<p>Hello, last quarter I received a C- in general chemistry. I retook it this quarter, if I get lower than an A will that look bad? Right now I am at an A-, but I just took my final so I am not sure what I will end up. Hopefully an A, but realistically, anywhere around a B, B+ MAYBE A- range if the curve works in my favor. So, question is how bad does it look to retake the class and get lower than an A? Help.. thanks.</p>
<p>bump???
anyone</p>
<p>Well its certainly not good - the thinking generally is that if you’ve seen the material before, you should be able to get an A the second time around. That being said, you’re done with the final, so not much you can do about it now. Just take what you get and move on. If you’re in the B range, I would probably try taking a more advanced chem class and rocking it.</p>
<p>I think you know it is less than ideal if you do not get A or A- the second time. If this is the only blemish you have before application, it will not completely kill your chance.</p>
<p>You do know that both C- and your new grade will be included in your average BCPM GPA if you apply for MD programs, right?! So, that 1.7 GPA for that C- would lower your average BCPM (and overall) GPA.</p>
<p>(bump after just half an hour? You may need to learn to be a little bit more patient. LOL.)</p>
<p>And just to preemptively answer your next question, it doesn’t matter what your school’s policy about grade replacement is. You’ll quickly find that all that matters to medical schools is your AMCAS GPA, and AMCAS does not allow grade replacement. AMCAS will show that you took Chem and got a C- and then you took Chem again and got (whatever your grade is), even if your school only uses the better grade toward your GPA. </p>
<p>Is this a dream crushing grade? Heck no. It takes more than a single grade to keep you out of medical school (though not much more…). The thing is, you can’t afford to get any more C-s (C+s or Cs), so you’ll need to be really careful and really diligent in all your future classes!</p>
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<p>Be cautious of A-/B+ even. Every A- drags you down a bit from a 4.0 and you are aiming to be above 3.5, better yet above 3.6 or 3.7.</p>