How to Get PLA Credit: CLEP Exams
College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Exams
Apply your CLEP Exam(s) credit to your degree or certificate program.
We work together in the PLA process:
- You
- Your Advisor
- Your campus Testing Services
- Your Department (Chair / Dean)
- Your Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA)
- District Academic Support Services Office
- You
- Check to see if you are eligible to request PLA credit before beginning the PLA process
- You
- See your Advisor for CLEP information and CLEP Test referral
- Register and pay for your CLEP exam through CollegeBoard
- Purchase a CLEP registration ticket
- Schedule your on-campus exam appointment in RegisterBlast and pay the $25 PLA fee
- See Testing Services: CLEP for details
- Scroll down to the Make an Appointment section for the link to RegisterBlast for your campus
- See Testing Services: CLEP for details
- Take your CLEP exam at your designated campus Testing Services
- Testing Services
- Receives and reviews official scores from CollegeBoard
- Official CLEP transcripts may take up to 21 days to be received
- CLEP credits are generally posted at end of enrolled semester
- Posts additional PLA fees to your account—based on score eligibility
- Receives and reviews official scores from CollegeBoard
- Advisor
- Sends an email to your campus Testing Services to request additional PLA fee(s) to be posted to student’s account, if applicable
- Testing Services
- Posts additional PLA fee(s)—as requested in Step 4—to your Student Account module in MyTCCTrack
- You
- Pay any additional PLA fee(s) through the Student Account module in MyTCCTrack, if applicable
- Advisor
- Initiates the online PLA process
- Attaches PLA fee receipt to show proof of payment
- Forwards your PLA request to appropriate Department Dean for review
- Department Dean
- Reviews your PLA request
- Forwards your PLA request to your campus VPAA for review
- VPAA
- Reviews your PLA request
- Forwards your request to District Academic Support Services Office
- District Academic Support Services Office
- Verifies that you meet the eligibility requirements
- Applies credit to your transcript
- You
- Check My Progress in the Student Planning module of MyTCCTrack to confirm credit(s) are posted
Questions?
Ask a PLA Contact on your campus
Email us: PLA@tccd.edu
Updated August 11, 2022