CLEP -- transfers to 4 yrs?

[jaytea89]

Every time you transfer schools, the new school looks at your CLEP transcript and awards you credit based on their own criteria regardless of what a previous school may have awarded. Whatever the new school says they award for CLEP exams, that's what you get. 

I'm in a similar situation. I could test out of ENGL 111 with a CLEP for my A.S. and it would count as credit towards the actual class. However, once I transfer to either IU or Purdue, those credits will be awarded as "unallocated elective" credits and I'd have to take the class at the school I transfer to(for a lot more money). 

Similar situation for my College Algebra and Precalculus CLEP credits. They count as actual freshman classes at my community college(College Algebra and Trigonometry), but IU only counts them as sub-100 level remedial classes that do nothing but meet prereqs to take higher math classes.

When in doubt, reach out to a school official if you can. The last thing you want is to think you're all set on classes then find out something didn't transfer and be stuck squeezing in freshman classes that you may not have planned for.