The Most Confused Man In The Planet

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ucaggie2012 said:
Currently a graduating senior this year at UCD.
Molecular Bio=A-
Biochem Series (Split into 2 parts at Davis)=B+
Genetics=B-
OChem Series=B
Physiology=B
Physio Lab=A-
2 Other Neurology Classes=A-
Nutrition Class=A
Anatomy (Took it for fun)=B or B+ this quarter

Courses at Community College
Physics=B
Calculus=A
English Courses=A
Bio=B- (Averaged)
General Chem=B- (Averaged)

My UC GPA is a 3.3~3.4
My CC was a 3.01.

MCATs I haven't taken yet.

Shadowed 3 doctors, 3 letters of recs. 2 MDs, one DO.
Have a letter of rec from my physio TA and one from my biochem instructor.
Volunteered at 2 clinics.

My question is this..I screwed up in HS graduated with a below 2.0 GPA (bad environment, grew up with the wrong people and what not).I screwed up in CC with the bio classes and general chem classes. (Received a C+ in each one, then got a B the following semester in each one)Was working at the time to support my family and all that stuff, but yeah those are just excuses so no need to waste time on that. First person in family to go to college and what not.

Currently studying for the MCAT because with adequate time, I believe I will do fine (At least I hope). Looking into DO schools, a few friends of mine have gotten into some such as Touro in Vegas with a 3.1 and few extra curricular.


Basically..My question is this..
1) Can I retake those general bio classes at another community college?
2) What about ochem?
3) Should I do post bacc or do open enrollment at UC Berkeley? Post bacc is very expensive so not sure what you guys think. MD would be nice, but I don't have any problems with having the opportunity of being a DO.

Any advice would be really appreciated, harsher the better.

Thanks!
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1) Yes.
2) Yes. AACOMAS grade forgiveness policy: Each class that one retakes must have the same credit hours as the original course, or greater. The retake need not be at the same school. The course name needn't be identical so long as the course content is demonstrably similar per the course catalogs.

When one retakes, only the most recent grade (not the best) is included in the calculation of your application GPA by AACOMAS.

3) To better appeal to DO schools, the GPA improvement you can get through grade replacement should be fine.
 
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