<p>The placement exam by itself does not give you credit. If you read my earlier post in this thread I go into detail about how you get additional credit by taking a class AFTER doing well on the placement test.</p>
<p>If I were you, I’d have my son take CLEP…if he does well on it then great…if he doesn’t …no harm, no foul. if he doesn’t do well on CLEP, then he can proceed with the placement exam method.</p>
<p>a hint…if your child scores in a higher band, he can still take a lower level class and get credit for the lower level classes. For instance, if your child scores in the highest band, he can take 202 (which should be easier than 301) and after completion, he’d still get credit for 201 and 103.</p>