letter grade C-

[charju]

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So im wondering about the cutoff for lowest grade med schools will take.. a lot of websites say... no grade lower than a C, does that include the C-? or does someone with a C- have to retake the course..

i should add, i know getting Cs is definitely not working to get into med school, let alone a C-, but it was like those one horrid smster things during freshmen year..i've done substantially better since then in my courses..

 

[orthomyxo]

IMO, C in a science prereq = retake

Not because you have to, but because it looks kinda bad.

 

[JoshUNCW]

So im wondering about the cutoff for lowest grade med schools will take.. a lot of websites say... no grade lower than a C, does that include the C-? or does someone with a C- have to retake the course..

You can have a F your freshman year as long as you make straight A's from there on out. There's no cut off. It's your GPA and your trend that matter. And your ECs.

 

[YouNeverKnow22]

You can have a F your freshman year as long as you make straight A's from there on out. There's no cut off. It's your GPA and your trend that matter. And your ECs.

👎 not true some schools require a minimum of a C for pre-reqs

 

[charju]

i guess what i mean is what course grade would be acceptable without a retake.. i know you can still do with Ds and Fs but you would have mandatory retakes no?

 

[JoshUNCW]

👎 not true some schools require a minimum of a C for pre-reqs

I'm pretty sure that's all schools. But that wasn't the OP's question. If you need it for a pre-req, of course you need to retake it. But if it was freshman western history, you could probably get by. Just don't repeat it.

 

[Daedra22]

Some schools will take a C-, but I would recommend retaking if you want to get into an allopathic school. I had a C- in O Chem and got into a great Osteopathic school, but I think that one of the reasons I was denied at allo schools is because of that C- (even the ones who said c-=c).

 

[Toadesque]

Some schools will take a C-, but I would recommend retaking if you want to get into an allopathic school. I had a C- in O Chem and got into a great Osteopathic school, but I think that one of the reasons I was denied at allo schools is because of that C- (even the ones who said c-=c).

How come you didn't retake it? DO school allows replacement grades does it not?

 

[Daedra22]

How come you didn't retake it? DO school allows replacement grades does it not?

I could have, but I got into my first choice school... so why would I bother?