I have three college options in my area for taking CLEP tests. Unfortunately, all their web sites state that you have to be an "enrolled student" to take the tests. I am curious as to the intended definition here - Does enroll mean being a student ( ie, they have you on record ), or does it mean currently signed up for and attending actual classes. The bottom line for me is this. I plan on attending Charter Oak for my degree. Online classes will be taken through Troy State University. The rest I wanted to CLEP and DANTES through. I have 60 traditional credits and I wanted to take about 30 credits worth of testing. The rest I will do online classes for credits. I wanted to take the DANTES and CLEPS first to get them out of the way, but now I see I have found a stumbling point. I don't want to sit in any classes, and none of the three local colleges here have any online options, so I don't see a way for me to enroll with these colleges. I guess their motivation is to keep students from using them as a testing center. Do i have any other options, or am I going to have to travel to take these tests? I know Dantes I can pay and have proctored. What about CLEP? Thanks! TomC
I don't have any good advice to you, but the colleges would be better off just adding an administration fee to cover the costs of administering the tests to non-enrolled students. CLEP allows this. A local community college charges something around $10 to take CLEPs which seems completely fair.
Maybe there's a college offering the exams outside your immediate area but within driving distance. What region are you in?
If it's feasible then try calling or walking into one or all of the colleges to ask how to register for the CLEP tests. "Enrolled student" may mean nothing at all.
Some of us had to travel to another country As you can see if you read the threads on "Clep Testing" in Europe, some of us had it even worse, as we have had to travel to a different country, with a lot of expense, so as to be able to take the CLEPS. But the travelling is worth it...too
Thanks for the replies. I found one college that is about 40 minutes from my house that simply charges a testing fee. I am guessing I sign up as an unofficial student, pay their fees and they'll do the tests for me however, they are listed as "limited" for CLEP, but since Dantes is pen and paper, they do most of those. I did find a better solution. I hammered one of the admins of a closer college to explain in better detail what she meant by enrollment and the class obligations. I asked her about enrolled students who need a break, what do they do, do they get kicked out of the college? She said no, not at all. I asked her, what happens if I sign up and immediately go on hiatus, not take any classes, but CLEP a few tests here and there until I am ready. She said that would be fine. So it seems they are a bit duplicitious when it comes to enrollment. They want me to sign up and take classes. CLEP and DANTES testing is a free service to their enrolled student, so I can see why. What was looking grim has now turned into a good situation. I am glad I was a bit blunt with these people and was able to get more stright answers simply by pushing the issue. Thanks and good luck. Sorry to hear about the difficulties for people in Europe. TomC
