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.
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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