Am I screwed?

[floridanerd0901]

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Hey guys, I am about to start junior year and have a bit of a dilemma. I go to a top school that curves to a B-, so the summer after freshman year I took O-Chem at home and then had to retake it at my school for my major. I got As the first time I took the sequence and B-s the next time I took the sequence.

 

[Shjanzey]

I don't understand why you had to retake, unless you are saying the credit didn't transfer to your school.

I do know that B- == B == B+, they are all the same on a 4 point scale.

I don't think you are screwed, but try to get A's in your other courses 😀

 

[floridanerd0901]

I don't understand why you had to retake, unless you are saying the credit didn't transfer to your school.

I do know that B- == B == B+, they are all the same on a 4 point scale.

I don't think you are screwed, but try to get A's in your other courses 😀

My school would never take other credits, we don't even take ivy credits for the most part, unless they are not science and I'm a Bio major.

 

[Shjanzey]

My school would never take other credits, we don't even take ivy credits for the most part, unless they are not science and I'm a Bio major.

What school refuses ivy credits?

 

[Pacna]

I wish my school curved to a B-.

 

[mvenus929]

I do know that B- == B == B+, they are all the same on a 4 point scale.

Not if the school lists the differences on the transcript. AMCAS will calculate slightly different GPAs based on the +'s and -'s.
https://www.aamc.org/students/download/181676/data/amcas_grade_conversion_guide.pdf page 3

 

[Shjanzey]

Not if the school lists the differences on the transcript. AMCAS will calculate slightly different GPAs based on the +'s and -'s.
https://www.aamc.org/students/download/181676/data/amcas_grade_conversion_guide.pdf page 3

Ah, good to know. Thanks

 

[allantois]

Don't take any more classes at your home school!

 

[Meridius]

I don't understand why you had to retake, unless you are saying the credit didn't transfer to your school.

I do know that B- == B == B+, they are all the same on a 4 point scale.

I don't think you are screwed, but try to get A's in your other courses 😀

They actually have different values on the 4.0 scale, at least for my school. B- is 2.7, B is 3.0, and B+ is 3.3. I have seen different schools assign different numbered values, though, so it's not a universal standard.

Either way, OP, the grades you got are the grades you got. I don't think you're screwed, but I definitely wouldn't reccomend taking any other courses at another university unless you are sure they will transfer back over to your university.

 

[floridanerd0901]

I wish my school curved to a B-.

Okay... What's the average ACT/SAT of those students? I doubt your competition is as fierce as it is here. And Organic curves to a C+ here. Bio classes curve to a B-.

 

[floridanerd0901]

Don't take any more classes at your home school!

I know. 🙁 I thought taking it somewhere else would help me do well at my school and I didn't know that medical schools see all classes until recently.

 

[floridanerd0901]

What school refuses ivy credits?

Lots actually. We used to take Harvard Organic until recently because apparently too many students were going there for an easier grade.

 

[moisne]

They actually have different values on the 4.0 scale, at least for my school. B- is 2.7, B is 3.0, and B+ is 3.3. I have seen different schools assign different numbered values, though, so it's not a universal standard.

Either way, OP, the grades you got are the grades you got. I don't think you're screwed, but I definitely wouldn't reccomend taking any other courses at another university unless you are sure they will transfer back over to your university.

AMCAS recalculated your GPA

And most schools curve to C...