How do most Osteopathic Medical Schools feel about retakes?

[Foreveryours91]

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To explain I raised my science gpa up by retakes because I needed to replace my 2 D's and 3 C's. Is it frowned upon? How do most osteopathic medical schools feel about retakes? And yes I am aware of grade replacement for osteopathic schools.

 

[Blackxp]

Well I cannot imagine it being a positive thing compared to a student that got an A their first time around but I would first focus on getting the grades right now. Nothing you can do about the situation and I doubt it is a massive issue. They will see both grades when they do a more holistic overview of your classes but I would imagine the most common thing thrown around is your GPA as a single number. It might be one of those, "Okay they did awesome in their interview but only have a 2.9 GPA [hurts you]" or "They did kinda meh in their interview but have a very impressive 3.8 GPA [helps you]".

Having grade replacement is a wonderful thing. Take full advantage of it and move forward without trying to worry about it if you can. You got it 😀!

 

[WillburCobb]

Speaking from experience, situation two definitely does not help you.
Edit: speaking from solid MCAT weak (for MD) GPA.

 

[Temperature101]

To explain I raised my science gpa up by retakes because I needed to replace my 2 D's and 3 C's. Is it frowned upon? How do most osteopathic medical schools feel about retakes? And yes I am aware of grade replacement for osteopathic schools.

I don't think it's frown upon that much... I am sure an applicant with 3.4 c/sGPA with 10 retakes would be more competitive than an applicant with 3.2 c/sGPA with no retakes if everything else being equal...

 

[Goro]

If we frowned upon re-takes, we'd lose a lot of really good students who finally straightened out. Not everyone is ready for college at age 18.

So, no, re-takes are NOT frowned upon!

To explain I raised my science gpa up by retakes because I needed to replace my 2 D's and 3 C's. Is it frowned upon? How do most osteopathic medical schools feel about retakes? And yes I am aware of grade replacement for osteopathic schools.