Should I retake this class?

[pyropig]

So I managed to get a D one semester in accounting. The reasons are simple, stupid teenager partying too hard in my early college days. Should I even bother retaking it? Or is there WAY more weight on science gpa? In otherwords should I retake to raise my cumulative gpa?(which is not high for the same reason, but its mostly science which Im retaking anyways). Or just stick with the sciences and start banging them out?

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[ArkansasRanger]

So I managed to get a D one semester in accounting. The reasons are simple, stupid teenager partying too hard in my early college days. Should I even bother retaking it? Or is there WAY more weight on science gpa? In otherwords should I retake to raise my cumulative gpa?(which is not high for the same reason, but its mostly science which Im retaking anyways). Or just stick with the sciences and start banging them out?

Well, I was literally talked into getting an accounting degree about three years after I got out of college. So I enrolled in five classes in the fall of 2006, while working full-time, and while going from one law enforcement agency to the next (paid twice the $$). I didn't really want to take any accounting classes although I thought it'd be a good degree to move into federal LE. Turns out I'm red-green color blind and am thus unqualified for federal LE so that took away what little motiviation I had to do well.

Anyway, I ended up having to stop going to classes just before the final drop date. I knew I wouldn't get any money back and figured I had nothing to lose so I did what I could. I also thought I would never go back to school so grades didn't matter. I made three D's that semester including one in intermediate (financial) accounting I, another in retirement planning, and the third...I can't remember. I honestly learned NOTHING in that accounting class even toward the beginning when I was able to go. I worked 12 hour nights at the time, drove to class at seven am to get there at eight am, left at one pm, to get home at two pm, to start work at 5 pm. There wasn't time for anything (read: SLEEP) so when I did get time off I slept. I also lost around ten pounds in the process, and I only weigh 170 on a good day so I don't need to lose anymore, lol, at 6'2". I was up for 53 hours straight at one point trying to manage it all before I realized it was foolish and causing health problems. I also fell asleep driving on the highway and found myself waking up just as my truck careened into a ditch. At that point, I said the hell with class.

I don't know how it will all look to adcoms, but I really don't care. It was bad decision making on my part, and I stand by it. Given the opportunity, I would not do it all over again. About the time I graduated college in 2003 I thought I'd closed the door on ever going to medical school so from there on out I was just running from job to job (high school teacher, cop, etc) trying to find my niche and so entered someone that talked me into going for a BBA in Accounting. Bad move on my part.

 

[pyropig]

Well, I was literally talked into getting an accounting degree about three years after I got out of college. So I enrolled in five classes in the fall of 2006, while working full-time, and while going from one law enforcement agency to the next (paid twice the $$). I didn't really want to take any accounting classes although I thought it'd be a good degree to move into federal LE. Turns out I'm red-green color blind and am thus unqualified for federal LE so that took away what little motiviation I had to do well.

Anyway, I ended up having to stop going to classes just before the final drop date. I knew I wouldn't get any money back and figured I had nothing to lose so I did what I could. I also thought I would never go back to school so grades didn't matter. I made three D's that semester including one in intermediate (financial) accounting I, another in retirement planning, and the third...I can't remember. I honestly learned NOTHING in that accounting class even toward the beginning when I was able to go. I worked 12 hour nights at the time, drove to class at seven am to get there at eight am, left at one pm, to get home at two pm, to start work at 5 pm. There wasn't time for anything (read: SLEEP) so when I did get time off I slept. I also lost around ten pounds in the process, and I only weigh 170 on a good day so I don't need to lose anymore, lol, at 6'2". I was up for 53 hours straight at one point trying to manage it all before I realized it was foolish and causing health problems. I also fell asleep driving on the highway and found myself waking up just as my truck careened into a ditch. At that point, I said the hell with class.

I don't know how it will all look to adcoms, but I really don't care. It was bad decision making on my part, and I stand by it. Given the opportunity, I would not do it all over again. About the time I graduated college in 2003 I thought I'd closed the door on ever going to medical school so from there on out I was just running from job to job (high school teacher, cop, etc) trying to find my niche and so entered someone that talked me into going for a BBA in Accounting. Bad move on my part.

Man I hear ya. In my entire college career I have never done anything as tedious, loathsome and god awful as accounting
Im just trying to decide If I should concentrate on sciences and just literally say eff it to these other classes I did poor in. I mean what if your science is 3.8 and the rest is a 2.8? Obviously my cumulative will be above a 3.0 with that spread. I mean all A's and a few B's in the sciences should atone for a D in frigin managerial accounting.......I think.

 

[ArkansasRanger]

Man I hear ya. In my entire college career I have never done anything as tedious, loathsome and god awful as accounting
Im just trying to decide If I should concentrate on sciences and just literally say eff it to these other classes I did poor in. I mean what if your science is 3.8 and the rest is a 2.8? Obviously my cumulative will be above a 3.0 with that spread. I mean all A's and a few B's in the sciences should atone for a D in frigin managerial accounting.......I think.

I'm not retaking my bad classes. I can't. I don't have time nor the desire to spend my hard earned money on a subject I could care less about. I took gen chem I in 2001 and made a C in it. I'm retaking it this summer. After that my sci. gpa will be awesome. My cumm will get better when I finish my prereqs over the next year. Right now after the accounting ordeal it went from like 3.45ish to 3.1ish maybe 3.2ish. I honestly can't remember right now. It'll move up a little. Hopefully someone will see some reasonableness to it all. I think UAMS and most of the DO schools will be more tolerant. I'm not even interested in applying to any of the gut wrenching, anal med schools.

 

[ArkansasRanger]

Man I hear ya. In my entire college career I have never done anything as tedious, loathsome and god awful as accounting
Im just trying to decide If I should concentrate on sciences and just literally say eff it to these other classes I did poor in. I mean what if your science is 3.8 and the rest is a 2.8? Obviously my cumulative will be above a 3.0 with that spread. I mean all A's and a few B's in the sciences should atone for a D in frigin managerial accounting.......I think.

I personally don't think there'd be any merits in you retaking the class, but that's just me.