How bad does a 2.6 look in a math class?

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Normally I am a much better student... Here a 2.6 out of a 4.0 is equal to a B-, I do not know if that is the same for every university or if it even matters. Do medical schools care a lot about math? I am imprecise when it comes to doing these long overdrawn problems; I always find a way of missing them up. Hopefully medical schools care more about chemistry.

 

[jbone]

I wouldn't sweat it. I hate math and didn't do that well and they never brought it up in my interviews. 👍 However, it does go toward your science GPA so I would try to improve if you can.
Math Sucks 👎

 

[silas2642]

Normally I am a much better student... Here a 2.6 out of a 4.0 is equal to a B-, I do not know if that is the same for every university or if it even matters. Do medical schools care a lot about math? I am imprecise when it comes to doing these long overdrawn problems; I always find a way of missing them up. Hopefully medical schools care more about chemistry.

I didn't go to class, didn't study, and didn't do the homework in Calc II. ended up with a C. Still got in.

 

[Will Ferrell]

college grading policy's don't matter to med schools. a B- is a 2.7 and many people have been accepted with F's,D's,C's and most certainly low B's all over their transcript.

 

[jebus]

hey {: (, If I remember you go to the UW (go huskies!). Don't bust your ass taking the hardest calc classes. You're a freshman, a 2.6 isn't the end of the world (but don't make a habit of getting that 2.6). Just clean up next quarter. And then the quarter after that. One suggestion: If there are subjects in which you are not too confident (I took AP Calc as a Sophomore in HS and didn't take math again until my Junior year in college, so I was scared as hell of math) try to take that class in the evening - those classes are easier and they don't look different on your transcript. Med schools can't tell you took an evening course. I took Calc III in the evening at the UW and ended up pulling a 3.5 without too much work. Just something to think about.
One thing I hated about the UW is that you can't get an A+, the ceiling is an A & not an A+. So, if you do sort of well at other schools you'd get an A; at the UW you'll get an A-. This doesn't help you at all, I'm just saying. That's all.

 

[UCLA2000]

Normally I am a much better student... Here a 2.6 out of a 4.0 is equal to a B-, I do not know if that is the same for every university or if it even matters. Do medical schools care a lot about math? I am imprecise when it comes to doing these long overdrawn problems; I always find a way of missing them up. Hopefully medical schools care more about chemistry.

One b- in anything won't sink you. Don't make a habit of it though. I actually got a c+ in first semester of calc.

 

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Thanks for the replies, I feel so much better. I hate how UW does not have an A + system too. I got a 4.5 in a class and it only shows up as a 4.0 on my transcript. Unfortunately I cannot take an evening math class because I am in this program that requires me to take certain professors plus I don't think they offer any evening math class this quarter.

 

[jon stewart]

it doesnt matter who has the A+ system or whatever, everyones GPA is converted to amcas scale in the end.

 

[OSUdoc08]

Normally I am a much better student... Here a 2.6 out of a 4.0 is equal to a B-, I do not know if that is the same for every university or if it even matters. Do medical schools care a lot about math? I am imprecise when it comes to doing these long overdrawn problems; I always find a way of missing them up. Hopefully medical schools care more about chemistry.

You don't even use college math in medical school, and many schools don't even require it.