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Hi, I am a human biology major and I did poorly during my undergraduate year. Is it possible to retake all pre-reqs at community college and cover my undergrad GPA? Thank you
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did u graduate alrdy? some ppl take a post bac program, some are geared towards med school
Search for Post Baccalaureate programs online. It may cost $30K a year for an out of state program (including tuition, room&board, & extra fees) but it is one of the only way to improve your GPA in regular science courses. Or you could attempt to get a Masters in Physiology but it may be hard to cram a Masters into one semester, especially a difficult degree.
Here is the ULR to AAMC's Post Baac program list: https://www.services.aamc.org/postbac/
Here is the ULR to AAMC's Post Baac program list: https://www.services.aamc.org/postbac/
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Or you can just retake them and recognize that the improvement in your overall GPA will probably be marginal (you can't replace them and there's a diminishing rate of return if you attempt to increase your GPA by adding more classes), but that a person who actually reads your transcript and your personal statement (where you talk up the fact that you retook and aced those courses) will be able to see what happened.
In my opinion the real question is - what is your GPA. If your GPA is above or around a 3 and you want to retake those courses - cool. You're already above the screen out point anyway, so someone is eventually going to read your file. The number probably won't budge much, but you'll have something to point to. If your GPA is closer to a 2 then you are up a creek. Schools do have cut-offs where they auto-deny and averaging Cs with As only gives you Bs which aren't really going to close the gap from a lower GPA. At that point you might have to think about a masters, but before you spend one cent you need to pick up the phone and talk with the cool in detail about your chances. What you have, what you could possibly have, what it would take to consider you etc. There's no reason to spend a dollar on a masters unless you know its the key that opens the door.
In my opinion the real question is - what is your GPA. If your GPA is above or around a 3 and you want to retake those courses - cool. You're already above the screen out point anyway, so someone is eventually going to read your file. The number probably won't budge much, but you'll have something to point to. If your GPA is closer to a 2 then you are up a creek. Schools do have cut-offs where they auto-deny and averaging Cs with As only gives you Bs which aren't really going to close the gap from a lower GPA. At that point you might have to think about a masters, but before you spend one cent you need to pick up the phone and talk with the cool in detail about your chances. What you have, what you could possibly have, what it would take to consider you etc. There's no reason to spend a dollar on a masters unless you know its the key that opens the door.
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my gpa is closer to 2.0 then I guess I should retake courses at community college and apply for masters program?or just reapply to podiatry school?
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Yes I graduated already
Like HOW close to a 2.0??? It really is hard to give you advice without the real numbers.
Have you taken the MCAT yet?
And if your GPA is under a 3.0 (which you make it sound like it is) then you probably will need to re-take those classes because it will be hard to even get accepted to a post-baac program with a GPA significantly under a 3.0. I don't know exactly how these post-baac programs do their acceptances because they do reject applicants.
Have you taken the MCAT yet?
And if your GPA is under a 3.0 (which you make it sound like it is) then you probably will need to re-take those classes because it will be hard to even get accepted to a post-baac program with a GPA significantly under a 3.0. I don't know exactly how these post-baac programs do their acceptances because they do reject applicants.
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If your GPA is closer to 2.0, I'm assuming it's less than 2.5, I think your application will get screened out definitely with no acceptance. Since you've graduated already, taking courses at a community college will not help you much with your undegrad GPA. The AACPMAS will require you to input grades from your University as well as any community college credits "towards your degree". Your situation is different because you've graduated already and what's graded has been set in stone (i.e. requisite science classes). Any community college grades afterwards are just wasteful since they did not transfer to your University towards a degree. It's like taking duplicate courses (one at the University and one at a community college) and the one taken at the University has a higher weight and meaning to admissions committee. The grades from the University will be the one that count on your application. The only grades that will matter after undergrad is a post-bac or a master's program - this I do not know much about, so others can chime in on it.
