CLEP
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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do I get credit for CLEP? |
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
at AMIDEAST offices and other test centers.
You can download the
test registration form from the
CLEP registration website. AMIDEAST
offices also have information.
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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