What does CLEP stand for?
The College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams can give test takers college credit.
Developed by the College Board, the people behind AP and SAT, the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) has been the most widely trusted credit-by-examination program for over 40 years, accepted by 2,900 colleges and universities and administered in over 1,800 test centers.
CLEP exams test mastery of college-level material acquired in a variety of ways — through general academic instructions, significant independent study or extracurricular work. CLEP exam-takers include adults just entering or returning to school, military service members and traditional college students.
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clep.collegeboard.org
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36 Comments
Marianne Frederick Halterman
Hence the expression "CLEP"ing out of a particular course if you could pass the exam first, sometimes the exams were given in the summer prior to the next semester.
earlepg
Don't remember CLEP being available when I started college. Started to click "entry"; switched to "exam" just in time.
jack patti go
Should have gone with my first thought!
docluci
Needed a hint for the second time in this group of 10
Char
tesla alset, you are right again
Char
I took the most logical explanation
larrywagner
tesla alset, hang on Tesla and don't let the thumbs down monsters get you.
Gisele McMullen Oakes
It was a way to earn college credit by exam. I CLEPed out of 6 math credits before starting college ( a long time ago , before they had the college level courses in high school)).
ninakamwene
Lucky guess. I went to college and did not have to take CLEP.
Don Racette
Criona Walsh You're DOGgone right!
Cheryl Perkins
Had to use the majority answer as I know zero about American education.
Isabel Laing
Good guess.
Fred Strassberger
What country is this?
Maho girl
Don McIsaac, I have answered many International minutiae questions and never complained about it . . . this is international Don so why don't you stop complaining and send us some Canadian minutiae questions and expand our education?
Maho girl
Rob Farr, oh please rob, not you too, not you too. I am American and still just had to take a stab in the dark, which I also do for other obscure International questions it's about learning isn't it?