Was wondering if old classes i took, even though I didn't enroll in college, are going to count against me? I took 2 classes back in 2001 just for fun. A pass/fail pre-med intro classes and a pre-calc class. I took these from a public university thats allows residents to take up to like 8 hours of classes without formally enrolling. We'll I moved out of state, because of a emergency, right before finals. I have no idea if these classes are even recorded on a permanent file and they will be over 10 years old by the time I apply to medical school. Also, I took a speed reading class in 1992 while I was a sophmore in high school and recieved a "B". Any advice on how to handle this?
Do old classes I took for fun count?
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All old college transcripts will need to be submitted to the application service when you apply to med schools. The good news is that P/F courses, though listed on your transcript, are not included in the calculation for your application GPA. You might want to call the old university's registrars office and see if a transcript exists and if so, order a copy to look at. The B in Speed Reading is probably goning to count since you earned a grade. I'd track that one down too.
Everything you took as an undergrad counts for or against you. I enrolled in Rutgers Engineering mid-90's. I paid my own first-semester bill because my mother couldn't afford it, but we were broke. Her financial situation that year killed my chances at financial aid. My dad had left us in tremendous debt, but she was responsible for it. When the money came in, she paid it off. She thought I'd still be eligible for aid, but I wasn't.
So when my aid package came through for the spring semester, offering under $1000 towards a bill that was $5000 if I didn't include living expenses, I knew I was screwed. I petulantly decided to drop out immediately. I was too immature to figure out other options, and I never factored in how much this might hurt me down the road. I took unofficial withdrawals, which are akin to F's in each course.
I went back seven years later and in four years, my GPA is a 3.8-something. I have to (12 years later) go back to Rutgers and beg them to turn my WU's into W's, or my nearly 4.0 GPA will be considered a 3.5 or less. You can't escape your past, however many years it's been.
