>>>>Can you compare AP and CLEP exams? Why did you choose CLEP?<<<<AP tests are much longer, more expensive, and have ambiguous essay questions that irritated me. I chose to use CLEP exams because they took MUCH less time per test, were a little less expensive, and they were all multiple choice. You know “math & science Lee”, always looking for those right-or-wrong answers! AP tests are longer, so they have lots more questions. Since the CLEP exams are shorter and have fewer questions, their questions are all obscure. You have to know the detailed stuff in order to pass it. Of course, that’s also why it’s college level.
AP exams take a tremendous amount of study, as does CLEP. The difference is partly that if you take the AP exam, you also have to study how to take an AP exam! It’s a real skill to write those essays and stuff…If you buy an AP prep book, you can see what I mean. Practice, practice, practice! For a CLEP exam, it’s just like taking a very in-depth IOWA basic test – much more familiar looking. But that may be just me 
Blessings, Lee
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