<p>I was looking at the ones at my school that I am eligible to take and that meet my graduation requirements and I was thinking about self-studying for Calculus and one of the US Histories. I could also study for Biology, Chemistry, American Government, Introduction to Education Psychology, and Introductory Psychology.</p>
<p>I'm a double major and I want to graduate in four years without having to overload on hours (because that all equals a lot of money, which I don't have much of) and these exams seem like a pretty cost-effective method of getting credit.</p>
<p>So here's my question: How difficult is it to self-study the classes above if someone is very diligent and works on it every day during a summer for a few hours a day? And how difficult are the exams?</p>
<p>I haven’t taken them, but had checked into it when I was researching colleges because I am doing a double degree and had thought about still getting done in 4 years, but my school doesn’t accept CLEP credit, so I’m just going to take 5 years instead.</p>
<p>Anyways, although I haven’t taken them, I’ve heard from people who have and from the college counselors at my high school that they’re easy…easier than AP exams and when I looked at a few of the questions once, they were extremely simple for what I found. </p>
<p>You are right that they are very cost-effective for getting credit. I have a friend who took a few of those because her college accepts them for credit…I think they’re around $70 per exam, which is a lot different from the few thousand it might cost per class at a university, depending on how much your university is per credit. So I think it’s an extremely cheap option for getting credit. </p>
<p>im studying for them right now. one of the easiest test is 6 credits, so im hoping to take that soon. i have heard of people getting degrees from clep alone. i wouldn’t but i am planning to take a couple of them</p>
<p>I took the CLEP Calc, after studying about every other day for a couple hours during the summer (never studied calc before). I got about 2 points below passing but was allowed to skip the class anyway. It’s mostly calc 1 topics, a couple trig integrals, and some wierd word problems that I never saw in teh prep books and had to guess on. Definitely use the REA Prep book, its the closest you’ll get to the exam. So if you study everyday you should be good :)</p>
<p>Although the CLEP is easier than AP exams, credits earned through CLEP only last 20 years. (EDIT: This only affects one if they choose to go back to college after some time) Also many schools don’t accept CLEP credit, check the school’s policy on that. CLEPs are self-study and you get the score right after the test.</p>
<p>Something that I recently learned is that some graduate schools take CLEP scores, so maybe look into specific graduate schools or call them to see if they take CLEP.</p>