How important is it to retake pre-reqs if I do better in harder classes?

[kelminak]

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I have quite a few C's in my prereqs, but I've taken higher level Biology courses (300/400 level) that I've aced. Would it be seriously detrimental to leave those Cs if i take higher level science courses to boost my GPA over 3.0 rather than retaking those classes? I do I have a C- and F I will be retaking now that I have personal issues figured out, but other than that I would much rather finish out the rest of my degree taking 400-level Biology courses rather than going back and doing those classes again. Will schools look down on this?

 

[AlteredScale]

If you do well in harder science courses it will redeem your struggles in pre reqs. From what the wisdom of @Goro ; many schools reward reinvention. So if you do well in harder classes you'll be good. And by well I mean as many As as possible .

Just be sure you know you'll perform better in these courses! Good luck!

 

[kelminak]

If you do well in harder science courses it will redeem your struggles in pre reqs. From what the wisdom of @Goro ; many schools reward reinvention. So if you do well in harder classes you'll be good. And by well I mean as many As as possible .

Just be sure you know you'll perform better in these courses! Good luck!

I've already aced a couple classes and have probably a year and a half of classes/retakes that I'm doing to bump my GPA over a 3.0, so hopefully with 3ish semesters of ~4.0 GPA they will see that I really have changed. 🙂

 

[Goro]

Concur, and good luck, OP!

If you do well in harder science courses it will redeem your struggles in pre reqs. From what the wisdom of @Goro ; many schools reward reinvention. So if you do well in harder classes you'll be good. And by well I mean as many As as possible .

Just be sure you know you'll perform better in these courses! Good luck!

 

[orangetea]

you are literally me.

I bombed A LOT of my pre-reqs but got all As (a few A-s) in all my upper dives for both my majors.

you'll be totally fine!

I also did a post -bacc just in case but in all reality I think an upward trend shows your commitment/ability to handle hard courses.

 

[AlteredScale]

you are literally me.

I bombed A LOT of my pre-reqs but got all As (a few A-s) in all my upper dives for both my majors.

you'll be totally fine!

I also did a post -bacc just in case but in all reality I think an upward trend shows your commitment/ability to handle hard courses.

Haha, I'm (sort of) the opposite! I've gotten A's and B's and my GPA has stayed around a consistent 3.6 after transferring from a CC to UCSD. However, last quarter I was part time for course work because I was doing my final prep for my MCAT, and completing my research thesis. I realized I couldn't do it all with my first unfortunate "w". I only have 4-6 more classes left to show AdComs that I'm okay and my consistency for performing well has not dwindled. My grades did not drop however. All the courses I did were UD science and I received A's and B's.

I feel like I'm being neurotic (as always) but I always want to prove to myself that I can do better and/or I haven't gone off the deep end just yet.