taking lower level sciences after graduating

[bigstar21]

I am graduating this upcoming may but not applying for the 2012 DO cycle. My gpa isn't high enough, so I wanted to retake some classes and apply for 2013. My question is: if i graduate in may, can i go back to school in august and take lower level science classes which i received C's in without it counting as post bacc? If i did, will the A's i make replace the C, increasing my undergraduate gpa? Or will it count as a graduate gpa even though im not technically applying to a postbacc program? TIA 🙂

 

[hopefuldoc97239]

If I'm not mistaken, on both AACOMAS and AMCAS you will get GPA's for: Undergrad (pre-graduation), Post-Bacc (if any), and Graduate (if any).

I'm going to take a stab in the dark, but here it goes:

I think if you graduate then re-take classes to use grade replacement, it will delete the grades from your regular undergraduate GPA and add them to your post-bacc GPA.

Graduate GPA should be only graduate-level courses. (Courses for masters/doctoral students.)

Hope this helps!

 

[Lijia4]

If I'm not mistaken, on both AACOMAS and AMCAS you will get GPA's for: Undergrad (pre-graduation), Post-Bacc (if any), and Graduate (if any).

I'm going to take a stab in the dark, but here it goes:

I think if you graduate then re-take classes to use grade replacement, it will delete the grades from your regular undergraduate GPA and add them to your post-bacc GPA.

Graduate GPA should be only graduate-level courses. (Courses for masters/doctoral students.)

Hope this helps!

I think this is correct---it's at least how I understood it to work.

How well did you finish your upper level courses? You're going to want to show the schools you apply to that you can handle upper level science coursework.

Since you have some time, I would contact academic counselors at the schools you are interested in and talk to them about your case and how you can best improve your application. Start building some relationships/networks if you can--they go a long way.