<p>I've gotten C's in two semesters of math. Although I work a demanding bioengineering course load, how does this affect my chances for med school?</p>
<p>I don't claim to be an expert on this, but from what I know, the average GPA of med students is 3.5ish (maybe 3.6). With that GPA, it stands to reason there are a fair number of students with a C or two who got admitted to med school. Obviously, it doesn't look good and certainly hurts your chances, but I'd look at the reason for the C. Figure out if you know the material or not.</p>
<p>Yeah, a couple of C's, by themselves, will not kill your chances. However, any kind of engineering does require some comfort with math. Bioengineering can be less mathy than other areas, but does this reflect on your other grades? Or is it not engineering, theoretical math?</p>
<p>By the way, I can promise you that once you take the MCATs, no one in medicine will care about any of the math you are learning. And you probably already know more math than you need for MCATs.</p>
<p>It shouldn't be too bad on your GPA as long as you keep up with your other courses. But the majority of actual bioengineering courses will still involve a certain degree of math, mainly differential equations and some linear algebra. However, are you not well because you don't have the time or just can't do well in math?</p>
<p>There's no math past arithmetic on the MCATs.</p>
<p>Thanks for responding everyone. I have actually been doing well in math--up till the final. I know that I need to work on getting my bearings together when it comes to finals time.</p>