| Many students today are taking a long, hard look at | | | | Many students take the time to learn about subjects |
| the college system and they're asking a very important | | | | just because they want to. Maybe you have a passion |
| question. That question is all about cost and how they | | | | for something, so you have done a lot of reading on it |
| can save themselves the wasted time and money | | | | outside of class. Better yet is when your life |
| that comes from taking unnecessary courses. Luckily | | | | experiences give you more knowledge. If you have a |
| for these students, the CLEP exam gives them a | | | | job or you've done some service work that's given |
| chance to show off their knowledge and get college | | | | you knowledge, then why not rewarded for that? This |
| credit prior to enrolling. When you take the CLEP, you | | | | is what the CLEP exam is designed to do. The CLEP |
| have the ability to skip introductory college classes. | | | | tests what you've learned, so if you have gained the |
| This will help you get out of school quicker and make | | | | knowledge in any venue, you can use it. Once you |
| the process much more cost-effective. The CLEP | | | | pass the CLEP, you will immediately gain college credit |
| test is affordable and it's a great way to show that | | | | that can be applied at almost any university. |
| you've already gained a certain level of knowledge. | | | | Why skip out on introductory classes? |
| Showing previous knowledge with the CLEP | | | | You won't know about this until you get to college, but |
| If you are like most high school students, then you've | | | | introductory classes can be a waste of time and |
| developed a fair amount of knowledge on many | | | | money in many instances. If you're trying to get a |
| subjects that have been taught well in your school. | | | | degree in engineering, why do you need to spend |
| Perhaps you have really plugged in to your history | | | | money on a political science class if you're already a |
| class, or maybe you have worked hard to learn all | | | | master? This is why so many students are taking |
| about political science. What the CLEP allows you to | | | | CLEP exams, because they get big time savings. |
| do is prove that knowledge and actually get credit for | | | | Taking the CLEP costs much less than taking an |
| it. The whole idea of attending a university is to | | | | additional class, and passing the CLEP lets them |
| broaden your knowledge base, but there is no reason | | | | graduate quicker. Even if they aren't interested in |
| to sit around and listen to a semester's worth of | | | | graduating in a hurry, taking a CLEP test will allow a |
| lectures on something you've already mastered. | | | | student to spend more time focusing on the courses |
| Taking CLEP exams will give you a chance to skip | | | | that matter in college. The CLEP exam can help |
| these intro courses, and that has many benefits. | | | | improve performance, and it should be obvious that it |
| Applying things you've learned outside of the | | | | saves money. |
| classroom | | | | |