Get Ready, Get Credit - Legislation Funds Up to Six Free CLEP Exams for Minnesota High School Students

Sep 28, 2026

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“Get Ready, Get Credit” explains how Minnesota high school students can earn college credit through the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP). It highlights benefits such as saving time and money, accelerating study by skipping introductory courses, and expanding options for a second major or advanced degrees. It also details exam administration, scoring, and credit policy, plus step-by-step guidance on choosing exams, authorization forms, studying with official resources, and scheduling at funded test centers.

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“Get Ready, Get Credit” Legislation funds up to six free CLEP® exams for Minnesota high school students The College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP) offers you the opportunity to receive college credit by earning qualifying scores on any of 34 exams. CLEP Beneﬁts: • Save time and money. You and your family can save money with each CLEP® exam you pass; the credit you acquire through CLEP requires no tuition, fees, residence hall rent, or food expenses. • Accelerate your education. By skipping introductory-level courses in subjects you have already mastered, you can move into more challenging and interesting advanced coursework. Research indicates that students who earn credit via CLEPare more likely than their peers to complete a bachelor’s degree in four years. • Enhance your educational opportunities. The hours you save by taking a CLEP exam can be used to pursue either a second major or an advanced degree. CLEP Facts: • All 34 CLEP exams are administered on computer, offering instant score reports (with the exception of English Composition with Essay). • The 90-minute exams are administered at over 1,400 test centers across the country. Visit [www.collegeboard.com/CLEPtestcenters](www.collegeboard.com/CLEPtestcenters) for a list of Minnesota test centers. • Each CLEP exam is scored on a scale of 20–80, with a recommended passing score of 50. • CLEP exams do not relate to speciﬁcally designed college-level courses taught in high school. They test mastery of college-level material acquired through general academic instruction, signiﬁcant independent study, or extracurricular work. Typically, CLEP candidates study on their own for the examinations. • All Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) grant credit for a CLEP score of 50 or higher. Visit the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) Web site to view credit-by-exam policies for MnSCU, University of Minnesota, and MN private colleges: [http://education.state](http://education.state). [mn. us/mde/Academic_Excellence/Postsecondary_College_Prep/](mn. us/mde/Academic_Excellence/Postsecondary_College_Prep/)[ ](mn. us/mde/Academic_Excellence/Postsecondary_College_Prep/)CLEP/index. html. Check with the college you plan to attend to conﬁrm its CLEP credit-granting policy. “Thanks to CLEP exams, I will be able to add a minor to my college curriculum. I took Principles of Management while in high school and two more exams when I got to college. Without those credits, I would not have had room in my schedule to take the courses necessary for a minor.” —Angela Isker, 2006 Graduate of Waseca High School Take the next step. [Visit](Visit www.collegeboard.com/CLEPMN for more information)[ www.collegeboard.com/CLEPMN](Visit www.collegeboard.com/CLEPMN for more information)[ for more information](Visit www.collegeboard.com/CLEPMN for more information). Information for Students Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Decide which exam(s) to take. CLEP exams provide an opportunity for high school students to earn college credit in subject areas for which no Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) Exams are available—sociology, college algebra, accounting, or precalculus—or for which your high school does not yet offer an AP course. Your high school counselor can help you decide which exams to take. Ask your school counselor to complete a CLEP Student Authorization Form, available on the Minnesota Department of Education Web site. Submit a separate signed and stamped form to the test center for each exam you intend to take. Prepare to take your exam. Use the CLEP Ofﬁcial Study Guide, available in your library or counseling ofﬁce, to review the test speciﬁcations and answer sample test questions. You can also purchase the guide on the CLEP Web site, [www.collegeboard.com/clep](www.collegeboard.com/clep). • Study a textbook and other resource materials used in comparable college courses. Are you familiar with most of the topics and terminology? •

FAQs

What is CLEP and how can students earn college credit?

CLEP allows students to earn college credit by achieving qualifying scores on CLEP exams. Minnesota high school students can use these exams to gain credit in specific subject areas.

What are the key benefits of taking CLEP exams?

CLEP helps students save time and money, accelerate education by moving past introductory coursework they already mastered, and enhance opportunities such as pursuing a second major or an advanced degree.

How does the funding and test-center process work for Minnesota students?

Legislation funds up to six free CLEP exam fees for Minnesota students through June 30, 2008. Students still pay the test center administration fee, and each intended exam requires a separate signed and stamped authorization form for the test center.

Sep 28, 2026

Uploaded by Connor