Clep & Dante

[epalla02]

What is the main difference between CLEP and DANTE, if any?

[dwoods]

The main difference that I noticed is with Dantes you have four available choices for an answer and with CLEP, you have five.

[reshab912]

clep exams are always considered lower level - L
Dantes exams have both upper and lower - U , L
and of course dantes have 4 options to choose from and clep has 5

[TimeOut]

The other big difference I think is that DANTE started out as a military thing, it was Department of Defense, where as I think CLEP was just civil. But yes DANTE does upper and lower level and CLEP just lower.

[studyhard]

And the other difference is simply the subject areas covered. A lot of CLEPs tend to center around basic core subjects--math, science, foreign language, basic history, etc. DSSTs will sometimes cover more specific areas (i.e., the Vietnam War is an entire DSST test, not just a few questions on a U.S. history exam) or more "elective" type things.....World Religions, Race to Save the Planet, etc.

[jadechow]

This difference doesn't concern the exam format or subject matter - but, EC gives letter grades for Dantes exams based on the score you achieve. For anyone looking for boost a lagging GPA (ok me!) that could be a big plus.

Also, I love the four answer choices versus five.

[Shanarosee]

I also feel that for some CLEPS and DSSTS, the DSSTS may be a little easier. That may be because there are only four choices instead of five and also you have more time. I was told that the CLEP college alegebra is harder then the DSST Alegebra CLEP.

[studyhard]

You do have more time with a DSST but I prefer CLEPs 'cause DSSTs have an annoying tendency to have vaguely worded questions, in my grumpy opinion.

[bmills072200]

You do have more time with a DSST but I prefer CLEPs 'cause DSSTs have an annoying tendency to have vaguely worded questions, in my grumpy opinion.

I would agree will that...all in all, I would say that CLEPs are easier than DSSTs. Even though CLEP has 5 options per question versus 4 for DSST, 2-3 of the answer options on the CLEPs are usually obviously wrong and sometimes utterly ridiculous, where the DSSTs tend to be more tricky with the answer options....just my opinion...

[volleyball7079]

Hi! I've taken the Business Law CLEP (Passed with a 64 ) and I am getting ready to take the following DANTES/DSST tests...

Business Law II
Organizational Behavior
Principles of Supervision
Intro to Business

I have the electronic study guides for Principles of Supervision and Organizational Behavior and would be interested in making a trade please let me know if anyone needs it and I can email it to you. Does anyone have the Organizational Behavior or Business Law II electronic DANTES study guides?

Any help would be appreciated and if I can help anyone please let me know.

You can email me at:
volleyball7079@yahoo.com

Thanks!
Liz