Is a B in undergraduate Physiology bad?

[cryhavoc]

I'm a little worried. It is a class about how the body works. And I want to be a doctor. But I got a B. It wasn't even a requirement for my major, I took it for "fun". Should I take it again to prove I can get an A?

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[litotes]

Bad? Yes
Going to keep you out of med school? Not singlehandedly
Worth retaking? No

 

[doit4themunki]

I'm a little worried. It is a class about how the body works. And I want to be a doctor. But I got a B. It wasn't even a requirement for my major, I took it for "fun". Should I take it again to prove I can get an A?

It's not bad. Don't retake it. Don't worry about it. Actually, don't ever think about it again.

 

[efle]

Dude didn't you know a B in any science class means you can't go to med school
I mean even an A- is pushing it

 

[superpom_7]

You are never going to get into medical school.











Relax, you're fine.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

really...why waste a place on the boards...

 

[cryhavoc]

I loved that class. In fact, it was my favorite class in all of undergrad. I learned so much . . . But my first exam score in it haunted me all semester. Completely under-studied for it.

Dude didn't you know a B in any science class means you can't go to med school
I mean even an A- is pushing it

If this was true I'd be so screwed on multiple levels. My science GPA is a 3.5. That means half of my science grades are A's and the other half are B's.

really...why waste a place on the boards...

If your removed neurotic questions from the student doctor forum, what would be left?

 

[efle]

There are 26 medical schools with median sGPA of 3.5-3.6 don't let it get to you man, though it can't hurt to take a couple easy classes that count into BCPM (at my school that's stuff like planet science, evolution, etc)

 

[Gregarious_and_Hilarious]

I'm a little worried. It is a class about how the body works. And I want to be a doctor. But I got a B. It wasn't even a requirement for my major, I took it for "fun". Should I take it again to prove I can get an A?

There's no reason to retake a class you got a B in, since a B shows you have mastery of the material. Don't get hung up on one grade in one class, just focus on maintaining a high performance overall

 

[Hermione L Knope MD. Ph.D]

You'll be fine--I got a C in undergrad physiology, but I'm doing well interview wise. Also, I took two more higher division physiology classes after to prove I could do it and got two A's.