<p>C- in psych (I know)... not going to make excuses. I was on my way to an A at the end of the semester but missed the scheduled final due to personal reasons. To make matters worse, a paper was also due that on that day. Professor could not let me schedule another date to take the final or accept the paper after the due date...understandable. This happened two semesters ago.</p>
<p>Now wondering if I should retake. This C- in psych is the only fork on my transcript. Should I retake? Take an upper division psych course? Ignore and let it become a lesson? Of the medical schools I've checked, there seems to be no school that particularly requires intro psych, although I understand that it's "required" for the MCAT. I assume that this could be changing in the near future however, so it's got me wondering what I should do next.</p>
<p>Biased by my own personal experiences when transferring credits…retake the same class to change the grade. Your GPA could be important for grad school or other considerations. (not sure about Med…)</p>
<p>GPA is a 3.8, C- is the only grade that’s pulling to down
Science GPA = 4.0</p>
<p>If I did retake, can I take it at a CC? Schedule load is maxed out for my final semesters and the only way I could retake is if I take it during the summer at my local CC. </p>
<p>Retaking does NOT replace the grade for med school admission purposes. AMCAS will include both the original and the retaken grade when computing your GPA for medical school applications purposes. </p>
<p>In the larger scheme of things, retaking a single 3 credit class is going to have minimal impact on your GPA when all 130 credits required for graduation are considered.</p>
<p>Unless you are planning on grad school in psych, are applying to one of the few med schools that requires psych (Indiana and MUCOM are the only ones I know of that specifically require psych), I say just go forward and do well on the MCAT. </p>
<p>If you end up applying to a school that requires psych, you can always retake the class during your application year.</p>
<p>P.S. There are a handful of med schools which won’t accept CC credits for pre-reqs.</p>