<p>I signed up for Chem6A and shortly after being taken off the waitlist received this message:</p>
<p>"This enrollment duplicates transfer credit on your record. If you<br>
remain in the course, unit and grade-point credit toward graduation will be<br>
denied."</p>
<p>Does this mean I won't get any credit for the class? I got a 4 on the AP Chem test, is that why I'm getting this email?</p>
<p>Also, what's the Aleks program and why didn't I get an email about it? I have Sailor.</p>
<p>Since you got a 4, you’re exempt from chem6a.</p>
<p>ALEKs is basically a review of material that you gotta pay for. But you dont need to worry about that</p>
<p>What should I take, then? Everyone I know who took Chem AP in high school seems to be taking Chem6A.</p>
<p>I just read another thread on here and apparently if you don’t do it you get 5% subtracted from your grade. Is that true?</p>
<p>Yes, but not for peeps in Sailor…</p>
<p>If you got a 4 in Chem AP, I think you can take either Chem 6AH or Chem 6B. I’m not too sure, you best double check with others.</p>
<p>@ingridbergman</p>
<p>You can start with Chem 6B, I don’t know if you were considering med school or not but I think you need 1 year of general chem or something like that for med school. I don’t really know. Somebody help me out.</p>
<p>$KingsElite$ is right, the only reason you would take Chem 6A is if you need it for medical school (to fulfill the 1 year of general chemistry requirement) and don’t want a challenge with Chem 6AH. If med school isn’t the issue, then theres no point taking 6A since you will not get any credits so you might as well move to 6B.</p>
<p>^ perfectly stated. you can always come back and take 6A in the future if you need it.</p>
<p>I also have the same problem. I got a 5 in AP Chem and want to go to med school. So I guess i’m going to need to take 6A-C, right? Since I have Czworkowski, should I sign up for this ALEKs program? Will my grade for Chem still be shown on my transcripts?</p>
<p>yes / yes / yes</p>
<p>Wait, astrina, I actually heard from an advisor I chatted with that a grade you receive in a course you are exempted from will not be factored into your GPA. Is that true? I don’t remember if she said it would show up on your transcript or not but she definitely said it won’t count for GPA.</p>
<p><em>impersonating astrina</em> @ GracedPresence</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>HAHA thanks Kings. So the only benefit you have of taking a course you already passed out of is to show med schools? I am in this boat for math in that I have to start from Math 10B. Since med schools require a year of math, can I take Math 10B, Math 10C, then stats to fulfill this req?</p>
<p>I’m thinking about switching my Chem6A to Bio 1, so I can get a higher standing in choosing classes, then take Chem later. Do you think this is good?</p>
<p>^What do you mean by higher standing in choosing classes? Either way, it’s fine.</p>
<p>why would delaying chem be a good idea? I think having a chem background lets you appreciate biology more - hence the birth of biochemistry.</p>
<p>^Did taking Chem 6A before Bild 1 let you appreciate it more? And don’t you lie to me.</p>
<p>never took BILD 1, but now that I’m working in a biology lab, it’s impossible to ignore how important chemistry is to everything we do. plus, the beginning of every biology textbook includes a chapter on the basics of chemical principles and how they govern life processes - can’t say the same for chem textbooks, can you?</p>
<p>I mean I already have Chem credit. Chem units wouldn’t count if I took it again. If I took Bio instead, I would have more units, right?</p>
<p>@astrina</p>
<p>You’re right, but at the beginning of chem textbooks always have an intro showing how physics governs chemistry. Why not start with physics then?</p>