| For kids who are home-schooled, getting into a good | | | | extra point in your favor in the admissions process, |
| college can sometimes be a huge challenge. These | | | | putting you ahead of students with similar profiles. |
| kids have the smarts and they have the knowledge | | | | The flexibility of the CLEP |
| to do well in college, but some universities have no | | | | The nice thing about this test is that you can take on |
| way of knowing just how much kids have learned. | | | | your own schedule and when you're ready. If you |
| The schools just do not trust grades from | | | | are on top of things in history and you feel like you |
| home-schooled kids, so these kids are put behind the | | | | can show off your knowledge, then you can |
| eight ball for admissions purposes. Luckily for these | | | | schedule the CLEP for that subject. If you need a |
| students, CLEP exams exist and allow them to prove | | | | little more schooling on basic economics, then you can |
| their readiness. When you take the CLEP exams, you | | | | hold off and take that CLEP a little bit later on. It is |
| can not only prove to colleges that you're ready for | | | | truly dependent upon you, which makes it somewhat |
| the rigors of their program, but you can also reap | | | | unique among tests of this nature. Additionally, the |
| other benefits. Having college credit when you enter | | | | CLEP is nice because it gives you a chance to show |
| a university is a big money and time saver. | | | | off what you've learned throughout your life. Maybe |
| Demonstrating previous knowledge with the CLEP | | | | you've gotten smart by watching Jeopardy or maybe |
| The CLEP test basically measures how much | | | | you've done a lot of reading for the fun of it. The |
| knowledge you have gained in a certain subject. This | | | | CLEP measures all of that, in addition to what you |
| means that you can take as many or as few of | | | | learned in your home classes. |
| these tests as you're comfortable taking, based | | | | Putting you ahead of the game in college |
| solely upon how well you have mastered the material. | | | | Once that CLEP helps you get into college, it will put |
| When you take CLEP exams, you get the chance to | | | | you ahead of the game. The rising costs of higher |
| show the universities you are applying to that you | | | | education today make it important not to waste |
| have an advanced degree of expertise. In effect, a | | | | your time in college. For less than $100, the CLEP |
| good score on a CLEP exam will, at the very least, | | | | tests will give you real college credit. This can save |
| validate your home school education. If you excel on | | | | you a whole semester in some cases or maybe it |
| the CLEP test, then it can actually do much more for | | | | can let you focus more on the classes you do have |
| you than validate your education. It can become an | | | | to take. |