CLEP College Algebra

[esob]

I've read ofc that its a bad idea to try and clep prereq's but my school requires college algebra to even take chem 1. I took calculus in HS but that was 22 years ago so they won't accept it. I don't need the GPA padding from an easy math class and from the practice CLEP test I took today I only missed a couple of questions with minimal review (I'm a software engineer, among other things in my day job so this stuff is all pretty routine to me). So, will taking a CLEP for college algebra be frowned upon in any way by med schools?

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[WedgeDawg]

I really don't think so, particularly since algebra isn't a prereq for med school specifically, and you'll be using algebra in chemistry, physics, and calculus a lot, so if you do well in those classes, there should be no problem.

 

[Pagan FutureDoc]

When people say "don't take CLEP or AP credit for prereqs" they mean med school prereqs. You still need to take a semester or year or math (Calc and/or Stats usually) but using CLEP to get into Chem 1 should be fine.

 

[esob]

OK great, that's what I was hoping, otherwise it throws my whole schedule off b/c everything hinges on starting chem 1 in the spring.