Would this be a good time to take the CPA exam?

Due to poor planning out of things, I'm graduating a year early but do not have a graduate school lined up. This means I will have a year between when I graduate and when I start graduate school (hopefully).

Would it be good/okay to take the CPA exam in this interim period (I will have met all the educational requirements by the time I have my bachelors degree)? I feel like all the information will be freshest in my mind at this point and so I'll have the greatest chance of passing.

But would this look weird to future employers? Would I also have to find a way to get the hours I need to get licensed during this year period or would passing the tests still be valid after grad school (2-3 years, depending)? If I did get the hours needed and got licensed, would it be too weird that I got licensed and immediately went to grad school rather than getting any work experience past that?