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Why do you have your high schoolers do CLEPs? For those who do them - when and why do you do them?
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Bc $85 to get college credit in a couple hours on an exam is a lot easier, faster, cheaper than months in a class for several hundred dollars?
Bc one may have a dc that is academicly ready to study a course but not emotionally mature enough to study it with 15+ 18 years and older classmates in a college setting.
Bc it might be a better suit for a particuliarly difficult subject.
Bc is might be a better suit for a subject a student is particuliarly good at.
That's why we will do them. 
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Oh when you would do them depends on your student and which test you are looking at.
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Martha wrote:
Bc $85 to get college credit in a couple hours on an exam is a lot easier, faster, cheaper than months in a class for several hundred dollars?
Bc one may have a dc that is academicly ready to study a course but not emotionally mature enough to study it with 15+ 18 years and older classmates in a college setting.
Bc it might be a better suit for a particuliarly difficult subject.
Bc is might be a better suit for a subject a student is particuliarly good at.
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I agree! It's in our plan as well.
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None of the colleges I'm looking at for my ds accept it for credit, but I'm still looking at having him do some of the tests as proof that he's covered the material.
I think the logistics of actually taking the test will be easier than for the AP, because it appears that one can only take the AP exams if the local high school plays nice--and since my ds has accommodations for testing because of his special needs, I doubt AP tests will work out for us. It's a shame, because the colleges we're interested in *do* accept good AP scores for credit.
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Martha wrote:
Bc $85 to get college credit in a couple hours on an exam is a lot easier, faster, cheaper than months in a class for several hundred dollars?
Bc one may have a dc that is academicly ready to study a course but not emotionally mature enough to study it with 15+ 18 years and older classmates in a college setting.
Bc it might be a better suit for a particuliarly difficult subject.
Bc is might be a better suit for a subject a student is particuliarly good at.
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Thank you - you have me convinced. Enough to make me go to collegeboard.com and read all about the CLEP.
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Amanda - it's my personal opinion AP is a lesser test as far as a test proving what they know. CLEP is a test determining the have completed college level knowledge on a subject. AP saying they are ready for advance placement in college. Very different.
Many people who would look down on taking a CLEP or Dantes exam do not know that. Also keep unmindful it is in the colleges financial interests to give as little credit as possible. They make a lot of money off students who have to full fill general requirement classes!
That aside I would think if a student can CLEP they should be able to AP fairly well on the same subject.
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CLEP doesn't require an essay. AP does.
We have been doing CLEPs for 8 years. My oldest 3 are attending/attended the local university for college and I didn't want certain classes to be taken there. It looks as if #4 will also attend as a music major. CLEPs can be taken anytime. AP's are only offered in April/May.
We begin with American History freshmen year. It seems pretty "easy" comparatively. The harder ones are government and economics.
I see CLEP as simply a way to avoid a PC class in college. It is not a true education or a true indication of how a student can do in college. A college class requires writing papers, discussion, test taking, etc. BUT....it does give my HS kids a goal and a chance to take a larger test over a larger amount of material (like a semester exam, which I don't do here).
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I thought the American History actually was pretty tough. My son missed passing it by 8 points - that American History from the beginning of time to 1877- that was a lot of material!  Of course he was a sophmor at the time. I am hoping to do American History 1877 to the present and hopefully he will do better.
He actually has a good idea- he would like to take a year after high school to just work and CLEP. If he can be disciplined enough to handle it I would have no problem with that - certainly a lot cheaper!
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Well, the history might have been "easy" because we really like here. But...this is how I prepared the kids.
We take a Catholic approach in 7th or 8th grade for American history, then 9th grade from September to January, we read "American Pageant" to Reconstruction. As a family over our lunch meal, we listen to some of the Teaching Company CDs on American history and the student reads Annals of America (primary source material). They use the American Pageant workbook after each chapter for review.
Then in mid-January, we use the CLEP review book and take the tests. The rest of the semester, we concentrate on the 2nd half of American history, but I don't require the CLEP for the 2nd half. (One son decided he wanted to take it, but the rest didn't).
I find it easier to implement the CLEPS into our regular high school schedule. This way they are learning the material, but not cramming so much information into such a little time period. We had friends that waited until senior year and took 6 CLEPS.
The girl was an excellent student and passed all them, but she was burnt crisp. I think this can become tedious and overkill. If you spread it out, it just seems like a semester or yearly exam.
I hope this helps.
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