<p>I'm a 9th grader currently taking a two year ap history course at my public school. I was looking for practice material to study for my final, and i stumbled upon clep. I got almost every question right on their website for the pre-1877 us history. My questions are:</p>
<p>Is it worth it to take it in highschool?
When can you take it?
Is it like an AP?
When applying for colleges, can you put your score, on say the common app as an extra incentive if its good?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>There’s no real downside to taking it in high school, if you think you can do well on it. There are some potential downsides, but it won’t hurt you in any way.</p>
<p>You take it at an approved testing site for clep. Generally, it’s a university campus. I have no idea as to what the schedule is for taking it, because it depends on the individual testing location. It is computerized.</p>
<p>It…sort of is like an AP. It has no essay section, a multiple choice section that’s longer, but easier than the AP multiple choice. The downside, however, is that it isn’t really that impressive to colleges compared to AP tests. You might get college credit at smaller colleges, but it’s credit that will hopefully be covered by a good AP score. A few flagship colleges (the University of Texas, for example) take certain clep tests, but those are generally in areas that aren’t covered by AP tests. Top tier private schools like the Ivy League schools will almost certainly not give you credit, although it might factor into their decision making.</p>
<p>You can get college board to send the testing report to your university of choice, where it will be added to your file. You can put your score on your application, but there’s no fixed box for it because clep testing is generally oriented towards college freshmen looking to get out of introductory classes.</p>
<p>In conclusion, you’ve got nothing to lose by taking it, save the money you paid to take the test, but it won’t give you many, if any, benefits that aren’t covered through the APUSH test, besides maybe showing dedication to the subject or something like that - no tangible benefit. Have you considered the SAT US History test, since you generally need a few of those to apply to top tier colleges?</p>
<p>Just to follow up on what EternalFlame shared, AP and CLEP credits are not known for being advantages at the time of applying to colleges/universities. If the college has a policy in place for AP and/or CLEP, it should be stated somewhere on their website. These credits come into play once you are admitted to the college and can either grant you credit or allow you to bypass specific courses.</p>
<p>If you already have an idea of what college you hope to attend, check out their policy to see if it would be worth it to take the CLEP vs. waiting to take the AP exam. If you go the AP route and your results are not what you expected you could always go back and sign up to take the CLEP exam.</p>