dropping a course after being accepted

[simbalimba]

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Here is the scenario:

I am a fifth year undergrad student who will be graduating this winter. The two courses I need to graduate are two english courses, I had also decided to take a human anatomy course "for fun." Over the next two months I have quite a few interviews and unfortunately the only available dates are on the days when my class meets. If I do not drop the class I run the risk of failing it. I have tried talking to the teacher but she is B***H and wont cut me any slack. I know that acceptances are contingent upon me finishing all the courses I listed on my aacomas application. Are med schools very anal about this? The course is not a requirement at any med school and as I stated without it I will have no problem graduation. Has anyone else encountered a similar problem or do they know if it is ok to drop the course?

 

[Jwalker9]

Here is the scenario:

I am a fifth year undergrad student who will be graduating this winter. The two courses I need to graduate are two english courses, I had also decided to take a human anatomy course "for fun." Over the next two months I have quite a few interviews and unfortunately the only available dates are on the days when my class meets. If I do not drop the class I run the risk of failing it. I have tried talking to the teacher but she is B***H and wont cut me any slack. I know that acceptances are contingent upon me finishing all the courses I listed on my aacomas application. Are med schools very anal about this? The course is not a requirement at any med school and as I stated without it I will have no problem graduation. Has anyone else encountered a similar problem or do they know if it is ok to drop the course?

if you really think you are gonna fail, drop it, and definitely before you have to take a WF. However, if you feel like you can at least pass it, stay and make sure you pay attention! Any A&P will help you first year in med school wherever you are. I know it has helped me so far. Even if you get a C or something, no school is going to withdraw their admission decision. Just pass it and you should be ok.

 

[Chocolate Bear]

if you really think you are gonna fail, drop it, and definitely before you have to take a WF. However, if you feel like you can at least pass it, stay and make sure you pay attention! Any A&P will help you first year in med school wherever you are. I know it has helped me so far. Even if you get a C or something, no school is going to withdraw their admission decision. Just pass it and you should be ok.

Agreed. Personally, I'd ask the schools if this would be a problem to drop the course. Technically, they're interviewing (and hopefully accepting) you based on AACOMAS. If something changes, you should clear it with the bosses before jeopardizing anything. I've heard of a few cases where schools were a little crazy in this matter, even for non-prereqs.

 

[simbalimba]

Thanks for the advice guys, but I wanted to also ask if anyone has been in this situation and what has happened.

 

[saylorsdad]

I think Anatomy is strongly advised "required" for most med schools isn't it?

 

[PlAnEjaNe]

I think Anatomy is strongly advised "required" for most med schools isn't it?

I don't think so..I mean..not all ugrad schools even offer that course. It is a required course in med school, however.

 

[BCLumas]

I think Anatomy is strongly advised "required" for most med schools isn't it?

Nope. There are plenty of people, myself included, that have never taken Gross/Micro Anatomy before and are in medical school. Does it help? From what I hear, yes? However, I did fairly well on the Musculoskeletal System exams, and did extremely well on our Cavities Quiz without ever having seen Anatomy before this semester. It's all about the effort you put forth during Medical School.

Good luck.

 

[Chocolate Bear]

I've never seen Anatomy as a pre req, but it's nice to have under your belt. Not that you'll be at a big advantage at med school, but at least your brain would be more used to thinking anatomically, which is new for lots of students.

 

[saylorsdad]

That's good to know that many students are successful w/o anatomy. For those of you who did have anatomy, how similiar to your ug anatomy was the med school version?

 

[Chocolate Bear]

That's good to know that many students are successful w/o anatomy. For those of you who did have anatomy, how similiar to your ug anatomy was the med school version?

Don't make current students die laughing. That's murder. 😀

 

[DannMann99]

When I was interviewed they asked me what courses I was taking for my spring semester (back in nov or oct last year) I told them, and ended up dropping 2 of them which ended up as withdraws on my transcript.

Once you get that golden acceptance, as long as your req's are covered and you don't fail anything you're fine.

 

[DannMann99]

That's good to know that many students are successful w/o anatomy. For those of you who did have anatomy, how similiar to your ug anatomy was the med school version?

I did not have anatomy. But I would imagine knowing all of the muscles and bones prior to med school would have made anatomy significantly easier (only really if you took it senior year and you remembered it all)...

I mean. knowing all attachment sites for every muscle, plus innervation, and function... learning every fossa groove and tubercle of every bone... well honestly if i had ANY working knowledge going into it i believe it would make my life easier... but not to a significant degree unless perhaps you take Gross Anatomy in undergrad (im assuming)

 

[simbalimba]

out of curiosity dannmann where are you going to med school?

 

[Kateb4]

That's good to know that many students are successful w/o anatomy. For those of you who did have anatomy, how similiar to your ug anatomy was the med school version?

If at all possible, take anatomy prior to med school!! I took it, but I am still lost alot! We covered basic concepts, and had no histology or embryology. Med school is much more in depth and for us at least, is condensed into 10 weeks. My school had two different anatomy classes, the general human anatomy which used prosected cadavers which was 4 credit hours, and the anatomy with dissection which was 6 credit hours. I wish now that I had taken the 6 credit hour class. I got an A previously, but this is just a whole different ball game.

To the OP: drop it if you must, but see if you can pick it up in the spring. I had a terrible teacher the first time I took anatomy, so I dropped and am glad that I did. I took it the following spring and got a different teacher that was fantastic (also was interviewing that semester and he was very accomodating, even let me take a test on a different day), and I got an A. Even after that I am struggling with med school anatomy, so I can just imagine that I would probably not be passing if I hadn't had any previous knowledge.

 

[Jug]

I had to drop biochem lab and biomaterials because of the messed up attendance policy. I talked to the instructors, and they said if I missed more than 2 classes they would drop me. So if I do get interviews and have to miss class, the instructors were going give me a drop/fail anyway. it really seems kind of ignorant to me, but I'm glad that it isn't big of a deal to drop courses after an acceptance.

 

[tideleonheart]

As long as you have an acceptance and you meet the minimum requirements of the school, you shouldn't have a problem. It would be safer to check though. Send an e-mail, get a response, and save the message "just in case" for the future.

I highly recommend getting biochem and anatomy before med school, though. It'll make your life a little easier.

One thing I got caught up on was thinking that my school didn't require a degree... and it turned out they did, so I had to change my coursework.