Do college classes taken in high school count as a retake?

[rotari]

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Hello everyone,

I tried searching for this in the forum, but I couldn't find this particular situation. In senior year of high school, I took a multivariable calculus (and another non-math class) at a state college and As. However, I was told that I should re-take multivariable for the pre-med requirements, since you should do them at your home university. I did, and did worse. I got a B. If it's any consolation, it was from MIT (no +/- modifiers in grades), and I'm pretty sure 90% of that class already took the course before too. It's completely my own fault though - the ones who got A's were better at the subject and I should have studied harder -, but I can't change that at this point. My overall GPA is a 4.64/5.00 (which is about a 3.7/4.0), and I did well on the MCAT.

I was wondering how the class would be incorporated into my GPA. Should it be listed as a retake, and how badly does doing worse on a retake look?

Thank you!

 

[Lamel]

I don't think it will look badly, or even be scrutinized at all.

 

[rotari]

Thank you. I believe there is a checkbox on the AMCAS that asks to categorize classes. Do you know if this would this be categorized as a retake?

 

[Ace-Co-A]

Thank you. I believe there is a checkbox on the AMCAS that asks to categorize classes. Do you know if this would this be categorized as a retake?

I was in the same situation. I marked both the course taken in high school and its equivalent taken at university as "Repeat". Nobody gave me a hard time.

Congrats on the solid GPA from MIT. Well done.