Can you retake a pre-req you passed (albeit with a very poor grade) just to learn the material again?

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I'm not sure if I'll end up applying to medical school, but when I do, it will be as a non-trad, probably between 2026 to 2028, and as a working professional not in a medical field.

I got a B- in Organic Chemistry 1 and a P in Organic Chemistry 2. I P/NP-ed O-Chem 2 because it was during Spring 2020. It would have been a B or B+ had I not P-ed the class.

I want to retake both classes because I don't feel I have a good understanding of the material. I'd take them at a community college for free.

I'm solely interested in just learning it again through a formal class / exams / homework. It is not to raise my science GPA. I think the formal environment is important vs. just reading about it on my own (which I'm doing right now anyway using a textbook).

Would this be advisable to do or would it look weird to adcoms since I passed both classes?

And hypothetically, if I got A's in both O-Chem 1 and O-Chem 2 at the CC, would it even be considered / averaged into my science GPA or would they just look at the first grade I earned in both classes?
 
Should I take Organic Chemistry 2 again, this time for a grade, since I pass/no passed it?
 
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