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Originally Posted by thetygerlily
Testing into (or out of) classes is a flawed system for sure. I had 4 years of Spanish and 1 of French going into college. Thanks to my Spanish, I tested very well in the multiple choice French placement exam. I effectively skipped 2 years of grammar and vocabulary, and did not do so well.
Academically, I wish I had been more conservative and pushed back on my optimistic adviser who signed off on the French level. She also waived the pre-reqs for a junior level course... my first term. I switched advisers a couple of years later but that damage was already done. Sometimes being an overachiever just needs to be talked down!
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I say this all the time. If I had just taken all of the courses I tested out of, I would have had that many hours worth of "A". Instead, I had a bunch of hours on my transcript that counted for nothing. Oh well, I hate math, and with the CLEP test I took, all I had to take was Trig in college, and I was done. I have never taken calculus and am proud to say I know nothing about it!
If I could do anything else differently, it would be to major in biology or chemistry, not Pre-Med. What a dumb decision! Oh well. It all turned out well in the end.