Education question:

[Turbineguy]

I'm looking for the word used when someone takes an exam to obtain credit and avoids having to take a college course. I thought it was "challenge" but may be wrong.

[Dr. Strange]

1. We always called it "clepping"...

but that's because that is an actual exam: http://clep.collegeboard.org/students/exams?s_kwcid=TC
(as opposed to a verb).

[gkhouston]

7. Yeah, we said "clep out" of taking a course. n/t

[seabeyond]

2. they do use challenge. but the poster above is probably more accurate, i dont know. nt

[Snoutport]

3. Challenge. here is a link:

http://www.nmjc.edu/studentservices/counseling/challenge.asp

[Turbineguy]

4. OK. Thanks

I think I'll stick with challenge then. The audience I'm writing to would probably respond with, "WTF is Clepping?" Although I like that word.

[woodsprite]

5. You 'test out' of the course.

My daughter is taking high school AP courses, but her freshman advisor for college has advised her not to use a passing grade in HS AP Chem to 'test out' of the basic chem courses required for her major (Art Conservation).

[VWolf]

6. I'd always heard the term "placed out" n/t

[SheilaT]

8. It actually depends on

exactly what the circumstances of the test are. The AP exam, with a high enough score, often results in college credit, but that depends on the individual college.

The CLEP (College Level Examination Program is an entirely different matter.

For what it's worth, I work at a hospital, and every year I have to pass a series of tests on areas the hospital thinks I need to know about. There's about twelve or fifteen of them altogether. The first time, I had to read through the course, then take the test. This year, I get to take a pre-test and if I score well enough I can skip the course and the post-exam. So far I've tested out on about half of the courses.