<p>CLEP has been around for a while. Be aware that there is limited acceptance for CLEP, and the same can go for On line courses. Not that that they do not have their usefulness, but do not expect to get college credit from any college for them. Go into this for a reason that these courses are likely to fulfill and not with unrealistic expectations.</p>
<p>Colleges are getting more stringent about accepting credits from other places than their own programs. It used to be one could get through a college maybe a semester or even a year sooner by a year at a local college, or a term and applying those credits to the school of choice. Many schools forbid this specifically now. My son’s state school will only take summer courses for credit at other places and they have to be pre approved. You can’t take a fall semester off, stay at home, work and take some inexpensive courses that term and apply them to there. SOme schools won’t even take summer courses without thorough vetting BEFORE you take the course and will flat out even refuse to consider giving credit if a student does not go through the process of requesting and getting official permission.</p>