Regarding retaking a class

[pritomd]

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Okay, I know for D.O., if you a class with the same # of credits and same title/content, the grade can get replaced for AACOMAS...for MD, I recently heard that they average the two grades of the original and the retake.

Is this true?

Is this any different then just acting *as if* you took an additional, 3 credit course?

For example, say you have 125 credits, and 3 of those were a C. If you retake that class and get an A, would your GPA for MD applications be determined from 125 still (averaging the A and C to a B) or would it be out of 128 (treated as an "additional" class taken)

 

[NickNaylor]

Both grades have to be reported, so yes, in effect they will be averaged except the average grade will be counted twice. In the example you provided, both the A AND the C are used to calculate your GPA.

 

[Catalystik]

Is this any different then just acting *as if* you took an additional, 3 credit course?

It's just like taking a completely unrelated 3-credit course and getting an A in it, in terms of the effect it has on your AMCAS GPAs.

 

[Medicine4Bruhs]

whoops failed reading comp.