Retake Confusion

[daydreams]

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Lets suppose you got a F for organic chemistry. When you retake that class, do you need an A or a B+ to get the average up to a C?

For those of you who said A, wouldn't you only need a B+ following this theory:
F -> D -> D+ -> C- -> C

There are only four drop increments below C to pass. So four increments above would go to a B+

C -> C+ -> B- -> B -> B+

 

[Scrubsy]

You don't calculate grades by letters you use GPA. Each letter grade has a point value. An F is a 0.0 and an A is a 4.0. Averaging them you end up with a 2.0, which is a C. A grade of B+ has a lower point value and would average out differently. So, the answer is that you need an A.

 

[sinombre]

To piggy back on what Scrubsy said, these are the weights AMCAS uses (which you can use to calculate your AMCAS GPA if you want):

A+ = 4.0, A = 4.0, A- = 3.7, B+ = 3.3, B = 3.0, B- = 2.7, etc.