Maintaining my grades

[madin]

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I got a letter saying "Of course you must maintain your level of academic performance". This is so vague. If I have a 4.0 GPA and get a B or C then I'm screwed? On the flipside it's unfair that someone with a 2.5 is allowed to get a B or C.
I'm thinking they probably mean just get a C or higher in the rest of my courses and I'll be fine. What do you all think?

 

[Tzips]

I got a letter saying "Of course you must maintain your level of academic performance". This is so vague. If I have a 4.0 GPA and get a B or C then I'm screwed? On the flipside it's unfair that someone with a 2.5 is allowed to get a B or C.
I'm thinking they probably mean just get a C or higher in the rest of my courses and I'll be fine. What do you all think?

C or higher, I think, even though they're not being very explicit. I would, however, hesitate to drop you GPA by too many points - going from a 4.0 to a 2.5 in one semester would just be a bit too drastic, methinks 😀 - but you can probably get a C or a few Bs, no problem. Same issue here - I've even P/F'ed tennis....

 

[wimmcs]

I'm thinking they probably mean just get a C or higher in the rest of my courses and I'll be fine. What do you all think?

I agree with your thinking. C or better is what they are looking for IMO.

 

[Aero047]

Thank God because I didn't do so hot in GenChem.

 

[786mine]

My 2 cents are that as long as you have decent grades, you will do fine. If you think you have a 4.0 and you will get admission in whatever school you apply it, not to sounds rude but get real. Some schools actually prefer "normal" students over 4.0 students. So don't worry too much.

 

[jk5177]

Will getting C's come to bite me if I apply for specialities in the future?

 

[The Musketeer]

Will getting C's come to bite me if I apply for specialities in the future?

No, not really....basically, once you are in dental school, you are technically starting with a clean slate (GPA wise). To get into specialties, the dental schools will focus on your GPA in dental school as well as your Part I board.

 

[SadSmile]

I wonder if there are people that got dropped by dental schools because they failed to maintain "satisfactory grades" for your final year in undergrad.

 

[paolorossifan]

I wonder if there are people that got dropped by dental schools because they failed to maintain "satisfactory grades" for your final year in undergrad.

I sure hope not. My gpa is going down down down. I just don't have the energy, and I would really like to know if anyone was dropped due to that. I don't remeber anything about maintaining grades or having a B.Sc. etc in my admission letter, but who knows.

 

[madin]

I wonder if there are people that got dropped by dental schools because they failed to maintain "satisfactory grades" for your final year in undergrad.

I guess I'll find out soon. Got a stupid C in microbio. That professor failed half the students and only gave 2 C+ as the highest grades in the class and the dean of biology says that behavior is discouraged but legal.
I'm glad I got an A in genetics to make up for it. Looking good for Anatomy n Physiology II so far with 100, 100, 97 on my exams and 3 more tests to go this final semester.


Here's what I learned from microbio. The course does not determine the difficulty. It is the professor that sets difficulty. I kept debating with the professor over some test questions and showed him the textbook as proof. The professor keeps saying our textbook is wrong. grrrrr.

I heard there are professors in dental school that are just like my microbio professor.

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DMD Class of 2009 if board tests are easy

 

[eric275]

I got a letter saying "Of course you must maintain your level of academic performance". This is so vague. If I have a 4.0 GPA and get a B or C then I'm screwed? On the flipside it's unfair that someone with a 2.5 is allowed to get a B or C.
I'm thinking they probably mean just get a C or higher in the rest of my courses and I'll be fine. What do you all think?

I am assuming that you recieved this letter after your acceptance to a particular school. The best thing to do if you are unsure as to what is expected of you in these last classes is to call the admissions department and ask them. I have been told by one admissions department that C's will get you by but have also heard mention on these boards that some admissions departments require B's. Better to hear it from the school than take someone's word for it and later find out that they were wrong.

 

[yeahbuddy]

just curious....has any one ever heard of someone being accepted to D school and then being "unaccepted" because they got a bad grade in their last semester?