Retake Advice

[Supernatural17]

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Hey everyone,

CGPA- 3.5
SGPA- 3.5

1. So my question is I plan on taking a English 101 class as a retake at a community college, Microbiology for the first time at a community college and organic chemistry 1 as a retake at a community college. All my other classes are from a 4 year. I was wondering if it mattered to osteopathic med schools that I took these courses at a community college?

2 My second question is I am going to be applying with 4 C's-
1. History-- C+ (During junior year)
2. Writing-- C (during first semester of college)
3. Foundations course for my school-- C+ (during first semester of college)
4. General Chemistry 2-- C+ (sophomore year)

The C+ in Gen Chem 2 is my only science class with C. All my other C's are in non science courses Everything else is As and Bs. I have decided not to retake it because of the lack of time. Do you think it's a good idea to not retake the Gen Chem 2 course? Will it hurt my application?

3. Also due to a lack of time, I have decided to take biochemistry after I graduate in the fall 2016 semester while I am in the application cycle. Will this be looked down upon by osteopathic schools?

4. Lastly I plan on applying July 10 after I complete my last retake (orgo 1, initially got a C, want to retake it for hopefully an A).
Do you think it's better to apply with a 3.4 Cgpa and 3.4 Sgpa Day 1 (June 1st) OR with a 3.5 Cgpa and 3.5 Sgpa July 10 and waiting until September to update my GPA with the orgo 1 retake?

P.S. I plan on only applying to D.O. Schools

Thank You

 

[crazyboi1993]

Honestly if I were you I wouldnt really retake, your GPA is 3.5 which is decent, just work on studying for your MCAT and get a 505+ and you should be fine

 

[arc5005]

Most DO schools accept CC credits. I would just re-take your pre-req classes that are C's and not to worry about any other classes. Your GPA is competitive. Your MCAT is now the important factor.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

GPA is not an issue. Take the MCAT and score above 500(ideally 505+) amd you will have plenty of interviews

 

[Supernatural17]

Hey thanks everyone. So the general consensus would be that there's no need to retake the general Chem 2 prereq with a grade of C+?

 

[crazyboi1993]

Hey thanks everyone. So the general consensus would be that there's no need to retake the general Chem 2 prereq with a grade of C+?

I agree your GPA is fine, but your entire focus on getting a 505+ MCAT score, and you shall be gold for majority of DO schools granted you have decent extra-curriculars as well!

 

[randomguy123456]

Hey everyone,

CGPA- 3.5
SGPA- 3.5

1. So my question is I plan on taking a English 101 class as a retake at a community college, Microbiology for the first time at a community college and organic chemistry 1 as a retake at a community college. All my other classes are from a 4 year. I was wondering if it mattered to osteopathic med schools that I took these courses at a community college?

2 My second question is I am going to be applying with 4 C's-
1. History-- C+ (During junior year)
2. Writing-- C (during first semester of college)
3. Foundations course for my school-- C+ (during first semester of college)
4. General Chemistry 2-- C+ (sophomore year)

The C+ in Gen Chem 2 is my only science class with C. All my other C's are in non science courses Everything else is As and Bs. I have decided not to retake it because of the lack of time. Do you think it's a good idea to not retake the Gen Chem 2 course? Will it hurt my application?

3. Also due to a lack of time, I have decided to take biochemistry after I graduate in the fall 2016 semester while I am in the application cycle. Will this be looked down upon by osteopathic schools?

4. Lastly I plan on applying July 10 after I complete my last retake (orgo 1, initially got a C, want to retake it for hopefully an A).
Do you think it's better to apply with a 3.4 Cgpa and 3.4 Sgpa Day 1 (June 1st) OR with a 3.5 Cgpa and 3.5 Sgpa July 10 and waiting until September to update my GPA with the orgo 1 retake?

P.S. I plan on only applying to D.O. Schools

Thank You

Is your GPA out of 5.0 or 4.0? Because with that many C's, I'm not sure how you have a GPA of 3.5/4.0. I wouldn't retake them because your final grade will be an average of your former and new grade...which won't make a significant change and thus a waste of time. Rather, I would take more classes and get A's on them and get a >90th percentile MCAT score to have a competitive application.