Just like Microeconomics, there is a ton of material to absorb. I didn’t even use the supplied reading material and mainly focused on the cohorts and Jacob Clifford’s macro video series. There are a lot of cohort recordings for this class and it took a while to get through all of them.
When I was taking the micro course, I bought the micro/macro bundle off Clifford’s website for $19. It was worth it. His videos, while only about 30 min each, cover the topics. He does not go into Classical/Keynesian economic theory, though, so I paid particular attention to the cohort on that stuff.
This class builds off of Micro so there is some overlap. It quickly divulges into aggregate supply/aggregate demand graphs so it is important to understand the cause and effect when it comes to interpreting the graphs. After watching all the cohorts and Clifford’s summary videos, I scheduled the OA.
I read that people regarded this class as a little simpler than micro but when it came time to take the OA, I didn’t think so. I found the OA more difficult than the PA and that they only aligned a bit. A lot of the questions I had to take an educated, logical guess. Some questions had a couple answers that could be immediately discounted but left the remaining two with similar and just slightly different wording.
Shortly into the exam, I got bounced from the test and an error message came up saying something about network issues. I was still connected to the proctoring site and goto meeting was still working normally. I chatted the proctor and she sent me a link to log back into the exam where it picked up right where I left off. That was the first time that ever happened so I found it unusual. The proctor didn’t seem phased, however, so maybe they are used to that happening.
As I worked through the exam, I kept track of the questions where I wasn’t 100% sure of the answer. When I finished, I calculated the ratio and found that if I missed all those, I’d end up with 63%, which is below the cut score. I went ahead and submitted the test then waited anxiously for the notification. I breathed a huge sigh of relief when I learned I passed in the 80% range.