What is a CLEP test?
• The CLEP test is short for College-Level Exam Preparation®. This is a program where you can take a test, and if you pass, you’ll receive college credit. There are tests for a variety of study areas, most are general education classes. This allows you to skip a class, a semester or even a whole year of college, depending on your school.
The College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) gives you the opportunity to receive college credit for what you already know, by earning qualifying scores on any one or more of the 35 CLEP examinations. A total of 2,900 colleges and universities in the United States, including John Tyler Community College, will recognize your comprehensive subject knowledge acquired through independent or prior study, on-the-job training, professional development, cultural pursuits, or internships. You may find out more general information about CLEPand even download a free CLEP sampler tutorial by visiting www.collegeboard.com/clep or calling 1-800-257-9558. Who can take a CLEP test at John Tyler? Any student currently enrolled at John Tyler community College or another Virginia community college may take a CLEP test at the College. How much does a CLEP test cost? Each CLEP test taken at JTCC costs $85.00. This represents $70.00 to CLEP and a $15.00 administrative fee to John Tyler. The $70.00 CLEP port
CLEP examinations cover material taught in courses that most students take as requirements in the first two years of college. A college usually grants the same number of credit to students earning satisfactory scores on the CLEP examination as it grants to students successfully completing that course. Many examinations are designed to correspond to one-semester courses; some however correspond to full-year or two-year courses. Unless stated otherwise in its description, an examination is intended to cover material in a one-semester course. Each exam is 90 minutes long, and is made up primarily of multiple-choice questions; however, some exams do have fill-ins. American higher education has a tradition of recognizing prior learning. Colleges have long understood that acknowledging prior learning benefits both institutions and their students. CLEP is an important part of this tradition. CLEP is the most widely accepted credit-by-examination program in the United States today, helping stu
