Is it okay if I get a C in this college course? (I'm in High School)?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>This might be in the wrong section, I know, but I felt the people here might have more experience.</p>

<p>Well, I'm currently a High School student, and I'm going to be a Junior when school starts this upcoming fall semester. Usually I get straight A's, but my 4.0 GPA was ruined by a B from my Honors Biology class from the first semester of Sophomore year. Now I currently have a 3.92 GPA. </p>

<p>Basically, I'm supposed to take PreCalc next year. For some reason though, several people I know who are in my grade are a year ahead in math, and they are taking AP Calc 1 next year. It turns out that my middle school wasn't up to par when it came to math, and didn't offer high level math courses compared to their middle schools. To remediate this, I decided I would take Trigonometry at my local community college over the summer so that I could skip Precalc and head right into AP Calc 1 by the beginning of my Junior year. Before I knew it, I started getting very mixed grades in the class, such as High C's and Low B's on tests, B's on Quizzes, etc. Tommorow is the final exam for the class and the last day, and the teacher showed us how to calculate our grade so we know how much we need on the final for a desired grade.</p>

<p>From those calculations, the only possible grade I will get is a C. I'm really bummed out about this. It's even worse that the counselor at my school didn't warn me that this course would end up in my High School GPA and College GPA. Apparently, I can ask for them to not add it to my High School GPA, but then I would have to take Precalc. This defeats the whole purpose of me even taking this Trigonometry class. I already got 3 credit hours for this course though.</p>

<p>I'm not exactly sure what my GPA is going to be after this C is added, so my question is this: Is it okay if I get this C? I'm not exactly sure about how it will affect me in college. I've read things that say Universities seldom ever care about community college course grades. I plan on going to Medical School, which is obviously very challenging, and I'm afraid this will affect my chances already.</p>

<p>I'm almost sick to my stomach about this. </p>

<p>Please help :(</p>

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<p>You’re worrying too much about it, it’s just one course. If you get a c will you still be able to take calculus?</p>

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<p>I believe so. It is passing.</p>

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<p>Any course you take at a community college will have to reported to AMCAS as part of your medical school application and its grade will be computed into your GPA. It doesn’t matter whether or not your high school records this grade on your high school transcript. </p>

<p>When you apply to college you will need to report this CC grade also. Even if it doesn’t appear on your high school transcript.</p>

<p>Both AMCAS and most colleges use a clearinghouse to check for previous college enrollment and your 3 credits at a CC will show up. Not being upfront and reporting it for AMCAS is considered a making fraudulent application. (Which is a very BAD thing.)</p>

<p>As for whether or not a C in trig is going to affect your college performance…there’s no way to tell. </p>

<p>Do you understand why you got a C in trig? Do you need to improve your work ethic? Study habits? Time management? Basic math competencies? If you can figure out why you did poorly, then you know what you need to do to get yourself ready for college level work. </p>

<p>Will a single C in trig cripple your chances for getting into med school? Not at all. Unless you earn a whole bunch of Cs in college to keep it company.</p>

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<p>Thank you for clarifying that. I read about the CC thing with AMCAS also. I do understand why I got the C. This is my first college course, and it’s the summer, so time management and study habits weren’t exactly the greatest thing I accomplished. I will definitely learn from this and not make the same mistake again.</p>

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<p>Don’t medical colleges focus on college GPA and MCAT score basically?</p>

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<p>^^Yes, but because the OP took the course at a community college, it counts as college course and will be included in his college GPA.</p>