The Letter "C" on your Transcript

[MarioMatty]

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I was wondering how many of you guys have C's on your transcript and if you think it will hurt your application?

 

[Sprgrover]

I have two C's on my transcript and it was only briefly mentioned in my interviews. They were in trig and general chemistry and I had several years of earning a 4.0 to buffer them. Having earned two C's in organic chemistry might come up as organic is regarded as an important pre-req by some dental schools. Prepare a succinct answer in the case such a question is popped in an interview. All in all you should be just fine.

 

[tinman831]

i made C's in three of my classes. since the workshop for each of those classes was entered as a seperate grade, it looks like i recieved C's in 6 classes. my transcript doesn't look very pretty at all. 🙄

 

[natroncb]

it is not going to matter if you still have a strong gpa and they are not in your pre-reqs (maybe early freshman stuff).
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[Copacetic52]

If anyone is to be worrying about their transcript it should be me. I think I have around 7 C's and a D total (science+nonscience classes). That was my first year and I'm starting my second year now. Is it possible for me to even consider going to dental school with horrific grades like those? Can I work my arse off the next 3 years and apply or would I still be in a bad situation?

Edit/ general chem- two C's and one D (I retook a class), life science- 2 C's.
I haven't taken my o chem or 2 life science classes.

 

[Flipper405]

If anyone is to be worrying about their transcript it should be me. I think I have around 7 C's and a D total (science+nonscience classes). That was my first year and I'm starting my second year now. Is it possible for me to even consider going to dental school with horrific grades like those? Can I work my arse off the next 3 years and apply or would I still be in a bad situation?

Edit/ general chem- two C's and one D (I retook a class), life science- 2 C's.
I haven't taken my o chem or 2 life science classes.

Yeah, definitely going to have to get LOTS of A's from here on out. But it's possible. They like to see an upward trend in grades, showing improvement, etc..

 

[colt]

^Yea. You have 3 years to bulk up your grades. You should be fine.

 

[coolslugs]

^Yea. You have 3 years to bulk up your grades. You should be fine.

Sounds good to me! That just made me feel more hopeful that I can pull myself out of a 2.8GPA (2.6sci) hole going into my second year.

 

[penguinteeth]

I had two C's(my major course) and 2 D's(from abroad) but all of my requirement courses for dental school were A's.
I don't know exactly how these schools evaluate students,however, I got in descent schools.

Good luck

 

[Copacetic52]

Thank you all for the input. I will definitely work harder.

 

[Jaba]

Hi, I have also had a very very difficult first year. I also know many dentists that have also had low gpa's because of their rough start. They just said try your best and keep improving each year. But from what I gathered a 3.0+ is important as an overall average.

Good Luck
Jaba

 

[Richnator]

I was wondering how many of you guys have C's on your transcript and if you think it will hurt your application. I have 4 C+'s two in both semester of Organic Chemistry and Analytical Physics. I probably should have done better but I took 20 credits both semesters (12 of which were science classes) and I was a resident assistant, working about 20 hours a week, and the president of my fraternity. I have taken a ton of upper level science classes and done well to try to show I can excel in the sciences. I took cell biology, genetics, 7 credits of biochem, 5 credits of molecular biology, immunology and my DAT TS was a 20. What do you guys think?

I have my share of C's too. However, I transferred to a different school and got my act together the last one year and a half. Most of all, a strong showing in the sciences for the DAT will basically show the adcoms that you learned from your mistakes and now have what it takes to study.

Best of luck,
Rich

 

[Sprgrover]

If anyone is to be worrying about their transcript it should be me. I think I have around 7 C's and a D total (science+nonscience classes). That was my first year and I'm starting my second year now. Is it possible for me to even consider going to dental school with horrific grades like those? Can I work my arse off the next 3 years and apply or would I still be in a bad situation?

Edit/ general chem- two C's and one D (I retook a class), life science- 2 C's.
I haven't taken my o chem or 2 life science classes.

Yes it is. I personally know a handful of people that really messed up their freshman year and are either now practioners or dental students. As others have pointed out an upward trend in grades, such as pulling mostly A's, for the rest of their terms is what they did and what was desirable to the adcoms. Study that hind-end off over the next three years and you too should be golden.