Policy on Retaking Classes??

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How does it work. If I have say a "C" in a lower level class can I retake the class pull an "A" and my second attempt at the class be the one that counts? Or does med schools not take your best grade in the class, yet they take the average of the two, which in my case would be a "B"?

 

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[kneegrow1]

How does it work. If I have say a "C" in a lower level class can I retake the class pull an "A" and my second attempt at the class be the one that counts? Or does med schools not take your best grade in the class, yet they take the average of the two, which in my case would be a "B"?

On your AMCAS application they will factor both grades into your GPA and they will both apear on your transcript. Schools go by the AMCAS policy or so I have heard.

 

[123165]

Absolutely, there is no distinction. The 2 grades will be averaged. You would be better off to take a higher level class and get an A. It may affect your institutional grade, but not on AMCAS,

 

[Depakote]

For your AMCAS application, the 2 grades will be averaged and there is technically no advantage to re-taking a class.

Now it might be helpful to re-take a class if it were a core science that you bombed. This way you could show improvement in that class and say "hey, I know I did bad in orgo, but look at me now, I know my ****".

The second scenario where it is very much to your advantage to re-take classes is if your are considering applying DO. The DO applicaiton service, AACOMAS, does consider class re-takes. If you re-take a class, the first grade is not counted towards your GPA. The original grade does show on your application, but it doesn't hurt your total GPA.