It was one thing, for me, to take algebra in HS - and another to pass Freshman Algebra when I took it in engineering school.Even beyond that, they changed the math curriculum in my HS after I graduated (and after Sputnik), and my neighbor across the street asked me for help with it. It was stuff that I hadnt been exposed to even in college, at that point. But, I told her, what you do soon learn in college is how to read the textbook. Wasnt trivial at the time, but I was able to do it. So I didnt have to lose face . . .
I guess Im saying that it depends on what you mean when you say, algebra.
I had Algebra 1,2,3,4 ...then calculus in college...this was 1969 to early 70s....REAL math
PS...did well in algebra and calculus. ..Geometry was my downfall...