Lost Hope

[UFGatorgirl]

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Hello everyone,

I am about to be a third year student at University of Florida and the curriculum is tough. My passion is to become an optometrist, but I can't seem to pass organic chemistry one. First time I withdrew, second time I received a D, and third time I received a D+.🙁 I still got credit for the course, but is it possible to apply to optometry schools with a D+ in organic chemistry and get accepted? Do they require a certain grade on pre req courses? I still need to take biochemistry, microbiology, physics two and take the OATs. My school does not have grade forgiveness either 🙁 I don't know what to do. Should I just give up because organic chemistry is not for me? What if I do well on the OAT which I plan to take next summer. Please help.

 

[DrSpontaneouz83]

Hello everyone,

I am about to be a third year student at University of Florida and the curriculum is tough. My passion is to become an optometrist, but I can't seem to pass organic chemistry one. First time I withdrew, second time I received a D, and third time I received a D+.🙁 I still got credit for the course, but is it possible to apply to optometry schools with a D+ in organic chemistry and get accepted? Do they require a certain grade on pre req courses? I still need to take biochemistry, microbiology, physics two and take the OATs. My school does not have grade forgiveness either 🙁 I don't know what to do. Should I just give up because organic chemistry is not for me? What if I do well on the OAT which I plan to take next summer. Please help.

I would not lose hope of a chosen career simply because of one class. I would strongly encourage you to see where your weak points are so you can perform decent on the OAT. In my opinion, the O Chem porition in the OAT is fairly easy...but that's just me. If you are given an interview, be ready to explain why you did poorly on classes below a C.

Schools do not require a certain grade on pre-reqs per se, but you are given a Science GPA. If that trend continues then your GPA will suffer and you may be considered a weak candidate. On the bright side, you use very little chemistry in optometry school.

I wouldn't freak out too much, just try to analyze your study methods so they do not cause you further issues in other classes. Some schools do not require biochemistry, so figure out what schools you want to apply and their pre-reqs. GL.

 

[UFGatorgirl]

Thank-You for your post. I really appreciate it. There are about five schools that do not require biochemistry but for me to be considered for the other schools I need to take it. Is organic chemistry easier at a community college? There is no way I can re-take it again at UF.

 

[bobbio]

You are required to get at least a C or C- (depending on the optometry school) in your science pre-reqs. I would recommend you check out the website of the optometry school(s) you're interested in to be sure.

 

[Commando303]

Hello everyone,

I am about to be a third year student at University of Florida and the curriculum is tough. My passion is to become an optometrist, but I can't seem to pass organic chemistry one. First time I withdrew, second time I received a D, and third time I received a D+.🙁 I still got credit for the course, but is it possible to apply to optometry schools with a D+ in organic chemistry and get accepted? Do they require a certain grade on pre req courses? I still need to take biochemistry, microbiology, physics two and take the OATs. My school does not have grade forgiveness either 🙁 I don't know what to do. Should I just give up because organic chemistry is not for me? What if I do well on the OAT which I plan to take next summer. Please help.

You always could contact the admissions offices of the optometry colleges in which you're interested, but, with this grade in a pre-req., the rest of your application, I imagine, would need to be quite impressive. Is it (you need not to answer, in the forum; just work it out for yourself).

 

[DawgOD]

I had the exact same situation... i got two D's in Organic Chem at my 4-year university.. my advice.. take it at a community college and go for that A...

Some 4-year professors don't know how to teach it.. I took a few classes at a community college, and I promise you some of them were better teachers than those at a 4-year university.

 

[UFGatorgirl]

Thank you DawgOD. I see you are a student at SCO. Congratulations. I am going to look into the community college in Gainesville.

 

[nc2tarheels]

You are required to get at least a C or C- (depending on the optometry school) in your science pre-reqs. I would recommend you check out the website of the optometry school(s) you're interested in to be sure.

At what school? I applied to several with a C- in Physics II and didn't have a single problem.

 

[bobbio]

At what school? I applied to several with a C- in Physics II and didn't have a single problem.

At just about every optometry school. Look at their admission requirements web page.

