CLEP
How do I get credit
for CLEP?
The College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
allows you to obtain recognition for college-level
achievement on examinations and earn credits
in undergraduate degree programs and universities
in the United States and overseas.
Wherever or however you have learned and
no matter what your age, you can take CLEP
exams. If the results are acceptable
to your college or university, you may receive
course credit, thus shortening a degree
program or allowing you to begin with more
advanced courses than would otherwise be
possible.
CLEP offers examinations in thirty-four
different subject areas. Each exam
is ninety minutes in length.
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Contact the admissions office of the college
or university that you are interested in
attending. They can tell you if they
are among the 2,900 institutions that accept
CLEP examinations for credit or advanced
standing, as well as which examinations
they accept, the scores they require, and
the number of credit hours that they grant
for each examination that you pass successfully.
The
CLEP Colleges brochure also lists colleges
that have accepted CLEP, but always check
directly with the institution for the most
complete and current information.
AMIDEAST maintains a supply of information
materials, test handbooks, and registration
materials for the CLEP examinations.
Information on the CLEP program and examinations
is also available on the CLEP
Web site.
The CLEP examinations are offered by arrangement
with AMIDEAST at AMIDEAST test centers.
Please contact your local AMIDEAST office
for registration and payment information.
You will be asked to pay a test fee and
a service fee for each examination for which
you register. You can download the test
registration form from the CLEP
registration website.
It is important for you to be familiar
with the types of questions asked on the
CLEP. There are several ways to prepare.
- Read about the tests and suggested
preparation methods on the CLEP
Web site
- Purchase the CLEP Official Study
Guide and relevant Individual Subject
Study Guides for more practice and
review
- Take a subject review and
test preparation course
- Arrive at the AMIDEAST or other assigned
test center at the assigned test time.
Check-in procedures take time. If you
arrive late, you may not be admitted to
the test, and you will forfeit your test
fees.
- Bring photobearing identification, as
described in the CLEP handbook, along
with your test center admission form.
At the end of a testing session, a screen
will offer you the option to cancel or report
your test score. If you choose to report
your score, you will receive a printed score
report from the test center administrator.
If you take the English Composition
with Essay exam, the essay will need
to be hand scored, and you will not receive
a score report on the day of the test. Essays
are scored once a month, after which your
scores will be sent to you.
At the time you take the exam, you can
indicate in test software the college, employer,
or certifying agency that you want to receive
your CLEP test scores. There is no additional
cost for this service— your exam fee
covers it. The Educational Testing Service
will send official score reports to your
designated score recipients within
two days of receiving your candidate data
from the test center.
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