Every college
is different. I talk to a lot of colleges as The HomeScholar. Some colleges
will accept CLEP tests for college credit, and some colleges won't. If you ask
ten different colleges, you may receive ten different answers. The same is true
for AP tests. Strangely enough, this is even true for dual enrollment credits -
some colleges will accept community college credits and some won't. But there
are two benefits to working on college credit, regardless of whether you choose
the CLEP or not.
One, it is a
college-level course that your child will have demonstrated experience with,
whether or not they gain credit for it from their chosen college. The other benefit
is for it to be that reflection in the pond, to say that your child really does
know chemistry to that admissions officer, for example. Taking a CLEP won’t
hurt, and you can even choose not to include it on your transcript if the
results aren’t as good as you had hoped.
Some colleges
may give you the college credit for it and others won't, but the only way that
you can find out is to go to that college's website and search under credit by
examination. Usually they will have a policy and it will mention dual enrollment
by AP, CLEP and other means as well.
For one of my
sons, who was gifted, we waited until the summer before applying for college
and took all the CLEPs we felt he could pass – we hadn’t taken CLEP exams
throughout the high school years. At the university where my children gained
entry, they did not provide college credit for CLEP. But I did provide CLEP
exam results for both of my boys and that's one of the reasons why they
received scholarships, because I had all of these test results in all of these
different areas so the admissions office knew what I wrote on the transcript
was really true. So, even though they didn't get college credit for it, it
still paid off for them to have taken CLEPs.
You can learn
more about CLEPs, homeschooling high school, and gaining admission to college at
www.The HomeScholar.com.
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