I got a D+ in a non pre-requisite course, can I still get in without retaking it?

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Hello everyone, I got a D+ in a class that is a requirement for me to graduate, but not a pre-requisite for dental school so I’m not planning on retaking it. Can I still get in to dental schools without retaking the course since it is NOT a pre-requisite?
 
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Abu Shaggy said:
My school is letting me graduate without having to retake it, graduating with the D+ isn’t a problem, but is the D+ a problem for dental schools?
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Edit: my school considers a D+ a passing grade as long as the GPA is 2.0 is higher, my GPA is a 3.54, so I can still graduate
 
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It’s called Patient Education, it’s just a degree requirement, it’s not a pre-requisite, my academic advisor said I can still graduate with it since my GPA is well above a 2.0
 
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Abu Shaggy said:
It’s called Patient Education, it’s just a degree requirement, it’s not a pre-requisite, my academic advisor said I can still graduate with it since my GPA is well above a 2.0
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me, personally, if i were on an admissions committee, i might hesitate to offer an interview to someone who got a D+ in patient education
kinda important for a dentist to be good at that

that's just me, though, i'm not on an adcom...
 
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Mr.Smile12 said:
Can I ask how one can fail this course?
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the professor has 3 exams for the course, each being 32% of your grade. so 3 exams x 32%= 96% of your total grade being exams. I studied well, for 3-4 days before the exam and reviewed all of the information, on exams there are 50 multiple choice questions, the options being A-H, yes, 8 options. So its really easy to get mixed up with what you know versus what you think you know, thats why im so against having to retake it, because i dont even know what i would do differently to get a better grade
 
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Abu Shaggy said:
the professor has 3 exams for the course, each being 32% of your grade. so 3 exams x 32%= 96% of your total grade being exams. I studied well, for 3-4 days before the exam and reviewed all of the information, on exams there are 50 multiple choice questions, the options being A-H, yes, 8 options. So its really easy to get mixed up with what you know versus what you think you know, thats why im so against having to retake it, because i dont even know what i would do differently to get a better grade
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Except maybe talk to the student who didn’t get a D. Find out what they did…….
 
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Abu Shaggy said:
the professor has 3 exams for the course, each being 32% of your grade. so 3 exams x 32%= 96% of your total grade being exams. I studied well, for 3-4 days before the exam and reviewed all of the information, on exams there are 50 multiple choice questions, the options being A-H, yes, 8 options. So its really easy to get mixed up with what you know versus what you think you know, thats why im so against having to retake it, because i dont even know what i would do differently to get a better grade
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sounds like medical/dental exam format...
 
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