Medical Retaking a class twice (technically three times)?

[Goro]

Hello to whoever may read this,
I am in a predicament potentially bigger than I thought and I am scared this may become a red flag on my application. I am planning to apply to both MD and DO schools at the end of my senior year.

My issue is that in high school I never took any physics classes, but the college I was accepted to and ended up going to required physics to be taken in high school. To compensate for students who hadn't taken classes such as physics, chemistry, calculus, etc. my school offered a program where students could take the class online through the school over the summer before. I chose this option and took Physics 1 online and got an A-. However, I knew that medical schools generally did not accept online coursework (before the pandemic), so when I got to school in the fall I was enrolled in Physics 1 again. While my online physics class was generally just online homeworks and open book tests with no lecture, my in person physics lecture was much more difficult on top of an 18 credit course load while adjusting to college. Needless to say, I got a C- in the class and it tanked my GPA. I am now in the spring semester of my junior year and I am taking Physics 1 for what is technically the third time because the online course from before freshman year started is technically on my transcript. I am confident I am going to get an A in Physics 1 this time.

I also got a B- in Physics 2 and I am confident I am going to get an A in the modern physics class I am also taking this semester. I currently have a 3.47 cGPA with a strong upwards trend and I am confident I can continue getting A's through my senior year. I also have a 510 on the MCAT (128, 126, 128, 128) Is this a huge red flag or can it be explained? I feel so lost.

It's fine; quit worrying about it.

One should retake pre-reqs that had a C- or worse grade.

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[GoSpursGo]

Agree, let it go. The multiple retakes is weird, but chances are most schools won't notice.

What they will notice is the overall GPA. Need to keep stacking A's to bring that up.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

Schools likely won't take the time to see that you retook a course 3x. What is more important is your overall GPA. Make sure to keep doing well in your courses. What is your semester-by-semester GPAs?

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

Semesterly GPAs:

Fall 2018 - 3.03
Spring 2019 - 3.27
Fall 2019 - 3.44
Spring 2020 - 3.73
Fall 2020 - 4.00

Graduating Spring 2022

Awesome upward trend. Keep it up!

 

[Goro]

Lovely rising trend!!!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Not a "huge red flag" for most schools.