So I've been on a mission to knock out as many DSST - DANTES Subject Standardized Tests as possible before my GI Bill runs out, and honestly the experience has been way different than I expected going in. I thought I'd just wing the first one with a week of reading and come out fine. Spoiler: I did not come out fine. Barely scraped a passing score and felt completely blindsided by how specific some of the questions were.
After that wake-up call I completely changed my approach. I started dedicating at least 3-4 weeks per exam, using a solid study guide for each subject, and — this made a huge difference — actually doing timed practice runs. For the history side of things I found DSST History of the Vietnam War Exam Practice Test 1 super helpful for getting used to the question format before test day. The practice test wording is closer to the real thing than most textbook review questions.
Anyone else juggling multiple DSSTs at once? I'm trying to figure out whether to space them out more or just push through. Would love to hear what study timelines others have used, especially for the science subjects.