10-22-2015, 10:06 AM
Many colleges have a policy against CLEPping out of a class you previously failed, but I've never run across one that says you can't CLEP above your assessment. Many colleges accept CLEP in lieu of an accuplacer/compass. Any chance that you have an SAT or ACT exam score sitting around? A lot of the times that works too.
My oldest son bombed his accuplacer (twice actually). He was in high school, so it's a little different- they don't assign you 000 level until you graduate high school. Anyway, he kept doing math in our homeschool, and I thought about him CLEPping - but he picked doing the developmental level. Our community college has this set up pretty cool (and as a cash cow) but there are 4 quarters in a semester. So, in theory, a person could assess at absolutely zero and complete all levels (010, 020, 030....080) in 1 academic year. Now, that's not ideal- and no one wants to pay for 8 credits that don't count toward a degree, but look into how they structure it at your CC before you panic. In years past, many levels used to take ENTIRE SEMESTERS, so a person might have to complete developmental levels for YEARS before hitting their degree requirement. My point is, that even if you do place into a lower level, it might not be a huge roadblock. Update- my son completed his levels in less than a semester. They were pass/fail and they used ALEKS math (self paced curriculum that we used- he had already done these at home!) . No re-assessment was done (yes, cash cow) so it was just red tape (as opposed to actually caring if you can take a math test)
My oldest son bombed his accuplacer (twice actually). He was in high school, so it's a little different- they don't assign you 000 level until you graduate high school. Anyway, he kept doing math in our homeschool, and I thought about him CLEPping - but he picked doing the developmental level. Our community college has this set up pretty cool (and as a cash cow) but there are 4 quarters in a semester. So, in theory, a person could assess at absolutely zero and complete all levels (010, 020, 030....080) in 1 academic year. Now, that's not ideal- and no one wants to pay for 8 credits that don't count toward a degree, but look into how they structure it at your CC before you panic. In years past, many levels used to take ENTIRE SEMESTERS, so a person might have to complete developmental levels for YEARS before hitting their degree requirement. My point is, that even if you do place into a lower level, it might not be a huge roadblock. Update- my son completed his levels in less than a semester. They were pass/fail and they used ALEKS math (self paced curriculum that we used- he had already done these at home!) . No re-assessment was done (yes, cash cow) so it was just red tape (as opposed to actually caring if you can take a math test)
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