Validity of older calculus grades

[MIGLdr]

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I'm almost done with my 1st semester back in school! 👍 Took general bio/chem and things seem to be going well, with a few weeks left before the semester ends.

Anyways, I was planning classes for the my next few terms and was wondering what people's experience have been with science or math courses taken a long time ago.

I took Calculus I & II in the year 2000. (Grades of A and B respectively) Is this too far back in the past for the purposes of AMCAS, or is it alright? I would rather not have to retake these again. 😉 I'm assuming that the B in Calc II is not too frowned upon.

I will probably call some of the schools I'm interested in to find out what their stance in, but I just wanted to know if anyone else had experience with grades that are over 5+ years old.

 

[jsnuka]

You will be fine.

Good Luck as you get ready to apply.

 

[Kateb4]

Yeah, calc is not a pre-req so I really doubt that anyone would have a problem with it. I took mine in '97 and am not thinking twice about it.

 

[bottles999]

I'm almost done with my 1st semester back in school! 👍 Took general bio/chem and things seem to be going well, with a few weeks left before the semester ends.

Anyways, I was planning classes for the my next few terms and was wondering what people's experience have been with science or math courses taken a long time ago.

I took Calculus I & II in the year 2000. (Grades of A and B respectively) Is this too far back in the past for the purposes of AMCAS, or is it alright? I would rather not have to retake these again. 😉 I'm assuming that the B in Calc II is not too frowned upon.

I will probably call some of the schools I'm interested in to find out what their stance in, but I just wanted to know if anyone else had experience with grades that are over 5+ years old.

Its not a problem at all. I took my calc and physics WAY back long before 2000. Choose never to retake those, since they were well about the "C" requirement and didnt affect me getting in. I am starting med school in the fall. So dont sweat that. The only time to worry about old grades is if you got a C/D or below.

Good luck

 

[SunshineNYC]

I'm almost done with my 1st semester back in school! 👍 Took general bio/chem and things seem to be going well, with a few weeks left before the semester ends.

Anyways, I was planning classes for the my next few terms and was wondering what people's experience have been with science or math courses taken a long time ago.

I took Calculus I & II in the year 2000. (Grades of A and B respectively) Is this too far back in the past for the purposes of AMCAS, or is it alright? I would rather not have to retake these again. 😉 I'm assuming that the B in Calc II is not too frowned upon.

I will probably call some of the schools I'm interested in to find out what their stance in, but I just wanted to know if anyone else had experience with grades that are over 5+ years old.

You don't even need calc to get in. I had taken calc about 7 years ago and did horribly, like a D or a C-, and I still got in to schools! I never re-took it. Worry more about your core science courses. Your old calc grades are great and totally still count. Good luck. 👍

 

[MIGLdr]

Thanks for the feedback. Although I was proud of my previous achievements in calc I would have definitely not wanted to redo any college math. 😀

 

[NonTradMed]

As long as it's above a C, you get credit for it. Med schools don't worry too much about old, old grades as long as you have new grades to show you can do the work.

However, I want to add that calc will be counted into your BCPM, so it does matter (somewhat) how well you did on your math courses.