Test out of class for college credit (lemmy.world)

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I'm in the US and I'm going back to college after 15 years in the work force. I'd like to try to test out of some basic classes I have a lot of experience in, but no college credits. How does this work? Who runs this program, an accredited testing board or individual colleges? If you test out of a class, would that count as 3 (or equivalent) credit hours of college credit for other purposes such as professional licensure? Are there issues with acceptance by colleges of these types of tests? Thanks!

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[-] Today@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

What others have said - every school is different and you need to talk to an advisor. When i was in college (100 years ago) we took CLEP tests for specific classes that got you credit. My kids took AP exams and it was totally different at their school-if they passed a math AP they got 3 hours credit, but it was counted as a 'math for non-math/science majors' so there was no real way to test out of those.

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