Staying another year as an Undergrad

[Aladin]

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My Science gpa is below 2.5, and I was thinking of staying another year as an undergrad retaking some courses to improve the gpa, would this a good plan? Or should I just graduate this year like planned, and do a Post-bacc or an SMP?

 

[blankguy]

My Science gpa is below 2.5, and I was thinking of staying another year as an undergrad retaking some courses to improve the gpa, would this a good plan? Or should I just graduate this year like planned, and do a Post-bacc or an SMP?

It can't hurt to stay one year. Make sure you ace all your courses for that one year. You want to finish strong so that Post-bacc or SMP have reason to take you in. Retake only if you did really crappy like D or F. I don't know if Cs are bad enough to be retaken. Talk to your adviser.

 

[Aladin]

Yea I have alot of C's, which causes a problem. I understand Dental schools replace your original grade with your retake, but what I'm not sure about is whether it matters how much courses have been retaken. If I retake 4-5 classes, I can have a science GPA of 3.4

 

[firecracked]

I understand Dental schools replace your original grade with your retake

They don't replace the original grade, they average the original grade and the retake grade together.

 

[Frederico Albin]

I wouldnt take a class over again if I got a C, now F's yeah I understand.

 

[Aladin]

Since I am one class away from completing my degree in Humanities, what if I did another major in chemistry or biology, and perform well in those majors. It can increase my undergrad gpa which is a plus, but would schools be concerned with the fact that I stayed an extra year in undergrad to complete another major? Would it look good or bad?

 

[USU24]

No, no one cares that it took you an extra year.

 

[Frederico Albin]

The amount of years that you stay in undergrad has no impact in your application.

 

[Lopyswine]

you're not getting into any SMP with a BCP of 2.5, most programs require a minimum BCP of 3.0 before they'll even look at the application.

Also the SMP and AADSAS will average ALL retakes into GPA. Believe me, I retook a class twice: 1st time C, second time C+, third time A-. I would have been much better off just getting 2 more As.

My advice would be to stay for as long as necessary to get your BCP to around 3.2. Then you'll be able to do a SMP, normal master's, or maybe right into DS if you ace the DAT.

In the end, no adcom will care if you stay in undergrad for 7 years as long as the the additional time shows a VERY UPWARD TREND.