I scored a 440 on the Here’s to Your Health DSST.
I would not recommend taking this one cold, nor would I recommend taking this one as your first DSST exam if you want to ease into these tests. While I was in the middle of my year of testing out of college, this was the first exam I recommended for my sister. I set her up with an Instant Cert account and got her hitting the flash cards. Despite this, she still struggled. I questioned her ability to focus whiles studying, but she swears she gave it her best. However, she did pass the exam. I think she was naturally nervous and lacked confidence. After all, I’d felt the same when taking my first test. But knowing what I know now, I’d suggest Principles of Supervision if someone wanted to begin with the easiest DSST exam.
For your reference, here is a link to DSST pass rates. You can see Here’s to Your Health has a 58.98% pass rate and Principles of Supervision 91.2%
The test is worth upper level credit. Many people used to pass this one cold turkey, but it has since been updated, making it require some amount of study time.
Myself, I went through the IC cards 5 times, reading all the information and not only the sentences with the blanks. Then I went through the forum feedback section. That’s my success recipe for all exams. You won’t find a test that I do not recommend IC and the degree forum for, except maybe the Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP, that one can be taken cold by native English speakers and easily passed.
For those who like practice tests, I recommend Peterson’s. In my early stages of test taking, I used to do all three practice tests, but later I’d quit after one or two, depending on my scores. Always go over your test, perhaps writing down your misses if that better helps you commit your answers to memory.
That’s pretty much it. Don’t be scared of this one. Some study time and you’ll be fine. This is another exam where you can find the answers to many questions by eliminating answers that are obviously wrong. If you’re aiming for testing out of a Liberal Arts degree, I wouldn’t pass this one up, the upper level credit is worth it.
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