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[Bcrunner1313]

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How horrible does it look to the various vet schools if you get C's in the pre-requisite classes you take during your last semester after you've already been accepted? Most schools (the one's I applied to anyway), state you just need to get C's, but does getting the minimum make you look like a total slacker?

Physics II is kicking my butt, so I'm just wondering. Also, just in case, does anyone know what would happen if you failed a pre-req in your last semester? Do the schools rescind their offers or do some allow you to take the class that summer?

Thanks!

 

[bmichs75DVM]

As long as you get a C, your in. I'm sure they know it is tough your last semester before going to vet school and that you are excited. As for failing a pre-req required for vet school, I believe they will take back their offer and you will have to re-apply. So study up!

 

[WhtsThFrequency]

It also depends on your other grades and why you're having a tough time with it. I got a D in Physical Chemistry (not a prereq for vet school since I had already taken physics, but a big class nonetheless) and low Bs/high Cs in everything else my last semester of undergrad 😱 Tanked my GPA. I sent the admin a letter explaining my performance and that a lot of it related to the fact that I was working 30 hrs a week plus full time school (not a good decision on my part) and that I wasn't doing the senior slump, or anything like that. I didn't have my acceptance rescinded. If it's a pre-req, I would ask the admin directly what their policy is on that since many schools have minimum grades and the like.

If you get the C, you're fine. If it's a C-, you're liiiikely ok but I would definitely ask around about that possibility. If you fail, that's something to really worry about...I honestly don't know what they would do in that situation. Good luck, physics is rough!

 

[sumstorm]

I always remind people that you NEVER really know where you will be in life 10 years from now. While the grade drops might not affect vet school, if for some reason you don't complete vet school, it might be problematic for other programs.

 

[lailanni]

Check to make sure it really is a C min.

WSU has a 3.0 policy - after you're admitted you need a 3.0 in all pre-req classes to keep your offer. Which was a pain in the ass for me and my 600+ person biochem class leftover pre-req.

Otherwise, slack away!

 

[Bcrunner1313]

I always remind people that you NEVER really know where you will be in life 10 years from now. While the grade drops might not affect vet school, if for some reason you don't complete vet school, it might be problematic for other programs.

Very true. You never do know where you'll end up down the road, but I'd like to think that I'll get through vet school.

Which was a pain in the ass for me and my 600+ person biochem class leftover pre-req.

Otherwise, slack away!

That's the advice I was waiting to see! 👍 I think I'll be able to pull at least a C, but it's just so foreign to be aiming for such a low grade. However, if it'll get me to where I need to be, then I guess it's acceptable.

 

[sumstorm]

Very true. You never do know where you'll end up down the road, but I'd like to think that I'll get through vet school.




That's the advice I was waiting to see! 👍 I think I'll be able to pull at least a C, but it's just so foreign to be aiming for such a low grade. However, if it'll get me to where I need to be, then I guess it's acceptable.

I wasn't even suggesting that you won't be able to get through vet school, just that you never know what will happen. You could be striken by a disease in the middle of vet school that won't enable you to complete vet school or practice medicine. You could have a natural disaster destroy your life and those of all of your loved ones and find yourself unable to complete school. 😱

I am not trying to be doom and gloom. As someone who has survived a house falling down around my ears during a tornado, who was in New Orleans actively searching for humans, dead or alive, post Katrina when Rita sent a tree through my home (4 hours north of the coast), and who has experienced the devestation of floods wiping out a farm, I have learned to never close doors or burn bridges if I can avoid it. I am not sure how easy that is to understand until you have something destroy every element of your life.

So, wasn't suggesting you won't be able to complete vet school, just that you can't be assured that life wouldn't make it impossible to complete...or, post DVM, to practice veterinary medicine. One of my profs in undergrad was a DVM/PhD struck with early onset Parkinson's, which progressed rapidly. He ended up teaching because he couldn't run a practice due to his symptoms.:cry: Thankfully for us, he was an awesome prof and taught amazing courses on medical micro, neuro, immuno, etc.

 

[flyhi]

I always remind people that you NEVER really know where you will be in life 10 years from now. While the grade drops might not affect vet school, if for some reason you don't complete vet school, it might be problematic for other programs.

Sumstorm, that is sage advice. I think it takes some of us a few years to figure this out and to realize that stranger things have happened and to prepare for the worst.

I would have never believed it if I hadn't lived it. You really just never know.

 

[jglovicz]

Good luck with the Physics...it is tough. Do yourself a favor and do a websearch for good intro physics books. I did this for organic chem when I felt that my prof was less-than-adequate. A good text may make all the difference (someone may explain something in a way that just clicks). Good luck and keep motivated! Think about how lucky you are to be starting vet school in the fall!

 

[Bcrunner1313]

I wasn't even suggesting that you won't be able to get through vet school, just that you never know what will happen. You could be striken by a disease in the middle of vet school that won't enable you to complete vet school or practice medicine. You could have a natural disaster destroy your life and those of all of your loved ones and find yourself unable to complete school. 😱

I am not trying to be doom and gloom. As someone who has survived a house falling down around my ears during a tornado, who was in New Orleans actively searching for humans, dead or alive, post Katrina when Rita sent a tree through my home (4 hours north of the coast), and who has experienced the devestation of floods wiping out a farm, I have learned to never close doors or burn bridges if I can avoid it. I am not sure how easy that is to understand until you have something destroy every element of your life.

So, wasn't suggesting you won't be able to complete vet school, just that you can't be assured that life wouldn't make it impossible to complete...or, post DVM, to practice veterinary medicine. One of my profs in undergrad was a DVM/PhD struck with early onset Parkinson's, which progressed rapidly. He ended up teaching because he couldn't run a practice due to his symptoms.:cry: Thankfully for us, he was an awesome prof and taught amazing courses on medical micro, neuro, immuno, etc.

I didn't think that you meant anything by it, hence my "Very true" comment. I was just stating that yeah, I'd like to think that I can get through school no problem. I have also had some pretty unexpected things happen in my short life, so I am well aware of the fact that you never know what the future is going to throw at you!

Good luck with the Physics...it is tough. Do yourself a favor and do a websearch for good intro physics books. I did this for organic chem when I felt that my prof was less-than-adequate. A good text may make all the difference (someone may explain something in a way that just clicks). Good luck and keep motivated! Think about how lucky you are to be starting vet school in the fall!

Thanks for the advice!