An Illustrated Review of Instantcert

I signed up for Instantcert about two weeks ago and thought it might be helpful to share my experience.

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WHAT IS INSTANTCERT?

According to their about page: Founded in 2002, InstantCert Academy was the first company to offer online college exam preparation. Today, we are one of the most established and trusted providers of college equivalency test prep. Specifically, we offer preparation for CLEP (College Level Examination Program), DSST (Dantes Standardized Subject Test), ECE (Excelsior College Exam), and TECEP (Thomas Edison College Exam Program).

The membership is $20/month, but lots of people offer discount codes for the first month (here’s the official code: 1118).  The membership gives unlimited access to all 69 of their courses.

I haven’t taken an exam yet using Instantcert.  Their pass rate is 97%, so I’m pretty confident.

They teach through flashcards, which might sound weird.  A super helpful part is their Specific Exam Feedback section.  This is where a very active and helpful community gives their experience and advice for each test.  I’ve found these posts to be super helpful.  Many posts include free study guide downloads made by individual members.

THE FLASHCARDS

From their site: InstantCert’s flashcards use an interactive, fill-in-the-blank format to teach you everything you need to know in order to pass your… exam. Just study the database of flashcards for the exam you’re going to take until you’re comfortable with the material, and then go in and take the exam with confidence!

Also, important to know.  How the flashcards are developed: InstantCert Academy obtains the official textbooks for each course as recommended by the College Board. We then follow the College Board’s official published content outline which breaks down the courses by topics and the percentage of each topic as it is covered on the exam. Finally, our subject matter experts carefully develop Flashcard questions in proportion to how much of the test is dedicated to each topic within the course. Our research and development make the Interactive Flashcards a comprehensive study guide covering the most important material on each subject’s CLEP exam.

Fill in the answer.  If you don’t know, you can press check answer or just guess.

Biology flashcard

Once you click the check answer button, the answer shows up.  It explains the answer in a good amount of detail.  The College Algebra course even contains video explanations for each problem.

The goal is to get your progress bar up to 100%.  Once it gets there, you have learned all the information.

Each subject is divided into multiple sections.

THE FORUM

Most of the forum is open to anyone, but the Specific Exam Feedback section is members-only.  The forum looks VERY ancient, but it’s also very active.

I don’t think I need to say anything else about the forum!

FINALLY

I personally think that this is a super great value.  If you can get a course done a month, you’re getting 3-12 credits for $100-$150 each!  This is a really helpful resource for both studying and getting exam feedback on where to study.

Hopefully this is useful!

I actually mean that.  PLEASE tell me what you like/don’t like here.