While CLEP and DSST exams can be used to earn college credits that will transfer to thousands of colleges around the country, many parents and students wonder if Dual Credit at Home is still worth pursuing if all of the included exams might not be accepted at their college of choice.
But the answer is . . . Dual Credit at Home offers much more than college credits. Even if some of the credits don’t transfer, your student will still reap the benefits of this unique program.
Dual Credit at Home is a complete study program for high school students, covering 13 high school subjects at the college level. The program is designed to be completed over the course of 49 weeks, but is flexible enough to work within your own schedule and education goals. Students in their early teens have even enrolled in the program with the goal of spending 2-3 years going through our Study Plans. Spending three years on dual credit studies when you are thirteen years old still puts a student far ahead of traditional college students at that age!
Dual Credit at Home students are engaged and challenged academically in a myriad of college-level subjects on par with general education requirements at most colleges. General education requirements vary per school, but many of them include the basics covered in our 13 recommended CLEP & DSST exams. If a particular exam does not transfer, the time spent learning these general subjects is hardly wasted as that knowledge will be invaluable to that student as they’re taking their college’s requirement in that same subject.
A college-level understanding of introductory courses will allow your teen to focus on subjects they aren’t as familiar with, giving them an advantage over students who are enrolling straight out of high school. Because most students complete Dual Credit at Home during high school, they are using their pre-college years to effectively prepare themselves for college coursework.
Many families compare Dual Credit at Home’s list of 13 covered exams to the list of exams that their child’s preferred college will accept. While the students may study each subject, they typically only pay to test on the exams that are accepted at their school. Students planning to attend Charter Oak State College or Thomas Edison State College are encouraged to test on all 13 subjects because all 13 are accepted at both schools.
Our team at Dual Credit at Home is passionate about helping students jump-start their college education before they actually enroll in college. A college education is about much more than college credits and our program focuses on helping equip students not just for college, but for life.
