oolongcutea
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Hello everyone!
At my university, incomplete grades (which are awarded in the event of an emergency or illness that caused a student to miss a significant portion of the course or an exam) lapse into Fs after one semester if the work is not made up in that period. Professors have the prerogative to change the lapsed "F" grade once the work is turned in. Due to a severe and extended illness, I was in this situation. I made up the work in a later semester and the grades were changed (I ended up receiving As and A-minuses in these courses).
Before these F grades were corrected, I was placed on academic probation for three semesters between the date of the lapsed F grades and the semester I was able to turn in the work after my illness resolved. Full enrollment is a requirement to be taken off of academic probation at my university. For these three semesters, I took the minimum required credits to maintain my housing eligibility, but was unable to do more due to my illness.
Although it is not visible on my transcript and is expunged from internal records two years after graduation, I will be reporting the academic probation as an IA when I apply. My question is rather: how do adcoms view this kind of situation, especially given that it is an institutional action and will be reported as such on my application? Is it a significant red flag, given that my profile is competitive in other respects? If any adcoms could comment, I'd appreciate it immensely.
Edit: I'll also have several withdrawals within one academic year for the same reasons (extended & severe illness). How much of a red flag is this if the context is explained somewhere in my application?
Edit for context: My cGPA is ~3.9 and my sGPA is ~3.8. I have an MCAT score of 524. Graduating with honors and thesis. By the time of my application, I will have done research for ~5 years, 2.5 of those being full-time. I have significant leadership experience both within and outside my university, some competitive university-wide and region-wide awards, and average volunteer and clinical hours. I plan on applying MD/PhD four years after graduating undergrad: two years of a postbac research program and a two-year master's program.
At my university, incomplete grades (which are awarded in the event of an emergency or illness that caused a student to miss a significant portion of the course or an exam) lapse into Fs after one semester if the work is not made up in that period. Professors have the prerogative to change the lapsed "F" grade once the work is turned in. Due to a severe and extended illness, I was in this situation. I made up the work in a later semester and the grades were changed (I ended up receiving As and A-minuses in these courses).
Before these F grades were corrected, I was placed on academic probation for three semesters between the date of the lapsed F grades and the semester I was able to turn in the work after my illness resolved. Full enrollment is a requirement to be taken off of academic probation at my university. For these three semesters, I took the minimum required credits to maintain my housing eligibility, but was unable to do more due to my illness.
Although it is not visible on my transcript and is expunged from internal records two years after graduation, I will be reporting the academic probation as an IA when I apply. My question is rather: how do adcoms view this kind of situation, especially given that it is an institutional action and will be reported as such on my application? Is it a significant red flag, given that my profile is competitive in other respects? If any adcoms could comment, I'd appreciate it immensely.
Edit: I'll also have several withdrawals within one academic year for the same reasons (extended & severe illness). How much of a red flag is this if the context is explained somewhere in my application?
Edit for context: My cGPA is ~3.9 and my sGPA is ~3.8. I have an MCAT score of 524. Graduating with honors and thesis. By the time of my application, I will have done research for ~5 years, 2.5 of those being full-time. I have significant leadership experience both within and outside my university, some competitive university-wide and region-wide awards, and average volunteer and clinical hours. I plan on applying MD/PhD four years after graduating undergrad: two years of a postbac research program and a two-year master's program.
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