My school offers a class designed to help prepare students for the MCAT. It is literally an MCAT prep course and you get 3 credit hours for it. However, it is pass/fail. Should I take it? Do ADCOM's look down on this?
Should I take a pass/fail class?
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Why would an adcom care? Take it if you think it will be helpful.
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I'm curious - why would you think they might look down on it?
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I feel like P/F is only questionable when used for required or otherwise really important classes. You'll be fine. Besides, they'll look down on it more if you don't do well on the MCAT than if you have a 'pass' on your transcript.
I'm jealous. I wish my undergrad had a class like that. I would've taken it in a heartbeat
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Take it. It won't be looked down on anymore than if you prepared through Princeton or Kaplan, which is to say, not at all. Your score is sufficient to demonstrate mystery of the material.
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It's not like the school gives you a choice.
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I'm taking a Pass/Fail volleyball course..
I don't think it matters unless it's a pre-requisite course.
I don't think it matters unless it's a pre-requisite course.
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Better not apply to Upstairs Hollywood Medical School then. It's the only one I can think of that does require this prerequisite.
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Taking your pre-med pre-reqs pass/fail would pose an issue. Taking 1 non-pre-req class pass/fail is entirely a non-issue.
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I pass/failed a history course in which I got an A- in. I'm also taking a P/F volleyball course. Do you think this will be a big detriment to my application?
I initially had a B-, and I did well on my exam, so I didn't realize that my grade shifted to an A-.
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I guess I shouldn't have used the number "1" in my response because now people will for some reason think that having 2 pass/fail classes will be an issue.
This is not an issue.
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Take it if you want. Doesn't seem helpful though. The class might even be counterproductive.
But I doubt Adcoms will care at all.
If students from your same UG apply to the same medical school, took the class, and scored way better than you on the MCAT after you decided not to take it... Admissions may ask why you didn't take it if it was available. I don't see how this could be seen as negative in any way.
