Taking PChem Pass/Fail (BME) for PreMed.

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Hi, </p>

<p>I'm a sophomore Biomedical Engineering Major at University of Michigan. I stupidly, at the beginning of the year, enrolled for Chem 230, or generic Physical Chemistry for premeds. I found out, a week after the add/drop deadline that for my major, I need a class called BME 221, which is Physical Chemistry for BMEs. Taking Chem 230 will NOT get me out of taking BME 221, which means I HAVE to take both these classes. My course/research load is very heavy this semester. </p>

<p>I was wondering if it would look bad on a transcript for Med School to take Chem 230 (Which I really don't need) pass/fail. I would later "reveal" the grade on my transcript. I just don't want to stress out about this stupid class I don't need, because I eventually have to retake pchem later. will this look bad?</p>

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<p>Why don’t you just drop the class? Given the date (early in the semester) it should be easy enough to explain that it was a mistake. Have you taken a midterm yet? If you stay, do you have any reason to fear your grade? In my sophomore year I took PChem (the equivalent at your school to Chem461) and enjoyed it very much but the lab was very time consuming.</p>