Hi @Algoony Mohammed Hassan Thanks for asking this question! I actually made a YouTube video explaining EXACTLY how to create a study plan based on LabCE's topics and subtopics. Id first start by taking a full length CAT, and see where your scores lie. Then I would arrange my study plan from weakest subject to strongest subject and begin studying week by week from there Here is my guide to how to study for the ASCP exam. Just stick to studying one section per week for about 6-8 weeks. Don't bounce around and do random questions every day until your last week or 2. Start with your weakest subject. and move week by week to different subjects. Example: Week 1: Blood Bank Week 2: Chemistry Week 3: Hematology Week 4: Microbiology Week 5: Lab Ops Week 6: UA and BF Weeks 7+8: Random questions and practice exams

@Aretha Steverson I think a combination works best for a successful exam! LabCE or ASCP BOC exam simulators should be primary, and then use the pdfs/study guides ad supplementary resources.

I am so sorry to hear that your program is less than par. It's so upsetting to me. 🫩 To answer your question: ASCP and AMT are both the gold standard, and both will be accepted as certification to work if it's required by the facility or state. Now some states like New York ONLY accept the ASCP for licensure, but California accepts AMT, ASCP and AAB. Do you know the differences between the tests? Like length, content and amount of questions?

@Krystal Pinkston HEYYYY!!! Okay so tell me what resource(s) have you been using besides the purple and gold book? I suggest my students to memorize like 2-4 biochemicals per organism and a few keywords for the organisms, so when you get to the exam, you can immediately start eliminating answer choices based on what you DO know. Examples: Staph aureus: golden yellow colonies, GPC grape-like clusters, MRSA, mecA gene, orfx gene, catalase positive, coagulase positive, toxic shock syndrome (less important biochemicals: DNAse positive, yellow on mannitol salt agar, alkaline phosphatase positive, produces acid from sucrose and maltose) Francisella tularensis: Pleomorphic gram-negative coccobacillus, “Rabbit Fever,” fails to grow well on blood agar, no growth on MAC, needs cysteine for optimal growth (CHA, Cysteine Heart Agar) or BCYE (buffered charcoal-yeast extract agar), pinpoint colonies after 48 hours on CHOC (slow growth), oxidase-negative, urease-negative, catalase-positive and beta-lactamase positive