<p>When do most people take CLEP? Is is during their undergraduate years? Can those exams be accepted for college credit? Are CLEP courses taught in college?</p>
<p>CLEP can be taken by anyone, any age. I don’t know who takes the most CLEP exams, but my guess is it’s military personnel. Keep in mind that scores are only good for 20 years. That may seem like forever, but it’s not. I’ve read several posts on other boards from folks who are returning to college after 30 years and finding that their CLEP credits have expired. AP on the other hand, is good forever.</p>
<p>With any credit-by-exam product, the key is to research the college you intend to apply to… Colleges have different policies concerning CLEP. </p>
<p>CLEP is self-study. I’m not aware of colleges teaching CLEP courses, although many college testing centers offer CLEP testing.</p>
<p>See the collegeboard website for more info on who takes CLEP:
[CLEP:</a> Who Takes CLEP?](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>CLEP and Student Advising – CLEP | College Board)</p>
<p>I know it has been a long while since this subject was first posted, but I wanted to hop in here with some thoughts as I work at a test center.</p>
<p>Many candidates taking the CLEP exams are in high school, building up college credit before they even know where they want to attend. Many of these are homeschoolers who are not only taking the exam to earn potential college credit, but also to reflect proof that they did indeed study this subject during their high school years.</p>
<p>Then there are the college students who find out they are short of credits to graduate and don’t have the time or the room in their schedule to get in additional classes. Or there are the distance-learning college students who are continuing to fulfill the course credit requirements set by their university. These universities are very familiar with CLEP (and DSST) and make recommendations on which exam will fulfill which course requirement.</p>
<p>As the previous poster said, anyone of any age can take CLEP (and/or DSST) exams. The only requirement is that you have two forms of ID (one must be government-issued), so this means if you are not of driving age, you will need either a passport or a state ID card.</p>
<p>All four of my kids have taken CLEP tests in high school. While elite colleges and some state flagships don’t don’t give college credit, many other schools do.</p>
<p>I homeschool and try to teach many subjects together across ages. Last spring I taught macroeconomics to my 17, 15, and 12 year olds. It about killed her (she had very funny facebook posts throughout the semester), but my 12 year old passed the macroeconomic CLEP test (although with a much lower score than her brother and sister!) and has college credit!</p>
<p>My kids’ CLEP credits range from 3 to 27 credits. Some of the tests (history, government, Lit, economics, math) they took right when they finished the high school equivalent plus a couple of weeks studying the REI materials. Others (psychology, sociology, etc.) they just read and did practice tests from the REI CLEP study guides. </p>
<p>IF the schools you are considering accept CLEP credits it is a great way to knock out Gen Ed requirements. Thanks to CLEP and some dual enrollment, my oldest daughter will be graduating in 3 years with a double major and a minor. Great $$$ savings.</p>
<p>Lol why would AP Exams never expire o_o</p>