C in Chemistry or Withdraw?

[One Fly Guy]

What would you do?

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[aSagacious]

Withdraw

 

[vanillabear55]

which chemistry??

 

[One Fly Guy]

which chemistry??

general

 

[tantacles]

general

I also vote with withdraw. You've seen how many posts there are on this forum about people stressing out about having received 1 or 2 C's. They won't destroy your chance to get into medical school, as many people apparently think they will, but chances are that you'll stress out about them anyway.

 

[kpcrew]

 

[Donald Juan]

Withdraw and retake. One "C" on your transcript isn't killer, but you don't need it. Also, you should understand genchem on an "A" level for future classes and MCAT studying.

 

[vadeem]

That was epic.

 

[CopaceticOne]

Change to Audit, then retake.

 

[DocGodfather]

I'm in the same predicament for Bio 2. I screwed up the first exam (things came up and couldn't study much), and debating on if I should work hard really hard for a B, or change my grading option to "audit" so that I don't receive a letter grade, and just ace the class in the Spring. I'm leaning toward the audit option, because I'm confident I'll get an A after going through the class once. The likelihood of getting a C in a prereq like Bio doesn't sit well with me, especially since my only issue is the first exam.

If you're already at the point where you don't think you can get a grade higher then a C, you need to change the grading option for the class, or just withdraw. Look into your school's policy on changing to audit status. If you're a quarter system, it might be too late. Either way, the C can be a D, so that's another reason why you should drop and continue taking the class to be well prepared with the redo.

 

[cuculici1]

If you are anticipating a C and are past the drop date either withdraw or P/F the class if that is still an option at your school. I have one C on my transcript, but I was not expecting that grade and could not withdraw from the class because I would have lost full-time status. Just that one C has lowered my cGPA by 0.05, not necessarily killer but kind of a pain.

 

[ppfizenm]

It won't kill you but it doesn't help. I got a C in gen chem. Didn't retake but made A's in both orgo and both biochems to make up for it. It got painful to enter that C into applications though over and over.

 

[One Fly Guy]

If you are anticipating a C and are past the drop date either withdraw or P/F the class if that is still an option at your school. I have one C on my transcript, but I was not expecting that grade and could not withdraw from the class because I would have lost full-time status. Just that one C has lowered my cGPA by 0.05, not necessarily killer but kind of a pain.

Full time status for what?
Also I think I'm going to be a non-science major, so I think a C will kill it for me.

 

[ilikesports]

definitely don't take a C

but make sure you can't pull your grade up first---


Cs may get degrees but they don't get MDs