 

[nc2tarheels]

I had no problem and received interviews at the following
-Nova
-Midwestern
-UIW
-PCO
-SCO
-PUCO
-UAB

Again, I had one C-

 

[bobbio]

I had no problem and received interviews at the following
-Nova
-Midwestern
-UIW
-PCO
-SCO
-PUCO
-UAB

Again, I had one C-

C- isn't a D. C- is sufficient for some schools or maybe you slipped through the cracks. If you look on the admission requirements web page for optometry schools you'll see that most schools require at least a 2.0 (which if I remember correctly is a equivlalent to a C) in your pre-req classes.

 

[UFGatorgirl]

Thanks for replying. I am going to organic chemistry but not the same exact class so that D+ will be gone.

 

[nc2tarheels]

C- isn't a D. C- is sufficient for some schools or maybe you slipped through the cracks. If you look on the admission requirements web page for optometry schools you'll see that most schools require at least a 2.0 (which if I remember correctly is a equivlalent to a C) in your pre-req classes.

I wasn't referring to the "D", I was referring to a "minimum of a C" comment. I doubt I slipped through the cracks of that many schools and was accepted into several.

 

[bobbio]

I wasn't referring to the "D", I was referring to a "minimum of a C" comment. I doubt I slipped through the cracks of that many schools and was accepted into several.

Perhaps they made an exception to your C- in the pre-req class. If not, I would double-check with admissions to make sure it wasn't an oversight by the admissions office because admission requirements at most schools typically require a C or better. Look up the webpage of the school you were accepted into, I'd be willing to bet it says a minimum of C or 2.0.

 

[KHE]

While three straight Ds in a course is never good I would suggest applying anyways. If the rest of your application is competitive, it makes no sense to reject yourself. If you're going to get rejected, let them reject you.

 

[Visualizer]

I wasn't referring to the "D", I was referring to a "minimum of a C" comment. I doubt I slipped through the cracks of that many schools and was accepted into several.

didn't he say minimum C OR C-? Frankly, I didn't know universities still used a +/- scale. I thought that was done with in high school. At least, that's how it was for me.

 

[surfer120]

didn't he say minimum C OR C-? Frankly, I didn't know universities still used a +/- scale. I thought that was done with in high school. At least, that's how it was for me.

yep, my school still uses plus and minus, which im happy for actually because i have gotten B pluses in hard classes like orgo and if was taken down to a B i would have been pissed because i did much better then a B grade

 

[bobbio]

didn't he say minimum C OR C-? Frankly, I didn't know universities still used a +/- scale. I thought that was done with in high school. At least, that's how it was for me.

Thank you, Visualizer. Finally, a member that actually takes time to read.

 

[nc2tarheels]

didn't he say minimum C OR C-? Frankly, I didn't know universities still used a +/- scale. I thought that was done with in high school. At least, that's how it was for me.

Perhaps they made an exception to your C- in the pre-req class. If not, I would double-check with admissions to make sure it wasn't an oversight by the admissions office because admission requirements at most schools typically require a C or better. Look up the webpage of the school you were accepted into, I'd be willing to bet it says a minimum of C or 2.0.

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[nc2tarheels]

yep, my school still uses plus and minus, which im happy for actually because i have gotten B pluses in hard classes like orgo and if was taken down to a B i would have been pissed because i did much better then a B grade

I've taken classes at two places where one used the +/- and one didn't. I have to say that the +/- is far superior imo, except the fact that an A and A+ scores you the same amount of GPA points. Other than that, because I have received several B+'s that I had to work my tail off for and if I knew I could get a high B and it be the same as a low B, I would have quit toward the end of the semester and not tried as hard.

 

[bobbio]

I've taken classes at two places where one used the +/- and one didn't. I have to say that the +/- is far superior imo, except the fact that an A and A+ scores you the same amount of GPA points. Other than that, because I have received several B+'s that I had to work my tail off for and if I knew I could get a high B and it be the same as a low B, I would have quit toward the end of the semester and not tried as hard.

Is that what lead to your C-?

 

[nc2tarheels]

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