Is CLEP here to stay?

[cookderosa]

Hi everyone-

Excellent, excellent website. A great resource for CLEP.

My high school son is just starting the CLEP process. We are going to subscribe to Instant Cert and prep for the US History I exam. We are planning on taking 5-10 CLEP exams over the next few years. We not CLEPing everything --just many of the GEs required in the first few years of college. My question is....many colleges accept CLEP exams right now. We have collected a whole list of possible community and 4 year colleges. However, CLEP is becoming more popular now and I wondered if colleges might start changing their CLEP policies to be more restrictive. (Aren't they losing money every time they accept a CLEP exam?) What if we put all this work into CLEP and in 3 years most colleges no longer accept CLEP? I know CLEP has been around for awhile. Have we seen this trend? Just wondered what you all though...

Blessings-
Laurie

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My opinion is that you have nothing to lose. So what if he doesn't end up getting to use his credit? Isn't he going to study US History in high school anyway? For $77 you get the potential for 3 college credits. It's win-win. Think of it another way, if he takes US History in regular high school (which they do) they DON'T get college credit....so, again, there's nothing to lose.

FWIW, at some point in the next 3 years your son's plans and goals may emerge. He may end up on a path that doesn't use these credits. Since CLEP scores are held for 20 years, he can always go back as a 35 year old and use these for a degree.

Just my two cents