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Hey all, I'm trying to schedule my courses for upcoming semester. I'm a post-bacc student with lots of bad grades (A -> F) with gpa of 2.4. I've been getting mostly A's and some B's in my first year and 1 C+ as post-bacc student. Last semester I got mix of mostly A's and a B. I will be at...
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Peach Newport:
You're making a very common mistake.
You should not be taking so many classes. YOU SHOULD NEVER TAKE MORE CLASSES THAN YOU CAN GET As IN.
The point of a post-bacc or masters is NOT to show medical schools that you can juggle a large courseload. No one cares if you took 7 classes if you got Bs in them.
And, many people don't realize this, but the point of a post bacc is NOT to raise your GPA. Yes, I know some schools screen. But your GPA is 2.4 - realistically that's not a repairable GPA. Not all schools screen, and mos the ones that do screen will use different metrics. they might use last X credits, and pretty much all the schools that do screen will look at your file if you have good recent grades.
If you can do these things while accomplishing your main goal, great! But you should NEVER compromise your primary goal.
Your primary goal in a post-bacc is to make straight As in your most recent credits. The point is to have a solid 2-3 semesters of straight As. THIS is what adcoms are looking for. They want to see the letter "A" show up many, many times in the most recent part of your transcript. Even if you have to take 3 classes a semester.
I'm not gonna lie, getting a C in a post-bacc, even just one, is a really, really bad sign. Even getting more than one B is a bad sign. If you want to get into medical school, stop dicking around with these stupidly huge courseloads and do whatever you can do get As on your transcript.
