PositiveMind
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Hello All,
I would like some candid input from those who have taken and passed the EPPP. I went to a school that was approved by the CA BOP, but it was online and I feel as though I did not get a thorough or rigorous education on psychology. I have signed up with AATBS and have read through all the material (chapters/books), and my strategy has been doing as many practice questions as possible per day. Now, what I do is take one full practice exam in Test Mode (where it is most similar to the real test and I only get the results after I have completed the test). Then I take a few hours reviewing which questions I missed. On alternating days, I take a full practice exam in Practice Mode, which provides me the answer to my question after each question (and the rationale as to why I got it wrong, and the other answer choice options). Of course, when I get a question wrong, I read up a few minutes on why I got it wrong and read up on the correct answer.
My thoughts (and with speaking with people who have taken this test and either did not pass a few times or passed on the first time, but all ended up passing is..), that the BEST thing to do, is to take as MANY practice exams as possible. Even if I retake an exam and I naturally do better on the retake, (this of course should be taken with a grain of salt), but that I am recognizing more questions/answers, that this is still learning. I feel like reading material is too passive and I am not retaining that much. I am trying to complete as many physically possible questions per day, while taking time to review why I got it wrong, review the right answer and a few minutes researching/reading on the correct answer (so this is what I consider my reading, as comapred to pourding over the written material and hoping I absorb information).
I figure that if I can take 10, 20, 30 practice exams (and repeat them a few times) and answer tons of questions, review the rationale that possible I will be prepared for the exam. I also feel as though unless I am getting in the 70s or 80s on virgin tests (test I have never taken before), then I am not ready to take the exam yet.
Thoughts? Feedback? I sincerely appreciate it.
For now, I am scheduled to take the exam end of JAN 2026.
I would like some candid input from those who have taken and passed the EPPP. I went to a school that was approved by the CA BOP, but it was online and I feel as though I did not get a thorough or rigorous education on psychology. I have signed up with AATBS and have read through all the material (chapters/books), and my strategy has been doing as many practice questions as possible per day. Now, what I do is take one full practice exam in Test Mode (where it is most similar to the real test and I only get the results after I have completed the test). Then I take a few hours reviewing which questions I missed. On alternating days, I take a full practice exam in Practice Mode, which provides me the answer to my question after each question (and the rationale as to why I got it wrong, and the other answer choice options). Of course, when I get a question wrong, I read up a few minutes on why I got it wrong and read up on the correct answer.
My thoughts (and with speaking with people who have taken this test and either did not pass a few times or passed on the first time, but all ended up passing is..), that the BEST thing to do, is to take as MANY practice exams as possible. Even if I retake an exam and I naturally do better on the retake, (this of course should be taken with a grain of salt), but that I am recognizing more questions/answers, that this is still learning. I feel like reading material is too passive and I am not retaining that much. I am trying to complete as many physically possible questions per day, while taking time to review why I got it wrong, review the right answer and a few minutes researching/reading on the correct answer (so this is what I consider my reading, as comapred to pourding over the written material and hoping I absorb information).
I figure that if I can take 10, 20, 30 practice exams (and repeat them a few times) and answer tons of questions, review the rationale that possible I will be prepared for the exam. I also feel as though unless I am getting in the 70s or 80s on virgin tests (test I have never taken before), then I am not ready to take the exam yet.
Thoughts? Feedback? I sincerely appreciate it.
For now, I am scheduled to take the exam end of JAN 2026.
