Course retakes: when do to it

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[Aerus]

Okay, I feel like this is a stupid question..
At what point (grade wise, I suppose) do you retake a course?
Does this look favorable or unfavorable?

I'm just curious as to your opinions of where to draw the line, I guess.

For me it's:

1) If it is a pre-req and you received a C- or lower.

2) If you are applying DO and wish to take advantage of its grade replacement policy.

3) If it's required for graduation and you didn't do sufficiently well enough in that course to meet graduation requirements.

Those are the only situations where I personally would retake classes. If it's just another ordinary class AND YOU'RE PLANNING ON APPLYING ONLY MD, then just move on. Even if you got a bad grade in a non prereq, retaking it is the same as taking another class. The bad grade will still count in your GPA. I would just move on instead of dwelling on it.

 

[SN12357]

For me it's:

1) If it is a pre-req and you received a C- or lower.

2) If you are applying DO and wish to take advantage of its grade replacement policy.

3) If it's required for graduation and you didn't do sufficiently well enough in that course to meet graduation requirements.

Those are the only situations where I personally would retake classes. If it's just another ordinary class AND YOU'RE PLANNING ON APPLYING ONLY MD, then just move on. Even if you got a bad grade in a non prereq, retaking it is the same as taking another class. The bad grade will still count in your GPA. I would just move on instead of dwelling on it.

Good guidelines.

I would add looking up schools where you plan to apply and seeing if any of them have minimum grade requirements in the prereqs.

In general the only grades where it is worth considering retaking (not the same as definitely retaking) are Cs and below.

 

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