Just bombed my first science course...

[newtonjc]

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Just bombed Organic Chem 2 Lecture portion, and here's how it's playing out for this summer:

I registered to retake organic 2 during summer session, but was accepted into an undergraduate research scholarship. The team I'll be working with will pump out 4 publications in nanomaterials synthesis, one of which I will be made primary author. We'll also be training one inner city school teacher through a Nanotechnology Outreach Program we're founding, and will be training 2 high school students on nano-sized sensor assays for urine-glucose levels through the ACS Project SEED program. There will be one poster presentation on a University level, and one poster presentation at the ACS regional conference.

I was told if I take the organic 2 lecture, it'll put a huge strain on my research contribution and I may get my scholarship withdrawn. Should I put off the course til the fall semester, and ask the current professor for an Incomplete? Do you think he'll award it considering my situation?

Any thoughts are helpful!

Oh, and by 'bombed', I do mean an F.

 

[taylormade2006]

Are you applying for next year?

 

[newtonjc]

Yes, I'm hoping for AZCOM and SOMA... my cGPA and sGPA are around 3.5/3.6, respectively (if you exclude Orgo 2). I'm taking the MCAT this summer, as well.

 

[lftbndlbrnchblk]

You've got a lot on your plate with all the research and the MCAT. But the thing holding you back from applying to medical school on time is this F. You'll probably get your grade for this summer around August/September right? That's when I applied to both of those schools and I got in. If I had waited like my buddy, I'd probably be a re-applicant like him since he hasn't received any interviews.

 

[taylormade2006]

You don't need to have taken Ochem 2 prior to applying, you only need to complete it prior to matriculation. I wouldn't recommend retaking it at the same time as that other stuff. If you choose to apply without retaking it, be ready to explain it during interviews.

 

[MedicineMike]

Your working on a project with/for the ACS and you failed Orgo II? Also, how did you fail it? I mean it's not THAT hard...

 

[Bravetown]

Take the orgo in the fall and stick with the research. Unless there is no way you can graduate because you took orgo instead of another class then just stick with the research, probably a lot more to talk about in an interview than what you got in organic chemistry 🙂.

 

[MedicineMike]

and hes gonna be primary author on one of the papers

yeah I am just as confused as the next person

 

[malpractician]

do the ACS thing and don't let your ambition precede your judgment.

Retake organic 2 in the Fall/spring and ace it. In fact if you ace any class in the next year, it'd be Organic 2.