Failed & still accepted?

[DRCM]

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Is it true that someone who failed a few classes (some of them pre-requisites) but retook & passed them at another school will be able to get into a podiatric school?

There's a girl I know who said she got accepted into NYCPM and Temple, even though she failed 3 courses at her first college. She failed Bio II, got a "C+" in the Bio II lab, failed Chem II, and failed Calculus. Altogether, she did pretty bad in the first college she went to. Her GPA was around a 2.5. Then, she transfered to a different college, and got a "B" in Bio II, "A" in Bio II lab, a "B-" in Chem II, and just got a "P" for passed in Calculus. Her GPA in this college went up to a 3.6 or so. She took the DAT and said that she got a 17 on it (isn't that pretty low??). She applied to podiatric schools after she got her 90 or more semester hours, and got into 2 pod schools. She didn't even have any reason for failing the classes the first time; I guess they were just too hard for her or she wasn't really trying or whatever.

Is this typically what happens in this situation? I mean, do pod schools overlook failed grades if you took and passed the classes later on? Has this happened to anyone on this forum? I'd love to know! Thanks

 

[diabeticfootdr]

Is it true that someone who failed a few classes (some of them pre-requisites) but retook & passed them at another school will be able to get into a podiatric school?

There's a girl I know who said she got accepted into NYCPM and Temple, even though she failed 3 courses at her first college. She failed Bio II, got a "C+" in the Bio II lab, failed Chem II, and failed Calculus. Altogether, she did pretty bad in the first college she went to. Her GPA was around a 2.5. Then, she transfered to a different college, and got a "B" in Bio II, "A" in Bio II lab, a "B-" in Chem II, and just got a "P" for passed in Calculus. Her GPA in this college went up to a 3.6 or so. She took the DAT and said that she got a 17 on it (isn't that pretty low??). She applied to podiatric schools after she got her 90 or more semester hours, and got into 2 pod schools. She didn't even have any reason for failing the classes the first time; I guess they were just too hard for her or she wasn't really trying or whatever.

Is this typically what happens in this situation? I mean, do pod schools overlook failed grades if you took and passed the classes later on? Has this happened to anyone on this forum? I'd love to know! Thanks

And this is shocking, why? All they truly care about is whether you can get student loans.

 

[DRCM]

And this is shocking, why? All they truly care about is whether you can get student loans.

umm.. it's shocking, because failed courses and a 2.5 is a pretty bad gpa.. and also a 17 isn't exactly that high..

 

[Feli]

And this is shocking, why? All they truly care about is whether you can get student loans.

Sad but true at a couple of the schools.^

Like Carib med schools, some pod schools, especially the stand alone pod schools, are highly dependent on tuition checks. They will accept to their enrollment cap even in years when they don't get that many good apps... some schools accept in excess of than their cap (hence the possible residency shortage).

All that said, it bears repeating that "getting in" certainly does not equal "graduating," though. Hopefully the schools that accept subpar students won't graduate them unless they really change their study habits in grad school. Even if the programs don't fail the poor students, the board exams will usually stop them.

...In terms of gpa, the case in question really isn't all that bad, though. In the end, a 3.5 is a 3.5... and calc, while important for physics, doesn't really have much of any application in clinical medicine. Perhaps the student was just not focused as a 18/19yo freshman or soph, but she buckled down later on. It's no big deal IMO. The much bigger question mark IMO would be the DAT; I will maintain that all schools should need to get on the same page and require MCAT.