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Did any of you get a C in a required class such as org chem, calculus, physics, etc? Is it a death sentence? Did you retake the class?
How many of you ever received a C or below in a required undergrad course?
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Probably a better question for the pre-vet forum. Lots of vet student read that forum as well.
Short answer is a C with an otherwise good grades is quite normal. Check around, many people who are accepted post their info; grades, gre, animal experience.
Short answer is a C with an otherwise good grades is quite normal. Check around, many people who are accepted post their info; grades, gre, animal experience.
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I was accepted into VMRCVM for the coming year and I had C's in: Chem II, Organic Chem I, Physics I, Developmental Biology, and Comparative Animal Physiology. That makes 6 total, which is pretty high. I balanced those out with a lot of A's and did much better in higher up chem/biochem/bio classes than those (with the exception of developmental, which was a pretty high up class.)
C's aren't a death sentence, but you definitely want to avoid them if you can. It's a good idea to use every resource available to you, including tutoring and study groups and things like that, to get the highest grades you possibly can.
You definitely don't want to use me as an example to follow, since it took three tries for me to get *one* acceptance! 😉
C's aren't a death sentence, but you definitely want to avoid them if you can. It's a good idea to use every resource available to you, including tutoring and study groups and things like that, to get the highest grades you possibly can.
You definitely don't want to use me as an example to follow, since it took three tries for me to get *one* acceptance! 😉
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I have 2 C's on my undergraduate transcript (as well as a heck of a lot of B's). Calc. (yeah I agree who gives a cr*p about higher math, plus I do have a 780 on the math section of the GRE, and an 800 on the SAT many moons ago) and the undergrad ANATOMY class. Gasp! Especially since I am known around here as the grad student who in a nutshell holds his own anatomy classes on the weekends, is in a grad program run by that same anatomy professor who gave me the C (by 2 friggin' points) and his best friend the vet anatomy professor, and was taken into his MS program by his personal invitation. So, we all trip and fall. The secret is what you do after you skin your knee. Myself, I was given some sage advice -- you can retake the class you got the bloody nose from to improve your GPA -- or you can next semester take the follow-up level class and ace it. I did the latter, even though it was a grad level class and I was but a lowly undergrad. I am glad I did. In a nutshell, there are those geeks who receive 4.0's and have no real world experience, and there are those fotunate souls who are maybe not as perfect academically, but will do far better in the real world. Which would you rather be?
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I had several Cs in undergrad. Orgo 1 I got down to a C- and then pulled it up to a C in Orgo 2. Also had a C second semester gen chem. I guess its just not my subject. Also in genetics I had a C. Don't let people tell you that a C will keep you out of vet school, it won't. I didn't retake any of these classes.
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Got Cs in cell bio, organic I and II, physics II, and biochemistry. *shrug*
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My only C in undergrad was in Calculus II.
But I spent so much time crying in my professor's office that we got to know each other very well, and he wrote one of my eLORs 10 years later!
Oh, and Electrophile, we were learning all about BARF diets in class yesterday and I thought of you 🙂
But I spent so much time crying in my professor's office that we got to know each other very well, and he wrote one of my eLORs 10 years later!
Oh, and Electrophile, we were learning all about BARF diets in class yesterday and I thought of you 🙂
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LOL, thanks...I guess? 😉😀 I actually hate hearing them called BARF. I mean, eww...home prepared raw diet is fine too. 🙂
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We have a local clinic that advertises BARF diets... I really wonder what people think when they see that in the phone book or paper.
"Eww, who would feed their animals barf?" 😛
"Eww, who would feed their animals barf?" 😛
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Add me to the C in both semesters of Organic Chemistry club. I hated the class, strongly disliked the professor, and would not have retaken either semester if you paid me to do it. However, I did get As in all the classes that organic was supposedly a pre-req for, so there you go.
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No but they will kidnap your family and hold them ransom for a B
juuuust kiddin...
No, its not toooo big of a deal as long as you show improvement or it was a seriously hard class or you had a fantastic excuse (long term illness) that sort of thing.
My very 1st semester of junior college I took only one class (because I was recovering from absolutely despising school with a very deep & pungent hatred) it was remedial algebra, and I got a C.
After that it was all A's & B's and I ended up with a 3.5
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I got C's in General Chem I & II and Physics I & II! I did well in Organic & Biochem because there wasn't much math.
The interview committee told me that my experience was what really "shined" on my application. C's are not a big deal just be sure that you excel in other areas (experience) and have enough B's and A's to outweigh the C's.
The interview committee told me that my experience was what really "shined" on my application. C's are not a big deal just be sure that you excel in other areas (experience) and have enough B's and A's to outweigh the C's.
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C in Orgo I...boo hoo.
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I had a couple of C's throughout undergrad:
Foundations of Cognition (tons of reading on the internet then random quotes pulled from Freud, Jung, etc with 3/4 of the quote missing...had to fill in the blank...not with a concept, but word for word. I was terrible at that and it showed.)
Chem I (hated the professor and the class...not chem in general, but this class.)
O-chem I & II (only one student received better than a C+, which was a B-, either semester.)
American Environmental History (I actually loved the class and learned a lot, but I was deep in the midst of honors research, and with my work hours just couldn't do enough for the class)
Foundations of Cognition (tons of reading on the internet then random quotes pulled from Freud, Jung, etc with 3/4 of the quote missing...had to fill in the blank...not with a concept, but word for word. I was terrible at that and it showed.)
Chem I (hated the professor and the class...not chem in general, but this class.)
O-chem I & II (only one student received better than a C+, which was a B-, either semester.)
American Environmental History (I actually loved the class and learned a lot, but I was deep in the midst of honors research, and with my work hours just couldn't do enough for the class)
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I had the following C's:
Organic Chem I = C+
Organic Chem Lab = A
Organic Chem II = D - retook it and got a B+
Gen. Biology II = C-(had an A then missed the final for personal reasons, so never took it)
Inorganic Chem II = C+
Microbiology = C+
Calculus II = C+
So that was 9 years ago; I had to take a year of upper level post-bacc classes and get all A's and B's to prove that I really can do the work, so that was what I did last year.
It's not a complete "dealbreaker" to get C's but it will make your life a harder in the application process.
Organic Chem I = C+
Organic Chem Lab = A
Organic Chem II = D - retook it and got a B+
Gen. Biology II = C-(had an A then missed the final for personal reasons, so never took it)
Inorganic Chem II = C+
Microbiology = C+
Calculus II = C+
So that was 9 years ago; I had to take a year of upper level post-bacc classes and get all A's and B's to prove that I really can do the work, so that was what I did last year.
It's not a complete "dealbreaker" to get C's but it will make your life a harder in the application process.
