Useful Free CLEPS

[cookderosa]

well, 100 and 200 credit is tough because if you already have a bachelor's you're probably going to fill most of the slots for a good portion of gen eds. The real significant need would be in a total flip- like into an AAS program that is going to be almost exclusively new content (not may CLEPs) but I totally get the question. So, I guess you could say that if you've earned a BA in one of the liberal studies, then you could accumulate CLEPs in the businesses. And on the flip, a business degree probably doesn't have a ton of liberal arts credit - so that would work.

The one thing I actually did end up needing after my BA for grad school was stats credit, but I did that with DSST not CLEP (which is not free).

Interestingly, my premed and prenursing credits also were all after my BA but I couldn't use CLEP for any of them. I hear you about the bio clep meeting a prereq, but I took Intro to Biology (3 cr non lab for non science majors) inside my TESU BA the first time, and that's what I would suggest to someone who didn't feel ready for general biology 1 w/lab - but a college isn't going to require that, it would be just for the person who really felt like they wanted to test the waters. Intro bio wouldn't be a prereq for gen biology, and micro usually does require at least 1 semester of biology- so it doesn't feel like it accomplishes anything by adding in a non-lab bio for someone who needs lab sciences.

BUT, I think studying is fun, and if my plate weren't full, I'd be all over the free CLEPs that I didn't already have- just for the hey of it.