<p>I took one of my undergrad reqs. as NP and then retook it for a letter grade and received an A. Will medical schools average the 2, and say the the NP was an F? All in all how is this looked at and how does it factor into GPA, as far as med school goes </p>
<p>Does NP mean not passing? If so, yes, they will count both, one A and one F.</p>
<p>Med schools count all grades ever earned/attempted at any college including community college (including community college classes taken in HS). Even if your university erases them, forgives them, whatever, med school still counts them. And as far as med schools are concerned, the only GPA that matters is the one they calculate. </p>
<p>It’s generally a bad idea to retake a class you get a bad grade in because a) your first bad grade will still “count” b) there’s a chance you won’t do better which would look a lot worse c) it’s uncertain whether doing better really looks that good or not, considering you’ve already taken that class and presumably seen those exams etc. </p>
<p>Obviously you have to retake a class if you fail it, and it’s great that you did so much better the second time around. You really had no choice in the matter, so clearly you made the right decision to retake it.</p>
<p>In the future, even if you get a bad grade in a class, most posters here would recommend you do not retake that class and instead take a higher-level class in the same department. Do well in that class and show that your bad grade in the first class was the error, not the norm. An example would be getting a C in intro bio (bad grade in important class) followed by getting an A in physiology (good grade in tougher class)–this “looks better” than getting a C in bio and retaking it for an A, with the same net effect on your GPA (which would then include one C and one A regardless of bio/phys or bio/bio). </p>