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You should not drop a class and retake it elsewhere out of fear of a B. A single B in a calc class is not going to determine where you go to med school.
smh classic SDN !
I have 4w's for that. Don't do it man. Take the B, Ws look a lot worse.
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If you have a good explanation they wont look worse
Yeah, true.
But my explanation would be "because I'm about to get a B." Then taking a B in that case would be a lot better.
ha okay yeah then i understand, i made a post a few days ago about me dropping my nursing classes, which i am, and im gonna get 2 w's from that. But in my eyes, i think it's fine since I have a good reason.
Wait you're only a couple weeks into this class? How do you even know what grade to expect ??
There is some data on this. A survey of plastic surg program directors had 65% say that "Graduate of highly‐regarded U.S. medical school" was a factor in who they interviewed, and it drops to 35% saying it was a factor in how they ranked applicants.
But aside from that, there's the giant hurdle of scoring top ~3% on the MCAT and the high odds you change your mind about what you want to do, so I wouldn't live your daily life worrying about Top 20 admissions!
It sounds like a mid B is pretty likely then, but still, that is so totally not worth dropping and retaking at CC
1. Don't drop a class because you might get a B. Work harder and figure out a better way to make the material concrete. Paul's online math notes and Khan academy are your friends.
2. A top 20 might be your goal, but unless you're an Olympic athlete with a 4.0/528 who cured the Dean's herpes, your goal should just be to get into a medical school.
3. Everyone wants plastics or derm until they get their Step 1 scores back and suddenly realize their calling to primary care. Don't worry about specialty yet.
2. A top 20 might be your goal, but unless you're an Olympic athlete with a 4.0/528 who cured the Dean's herpes, your goal should just be to get into a medical school.
3. Everyone wants plastics or derm until they get their Step 1 scores back and suddenly realize their calling to primary care. Don't worry about specialty yet.
