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Hello, I am a student applying to medical school this upcoming May (2017) for the 2018-2022 cycle. I am a senior graduating this May 2017.
So I am in a bit of unique situation in that, since I was in an accelerated medical program up until 2 weeks ago, I was forced to enroll in 2 graduate level classes. However, due to me not meeting the MCAT requirement to continue with the program, I am now going traditional.
As a result, I decided to drop one of my graduates course, as it was too much to manage 2 heavy-workload grad classes and my remaining 3 undergrad courses, while studying for my next MCAT at the same time.
However, I just took my second exam for my remaining grad course, and it turns out that I may be risking a B (worst case scenario, a C) for this course, and, since this is my only remaining Grad class, it will determine the Graduate-level GPA on my transcript sent to medical schools.
I am now debating on whether or not I should drop the course, and therefore, end up dropping all my graduate-level courses. It wouldn't affect my Undergraduate GPA or anything, and these are the only two times I have ever dropped courses in my past 3 years at the university. However, it would also mean that I did not complete either of my graduate-level courses, and I don't know if that would be good, even if I am still an undergrad student.
From your experiences, should I keep going and risk that C and very low graduate GPA or should I cut my losses and drop my last graduate-level course? Which would look worse in the eyes of the medical school admissions committee?
Thank you very much for your help!
So I am in a bit of unique situation in that, since I was in an accelerated medical program up until 2 weeks ago, I was forced to enroll in 2 graduate level classes. However, due to me not meeting the MCAT requirement to continue with the program, I am now going traditional.
As a result, I decided to drop one of my graduates course, as it was too much to manage 2 heavy-workload grad classes and my remaining 3 undergrad courses, while studying for my next MCAT at the same time.
However, I just took my second exam for my remaining grad course, and it turns out that I may be risking a B (worst case scenario, a C) for this course, and, since this is my only remaining Grad class, it will determine the Graduate-level GPA on my transcript sent to medical schools.
I am now debating on whether or not I should drop the course, and therefore, end up dropping all my graduate-level courses. It wouldn't affect my Undergraduate GPA or anything, and these are the only two times I have ever dropped courses in my past 3 years at the university. However, it would also mean that I did not complete either of my graduate-level courses, and I don't know if that would be good, even if I am still an undergrad student.
From your experiences, should I keep going and risk that C and very low graduate GPA or should I cut my losses and drop my last graduate-level course? Which would look worse in the eyes of the medical school admissions committee?
Thank you very much for your help!
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