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Christine Pardo, the credit for prior learning admissions coordinator at LaGuardia Community College, leads the first office in the City University of New York (CUNY) system that is dedicated to helping students use credit for prior learning. Modern States and CLEP are key elements of her work, and the tools she most often recommends to […]
Modern States Education Alliance has helped almost 700,000 learners prepare for and take the College Board’s College Level Examination Program (CLEP) since its founding in 2017. The organization has also learned plenty since then, including that the path to and through college is unique to each individual and anyone who seeks our support deserves it. […]
Spencer Sturgill, a freshman at Boyce College in Louisville, Kentucky, learned about CLEP during his college tour. Some research led him to Modern States and with our help he soon passed four CLEP exams for free, eliminating a semester’s worth of tuition, room and board.
Josiah Linnemann, a junior at Purdue University, participated in the school’s Fast Start partnership with Modern States, giving him assured acceptance to the school. Having taken 15 courses and CLEP exams through Modern States, he is double-majoring in business analytics and sociology.
As a teenager, James Hulce saw his plans for college derailed by health issues. He renewed that dream through online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and found Modern States. James passed seven CLEP exams after studying for free with Modern States, earning 30 credits — his entire freshman year of college. He recently finished his bachelor’s […]
Rick Casey, director of testing services at Pasco-Hernando State College in Florida, shares his views on the value of Modern States and CLEP as a tool for students seeking to save money and time while earning college credits.
Jacob Mutter, a Tennessee high school student, is the salutatorian of his senior class. He passed eight CLEP exams after studying with Modern States and is headed to Tennessee Tech in the fall of 2024.
Louisiana high school assistant principal Abbi Macmurdo has become a champion for Modern States, aligning the courses with school curriculums to give students an opportunity to be successful in CLEP exams, while also introducing the philanthropy to other school administrators in her state.
Ryan Wetherington graduated high school in 2006 and got to work, holding a series of jobs ranging from front desk clerk at motel to various food and beverage jobs. Almost two decades later, he had just about given up on his hopes of higher education when he was introduced to Modern States. He’s now working […]
Charlie Tobler put off college to become a farrier, shoeing horses for several years before deciding to go back to school. He earned 48 completely free college credits through Modern States and CLEP, part of an effort that allowed him to graduate from Thomas Edison State University in under one year.
Preet Patel, a 21-year-old pilot, passed 11 CLEP exams after studying with Modern States. He used the results as dual credit, graduating high school early through Florida’s College Acceleration Program while earning 33 college credits. The effort helped to shave four years off Preet’s education journey, jump-starting his career in the sky.
Point guard Oriol Montero Pache likes to hand out assists, both on and off the court. A 19-year-old on the men’s basketball team at Bethel University in Mishawaka, Indiana, Pache grew up in Spain and turned his love of the game into a better educational opportunity in America. With a hope of inspiring others, Pache […]
