CLEPs for International Transfer

Test Preparation
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<p>Hi everybody,</p>

<p>I'm a French student who wants to transfer to America (where I used to study for a semester in 2009). Since I'll be on a soccer scholarship, I need to meet some requirements, that is to say that I need 24 credits to be allowed to transfer. Since I only have 12 so far, could CLEP be an alternative to this lack? Because I'm in law school at the moment and most of my French law credits won't transfer... I've already checked on the College Board website and all the colleges I consider to attend accept CLEPs. Also, does CLEP have a "power" on one's GPA? And do I need to be enrolled to an American institution to take it? Or can I just, like for the SAT, take the exam and send the results to several colleges?</p>

<p>Thanks a lot,
Max</p>

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<p>Hi Max,</p>

<p>CLEP scores are kept on file at the CollegeBoard and like the SAT, you can send your CLEP scores to any school. Look on page 13 of this bulletin <a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools. One nice thing about CLEP is you can choose to send only the scores over 50. Fifty is usually the minimum score needed for credit.</p>

<p>Most schools that accept CLEP treat it as transfer credit. It is ignored in GPA calculations. </p>

<p>Check with the school you plan to attend. If they accept the French CLEP, you might want to take that one. On page 9 of the link above, you’ll see that a score of 50 on this exam is recommended by the American Council on Education (ACE) for 6 credits and a score of 59 is recommended for 12 credits. It’s the same exam - worth a different amount of credit depending on your score. Not all colleges use the ACE recommendation, so check the requirements of the school you plan to attend.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>