Algebra CLEP....help!

[judahsma]

I've been studying for the college algebra CLEP off and on for several months. I've been working on this almost non-stop for the past 2 weeks, and I still don't understand what the heck I'm doing. Currently, I'm working my way through "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Algebra", and have watched a few of the standard deviants videos. I'm not sure what else to do (I do NOT want to take this class!) Do any of you have any other suggestions? This is really starting to get to me. Some of the concepts I've grasped pretty easily while working through that chapter in the book, but then I completely forget how to do it when I see those types of problems later. Some of the other things (radicals, factoring, etc.) I'm not catching on to very well. If any of you had problems with this & ultimately passed this CLEP, I would appreciate any other suggestions you may have...or info. on any good (& reasonable) algebra tutors in the Baltimore area! I didn't want to go that route, but I may not have any choice.