CLEP and GPA??

Shidasan

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Hi, i'm currently living in Germany, 18 years old, and we will move to Alabama at end of the month. I don't have a highschool diploma and want to study pharmacy, so i thought of taking the GED when i get over there (got american citizenship 🙂) and then apply at UAB for the next possible term.
IF everything works fine up to that point, who knows what could happen, i would take the necessary pre-requisite courses at UAB and then apply for Samford University.

My problem here is that out of the prerequisite courses, i've already had Calculus 1, Organic Chemistry I and General Chemistry I here in Germany, or at least all the points that are in the summary. I would like to do that CLEP thing for those (and for German, just to get 8 extra credits :O). According to the UAB regulations for CLEP, i can do it on those courses.
My question is: Is that possible? How would that interfere with my application to pharmschools? And how would that work with the GPA?
 
Hi, i'm currently living in Germany, 18 years old, and we will move to Alabama at end of the month. I don't have a highschool diploma and want to study pharmacy, so i thought of taking the GED when i get over there (got american citizenship 🙂) and then apply at UAB for the next possible term.
IF everything works fine up to that point, who knows what could happen, i would take the necessary pre-requisite courses at UAB and then apply for Samford University.

My problem here is that out of the prerequisite courses, i've already had Calculus 1, Organic Chemistry I and General Chemistry I here in Germany, or at least all the points that are in the summary. I would like to do that CLEP thing for those (and for German, just to get 8 extra credits :O). According to the UAB regulations for CLEP, i can do it on those courses.
My question is: Is that possible? How would that interfere with my application to pharmschools? And how would that work with the GPA?

It is possible to CLEP out of certain subjects. However you would want to check with some Pharm schools first to make sure that they would accept CLEP credit. I know AP/CLEP credit can sometimes be an issue with medical school and it would suck to go down this path and then have to retake a basic intro class.

As for you GPA, schools will not factor in a CLEP exam. Essentially you either fail or pass the exam so there is no letter grade associated with it.
 
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