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TOLEDO CHEMISTRY EXAM

So the Toledo Chemistry Exam (which I guess UMKC Med is still using to this day) is for college chemistry placement in Year 1. In the curriculum, we take General Chemistry I + Lab, General Chemistry II + Lab, and Elementary Organic Chemistry (a 1-semester survey course of Organic, as we do not take Organic Chem I & II) + Lab. This exam is NOT used to determine whether you get selected. I repeat, it will NOT be used to determine whether you get an acceptance. It’s used AFTER acceptances have been dispersed, to determine chemistry placement for the fall. But it’s still worth not blowing this off or it will be a huge P.I.A. for you in the summer.

This test doesn’t give you any credit at UMKC. It is written by the American Chemical Society. Even if you have taken the AP Chemistry test after junior year or maybe did a dual high school-college credit thing for actual credit, yes, you still have to take this exam. The chemistry tested on this exam is at the 10th grade Chemistry level.

So let’s say your Chemistry knowledge is determined to be weak by this exam (you get less than the 40 questions out of 60 required or 66%), and you end up being accepted for admission to the BA/MD program —> they’ll require you to take General Chemistry I + Lab over the summer which most people take at their local community college, AND require that you get a “B” or better in both courses (although it doesn’t count for GPA unless you were to take it within the UM-System).

Here you can find out more info about the Toledo Chemistry Placement Exam (TCPE) itself:
http://www5.njit.edu/sites/firstyearstudents/files/lcms/pdf/Toledo_Chemistry_Placement_Exam.pdf
http://www.udmercy.edu/apply/undergrad-students/orientation/placement-testing/chemistry/index.htm
https://www.utoledo.edu/nsm/chemistry/undergrad/placementtest.html

Here are some TCPE Practice Tests:

  1. http://homepages.utoledo.edu/ajorgen/practicequiz.asp
  2. http://incept.gsu.edu/files/2013/03/PlacementExamPracticeProblems.pdf
  3. http://hilo.hawaii.edu/kilohana/documents/CHEMISTRY_PLACEMENT_EXAM_PRACTICE-2.pdf
  4. http://www.foothill.edu/placement/chem.pdf
  5. http://www.csn.edu/PDFFiles/Testing%20Center/CHEMPlacementPracticeLink.pdf
  6. https://www.deanza.edu/admissions/placement/chem.pdf
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