CLEP and AP

[TimeOut]

What is the difference between CLEP and AP testing? It seems that the two have similarities-that AP can exempt you from entry level college courses, but do they count as credits?

[cookderosa]

What is the difference between CLEP and AP testing? It seems that the two have similarities-that AP can exempt you from entry level college courses, but do they count as credits?

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type in AP test in the search feature, there is a lot of info on this forum. Both can award credit. If you can find a way to take AP exams, they can award you more credit than clep in some cases, but they are harder to take since you need a high school willing to let you, and are only offered once per year.

[kimberlyaz]

I had some AP credits from when I was in high school back in the 90's.

At the first university that I attended, a certain score on the AP test didn't garner any English credit, but it did allow you to get placed in an "accelerated" English class so you only had to take 3 hours of Freshman Comp instead of 6.

So -- I suppose this will vary from school to school. Whatever you do, don't duplicate subject matter between CLEP and AP (or any tests, for that matter). The AP exams were a LOT harder than the CLEP/DANTES that I took, in my opinion.