From my personal experience, the schools that I applied to during my senoir year in high school were more interested in AP courses taken and the exam result. I inquired about other ways to "test out" of courses. Some responded with "Our college takes only a combination of 12 credit hours of CLEP/DSST exams" while others said that CLEP/DSST exams would grant me 0 credit. This is why I ended up at community college after graduation to finish intro classes first and then transfer to a 4-year university. Needless to say, I ended up joining the Navy for 6 years (1.75 years left!). It pretty much depends on the college your son is going to apply to. While some deem the CLEP/DSST credits are worthy, others are very reluctant. Sucks, I know. AP tests on the other hand, seemed to transfer anywhere (depending on the score). Grad schools, it seems to me, tend to be very picky in which courses will count for credit at their school. Yes, the Pysch CLEP could be granted as 3 lower-level credits at college X but would college Y accept them as well? This is the question you need to ask before your son ends up repeating courses in grad school because the school thinks the CLEP exam is meaningless. Hope that helps.

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