AP vs CLEP credit for Spanish

aeromom
Sun, 04 May 2014 13:19:33 +0000

Yes, my son had experience with this. What would you like to know specifically? You get UP TO 14 credits (not necessarily a total of 14), depending on your CLEP score. My S had only 3 years of HS Spanish and scored well enough to receive all 14 credits. The credits from AP exams vary depending on your score also. See here (click on top tabs to see AP vs CLEP): http://courseleaf.ua.edu/introduction/academicpolicies/creditbyexamination/ . Since your son is a HS senior right now, have him take the CLEP as soon as possible (while info still in his head). The cost of the exam used to be ~$100, and you receive your score/results immediately. You can have the official results sent directly to UA at the time of the test (included in the test fee). The CLEP is heavily reliant on your auditory skills - there is no speaking portion - only listening. My S said it was a difficult test because on the listening portion you can’t rewind the tape or re-read the info - you only listen to the passage, and all of the multiple choice questions and answers are also read aloud to you from a tape. It was a lot to keep up in his head, he said, while he was taking the test. UA gives slightly different credits for CLEP vs AP - CLEP gives you credit for 101, 102+ whereas AP gives credit for 103+. That seems to be the only major diff between taking AP vs CLEP. That, and the fact that the tests themselves will be very different (i.e., speaking vs no speaking). My son did not take AP test for Spanish, however, so perhaps someone else can weigh in on that exam.