organic retake?

[addictedbeauty]

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Hello,

I had C+ in orgo one then, after working really hard I still got a C+ in orgo two. I was the 3rd student in my class, anyone below got D's. Here is my problem: I am a great student and I know that I have the ability to achieve much higher. Then, why such a grade? To put it in short, her grading method(curving, having favorites, etc) and her examination method(tricky, wanting detailed answers HER way,etc.) were VERY unfair.
I know everything and it hurts me to have to retake the course (if I were to retake I would retake only organic two). Do you guys think that I should retake which its only purpose is to get a better grade and increase my gpa somewhat OR accept the grades as is..move on...get better grades which hopefully i will (next semester-->biochem, cellbio)...and aim for a 30+ MCAT?

Your thoughts/ opinions will be MUCH appreciated because it is really hurting me and I just want to get over it and move on. It has gotten to the point where I might re-consider med school as sad as that sounds.

Thank you!

 

[sotto voce]

I"m sorry, that sounds really hard. You had the third-highest grade in the class, and you got a C+?? Usually professors curve so a certain percentage of the class gets an A. Was the class very small (like 20 people)? I can see how the prof maybe wanted 5% of the class to get an A, so it ended up being just one person, and the rest of the class didn't get helped at all. Of course if you had a big class with 100+ people it would be unusual if only 1% of the class got an A, 1% got a B, 1% (you) got a C, and 97% got Ds or lower.

 

[luke587]

So there was a curve, yet the highest grade was you (a C+) or was one of the higher grades? That makes no sense, unless your class was like 15 people. Accept the grade, Organic chemistry is a hard class and a lot of people don't do so hot in it, just move on

 

[addictedbeauty]

There were about 15 people I believe. There were no A's and 2 B's and a C+(me) and the rest D's.

I guess you guys are correct.

@ Docbert: Then, what explanation should I give because it is not due to my lack of performance. What do you suggest?

 

[addictedbeauty]

So there was a curve, yet the highest grade was you (a C+) or was one of the higher grades? That makes no sense, unless your class was like 15 people. Accept the grade, Organic chemistry is a hard class and a lot of people don't do so hot in it, just move on

There was no curve. She is single depressed woman who was a drop-out of med school so.....that might explain the reason lol

 

[sotto voce]

There was no curve. She is single depressed woman who was a drop-out of med school so.....that might explain the reason lol

Sir, how large was your class? If it's small (15-20), the grading scheme seems fine. But if you had 150 people in your class, then it's not okay to only have 3 C grades or higher.