Finding testing locations for clep

[TrailRunr]

There used to be a lot more CLEP testing open centers but it seems like they're becoming harder to find everywhere. I live in in a huge metro area (San Francisco, CA) and most of the local CLEP test centers are now gone, or closed to the public (at schools who only offer them only to their own students). In this area, the only open CLEP testing centers are now an hour or more drive away (much more with traffic).

CLEPs are hard to use in the SF Bay Area CC/state colleges. UC don't take them at all. CSU will take them sometimes to meet their local GE requirements. Some CC might let you use it on their local AA/AS GE requirements. But you can't use it on IGETC. Unfortunately, the best use for CLEPs is when a junior transfer student fails a class or two and and doesn't have the 60 credits anymore. To avoid being rescinded, they grab a CLEP or two to get regain the 60 credits.