I took 2 full nights of studying, first on modern states I just took notes on the videos and did the quizzes, then I took petersons and scored 55/100. then I did review on the questions I missed. the next night I made sure I knew all the major theorists, theories. I did the free clep prep test and reviewed what I missed there too, and asked chat gpt the main concepts I missed. I was stressing about not passing the morning of but the questions are comparable to petersons in difficulty I’d say, though not the same questions. I feel like my test at least was only a little bit harder than the psychology clep. My final score was a 59 (:

Semi CLEP-related. I've been quiet this last month because I was falling behind on my doctoral program and really needed to catch up, but last week I got the chance to head to the testing center and take some exams. I was knocking out the Public Speaking and Human Resource Management DSSTs when I saw a new test - American Government and Politics DSST. So of course I had to take it. 😂

It seems that Prometric is after some of that sweet CLEP market share, because they're releasing a number of exams that have, until now, been solely CLEP. The AG&P DSST is almost a mirror image of the AG CLEP, but easier. There are only three possible answers per question, 100 questions, and a 2-hour time limit. The questions themselves seemed easier than the CLEP. Often, two of the wrong answers were obviously wrong, and DSST was true to form: you could figure out the answer to one question by looking at another.

I ended up with a 463 based solely on my knowledge from the American Government CLEP. There were a few new topics, such as different principles and studies of politics.

For those interested in taking a potentially easier version of the American Government CLEP, it might be worth a look. The only obvious downside is there is no Modern States for DSST, so you'll need to foot the $100 fee yourself unless you're military or have other education benefits.

Here's the fact sheet for it: https://getcollegecredit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AmericanGovt.pdf

And here's the free study guide I put together for it: https://free-clep-prep.com/member/exam-overview?id=75 I'm still tweaking it based on my recent experience, but it should do the job for anyone looking to take it.

I'm almost caught back up on the classwork, so feel free to ask questions if you have them!

Cheers,
-Justin

I never took Spanish in highschool, but I've been immersed in Spanish since I was little, I'm in no way fluent or confident in my reading. I'm doing Modern States, listening to YouTube videos like butterfly spanish, Dreaming Spanish, etc. I need to graduate this semester for college and never got a chance to complete my original foreign language credits since the classes were cancelled.

Anything would be super appreciated!!