College Board Credit By Examination

Okay, first I'm going to introduce College Board's  two credit by examination options.

First is the one everyone knows, Advanced Placement exams. They are exams for high schoolers in which you normally taking a high school AP class then in May take the AP exams. What most of you probably don't know is that if you're in high school, you can self-study AP exams then, independependant of your school (or if you like you can do it through your school) register for the AP exam. By doing this, you can either do AP exams that your school doesn't offer the classes for or ones that you don't have time to fit into your high school schedule. Click here to see the list of AP courses.

Now for the lesser known one, that anyone can take. They are called CLEP exams which stands for College-Level Examination Program. Like AP exams, they are recomended for credit by ACE, the American Council on Education. You will have to check with the college of your choice about their policy on CLEP. Anyways, there are 33 different CLEP exams and they are usually considered lower level credits (which means they give credit for college Freshman or Sophmore level classes). Click here to see the different CLEP exams and check your university's policy on it by searching CLEP on their website.