Title: Nothing like the real thing!
Product review: CLEP History of the United States I w/CD was NOT a realistic portrayal of what the test would be like. I got marks in the high 80s and 70s on the practice tests; lulling me into a false sense of security - I scored 48 on the actual exam = fail - cannot take the exam for 6 months AND the wording of the questions was so very much harder than the practice tests - I'm a very intelligent person and always use the books that I'm meant to when studying; this was a waste of money. KNOW quotes, KNOW causes and effects of events, KNOW authors of books and which periods they wrote in and about, KNOW key terminology, KNOW maps and how they change over time. Get 'Barons EZ101 Study Keys', 'America - A Narrative History vol.1 (brief version)' + 'HarperCollins College Outline - US History to 1877'!
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