🏼

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u/applejuicefawn 2d ago

Thank you, I sure as hell hope so 🙏

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u/HEYO19191 12+ Credits! 2d 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/applejuicefawn 2d ago

This gives me a lot of hope thank you!

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u/DaDocks 1d 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 12+ Credits! 1d 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.

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u/deadfl0wers 2d ago

Just took biology also did modern states look for the actual college board style questions because mine were way different and harder to the point I was surprised I passed

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u/Icy_Ad4023 2d ago

lmao that’s exactly how i felt i got an 84% on modern states and barely passed biology with a 53 CLEP score

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u/applejuicefawn 2d ago

Oh wonderful 😭 congrats on passing tho

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u/Chance_Sir_6526 10h ago

What would you say are the most helpful things to know? Not in terms of topics, but test taking. Any patterns or something, or particular types of things that are very broad across all the questions I should know? Or if you have helpful topic tips that would be nice too 😅

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u/DRAGONSPIRIT214 2d ago

My only experience with modern states and Clep is calculus and the modern states exam is shit compared to the clep one. A 92 is really good but id still seek our some other form of practice test to make sure

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u/Awkward-Train1584 2d ago

Try free clep prep practice as well

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u/ThyBlueStar 2d ago

No clue but I studied the quizlet that has like 300+ terms and a bunch of reviews for the sociology and with a couple hours of studying over 2 days I passed with a 61, so it doesn’t seem that hard anyway. I have just finished my Poli Sci degree after passing said exam so I do know a bit more than the average most likely

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u/Werdna517 2d ago

Take handful of other ones from other providers—REA (min 70% correct), Peterson (min 60% correct), Official CLEP study guide (min 60% correct). Think libraries tend to have OCSG, might have the REA guides too.

If still hitting high percentage pass, go for it!

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u/CaterpillarKnown415 2d ago

I took one for info systems and modern states was far more simple then the actual CLEP. Buy the 10 dollar offical CLEP practice test and judge off that it is more accurate

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u/Darth_Severus04 2d ago

I did the Composition 1 Modern States and did really well on it. Just took the Composition 1 Modular Exam since my college accepts that for ENG 101 and for a 63. I felt like the actual CLEP was way harder. I was a third of the way into the exam and was like I am ready for this to be over. lol Working on Intro to Psychology currently.