Repeating undergraduate Medical Physiology?

[RealityDream]

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Hey all,

I am in need to some desperate advice. I just started a post bac program at a cal state school, took medical physiology, and most likely will get a C in that course. It's an undergraduate medical physiology course, but since its quite similar to what medical school will be teaching, would it be a good idea to retake the course?

In the post bac program, I'm still trying to learn the changes I need to make so I don't end up with the grades I got in undergraduate. My other 2 classes are looking good just not this one.

How is it viewed upon if I'm retaking this course in a post bac program? or would I be better off just taking other advance science courses and do better in them than thinking of the past? Any advice will be helpful!

 

[LaughingGas]

Its better to take new courses and do better than repeat. If you repeat a course and you don't get an A, its going to look really bad. Do you mind which cal state you are attending?

 

[RealityDream]

California State University, East Bay

 

[deleted248403]

If this is a post-bac to try and boast your GPA to show schools that you can handle it - then this would be bad

Considering that medical physiology at the ugrad level is significantly easier than MP at the medical school level - with the thinking being if you got a C there, then you'd get an F here at MS...

 

[RealityDream]

If this is a post-bac to try and boast your GPA to show schools that you can handle it - then this would be bad

Considering that medical physiology at the ugrad level is significantly easier than MP at the medical school level - with the thinking being if you got a C there, then you'd get an F here at MS...

Yes I do know that. That is why I am worried. What I'm going to say next, in other people's view, is considered an excuse but to me, I feel its the truth. I am not sure if this always happen in medical school, so I'll let that to a medical student tell me.

This quarter was a bit different. I have asked students in the previous quarters where their second midterm was cancelled and their final weighted more (50%) and they responded no. Our professor is really good at explaining the materials, but due to some strike that happened at our campus and all the holidays, our lecture days got cancelled and we ran out of time. Another thing that happened was he gave us another lecture 2 days before the final and made us learn the endocrine system, serum enzymes, diabetes, and cigarette smoking (4 new lectures) on our own all during Finals week. It was really impossible. I spent my thanksgiving break studying respiratory and renal system and was caught up to the materials before the new lecture. I also had a final the day he gave lecture and the following day. I didn't sleep and studied all the new materials after that second final. Still, it was no use. I didn't give myself time to create a memory of those new materials. What surprised me the most was the majority of the questions on the exam was on the new lectures he didn't cover in class.

I heard in medical school, you have multiple exams of different subjects (like one exam every 2 weeks or something) not separate subjects that undergrad has.

What do you suggest I do instead? Retake it? or just move on?

 

[Isoprop]

Retake if you're applying DO. Move on if you're not.

I heard in medical school, you have multiple exams of different subjects (like one exam every 2 weeks or something) not separate subjects that undergrad has.

This depends on the school. If you are on a block schedule, then your exam schedule will look like this. But there are schools with a traditional schedule where you have a day or two (or three) of exams all day.