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low grade in ochem, still have a chance?
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A C- won't kill your chances. You seem to have good grades otherwise, and your ec's look good. A retake is a must though cause pharmacy schools won't accept any grade lower than a C for the prereqs. As for A&P, it's all going to depend on what schools you are applying to so you need to talk to each school. If the school only requires anatomy, then I don't know that one semester of A&P will fulfill the requirement (same goes for physiology). Likewise, if a school requires both A&P I'm pretty sure the course needs to be two semesters long. I'm not positive though. Easiest way to get your question answered is to talk to the schools.
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I made C's in both O chem 1 and 2 and I'm sitting in my 9th quarter of pharmacy school right now. You'll be FINE. Just work hard in all your other areas. 
I made C's in both O chem 1 and 2 and I'm sitting in my 9th quarter of pharmacy school right now. You'll be FINE. Just work hard in all your other areas.
The OP made a C- that's a big difference from a C, so he or she will have to repeat the class no matter what.
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Ah I did undergrad at a school that doesn't have + & - system.
Me too and I'm glad, I would hate to be put in the position that one point will dictate my whole future...screw that!
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It also depends on if the school they are applying to even looks at the grades that are -/+. I know my pharmacy school doesn't even though the undergrad campus that it's attached to does give grades that are +/- because it's more fair to everyone when assessing GPA. It can either hurt or help you depending on which you got.
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Yeah I'm wondering how PharmCas will review my grades. I transferred to a school with no +/- system and I've already finished some summer classes. So will PharmCas see those grades as whole letter grades, or will they look at the number grade? Or do they have a special grading system for schools that don't go by +/-?
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As mentioned in another thread, most schools recalculate GPA based on their scale so they *may* ignore the + / - anyway. Check with the schools and see how they recalculate. Good luck!
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Ummm, ok. First of all you are at Cornell. Second of all you are at Cornell.
Ad Coms may have been concerned if you had received a C- in organic chemistry at a community college, but I think you're in a different boat all together. Would it look good on your transcript to retake the course? Sure. Is it of utmost necessity, I don't think so. If you can show Ad Coms that you know your chemistry by doing well on that portion of the PCAT, I think you will be just fine. We are all human, not everyone can be an expert at every single science discipline offered at university, and I think most people can attest to the fact that organic chemistry is not an easy class (this includes ad coms).
Ad Coms may have been concerned if you had received a C- in organic chemistry at a community college, but I think you're in a different boat all together. Would it look good on your transcript to retake the course? Sure. Is it of utmost necessity, I don't think so. If you can show Ad Coms that you know your chemistry by doing well on that portion of the PCAT, I think you will be just fine. We are all human, not everyone can be an expert at every single science discipline offered at university, and I think most people can attest to the fact that organic chemistry is not an easy class (this includes ad coms).
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I agree with you. Cornell would be looked a differently from a CC. However, i think it still has to meet the minimum requirement which is a C for most schools. I think the OP should retake it because it's a C- and not a C. A C would've been fine.
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From past experience, I know that Albany College of Pharmacy doesn't care where your grades are coming from - as long as they are B's and higher. When I applied as a second year transfer, you only needed a C or higher for grades to transfer and they would not accept my C- (university I attended is compatible to Cornell University.)
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Pharm schools don't care where you get your grades from... you can get a 3.0 from Harvard, a 3.5 from a University of BlahbBlah or get a 4.0 from CC at the end of the day if all three person have 80PCAT then the 4.0 is going to get in.
