What does it feel like to get an A in a science class

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Physics I: D
Genetics: C-
Cell Biology: B-
Evolutionary Biology: D
Biochemistry Lab: C


(For those who care, non-URM)

I'm beginning my MD in August, right here in the USA.

Don't give up hope kids! Just be awesome at everything else you possibly can, and things will fall into place as they should. Sometimes, the flowers arrange themselves.
 
bakedbeans18 said:
Physics I: D
Genetics: C-
Cell Biology: B-
Evolutionary Biology: D
Biochemistry Lab: C


(For those who care, non-URM)

I'm beginning my MD in August, right here in the USA.

Don't give up hope kids! Just be awesome at everything else you possibly can, and things will fall into place as they should. Sometimes, the flowers arrange themselves.
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In case this isn't trolling, let's all pray for your future patients....
 
moop said:
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In case this isn't trolling, let's all pray for your future patients....
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Wow, you're an incredible jerk. No, it was not trolling. I effed up in college but I more than made up for it with a professional life and a graduate education. The moral of the story is that a poor undergraduate performance is not necessarily the end-of-the-line for an aspiring physician. Would you like me to post the very long list of A's I also got in college, or should the focal point of my aptitude for a career in medicine be based soley on those incidences of bad class performance? Conversely, if I had a 4.0 GPA in college, would that mean I'm well on my way to being the next Paul Farmer or Jack Stoszak? Seriously, get over yourself. Princeton....
 
bakedbeans18 said:
Wow, you're an incredible jerk. No, it was not trolling. I effed up in college but I more than made up for it with a professional life and a graduate education. The moral of the story is that a poor undergraduate performance is not necessarily the end-of-the-line for an aspiring physician. Would you like me to post the very long list of A's I also got in college, or should the focal point of my aptitude for a career in medicine be based soley on those incidences of bad class performance? Conversely, if I had a 4.0 GPA in college, would that mean I'm well on my way to being the next Paul Farmer or Jack Stoszak? Seriously, get over yourself. Princeton....
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I always believed experience/maturity etc. trumps UG education by a mile, so I don't understand the hype of GPA...
 
moop said:
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In case this isn't trolling, let's all pray for your future patients....
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Hasn't there been some recent discussion surrounding the very idea that GPA and MCAT scores are not predictors of competence as a physician?
 
Agent B said:
Well, to be honest, +/- system is pretty much the most useless/harmful thing ever thought of, but that's besides the point.
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I have to totally disagree. There's a grade stratification effect when you don't have plus minus. If you're not getting the A, then you just sit back, rub out an 80, and take the B.

But plus minus you have to fight tooth and nail to salvage a bombed test and still get a good grade
 
bakedbeans18 said:
My favorite part here is that I've been accepted to medical school, and @moop has yet to apply.
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Yeah I just go off the URM thread where the "gpa=/=good doctor" was dropped at least 20 times. Then all of a sudden out here you're getting sued for malpractice for getting a C in undergrad. This site can be a lot to swallow sometimes
 
CollegeGirl94 said:
I really don't think so... but I can't speak for him.
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Your butterfly avatar disproves @moop

sat0ri said:
I have to totally disagree. There's a grade stratification effect when you don't have plus minus. If you're not getting the A, then you just sit back, rub out an 80, and take the B.
But plus minus you have to fight tooth and nail to salvage a bombed test and still get a good grade
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Yeah I'll discuss this later.
 
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I thought it was bent pages of a book.
 
Agent B said:
I guess @moop was most likely being sarcastic... I hope...
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My man knows what's up. Jeez lighten up, people. No need to get butt hurt (though I guess this is still a sensitive issue lmao).

Man, I didn't even say what we were gonna pray for! Could've been a prayer for thankfulness that they have a physician with such compassion and patience due to their life experiences.
 
bakedbeans18 said:
My favorite part here is that I've been accepted to medical school, and @moop has yet to apply.
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Lol ok this is ridic. Even if I weren't making a joke, what, no one who hasn't made it to med school can ever comment on anything about a holy accepted student? Lol your horse isn't that much lower than mine.

And don't worry over my med school prospects. I can assure you they're more than fine. After all, you said it already: I'm at Princeton...
 
moop said:
My man knows what's up. Jeez lighten up, people. No need to get butt hurt (though I guess this is still a sensitive issue lmao).

Man, I didn't even say what we were gonna pray for! Could've been a prayer for thankfulness that they have a physician with such compassion and patience due to their life experiences.
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.....weak alibi.

moop said:
Lol ok this is ridic. Even if I weren't making a joke, what, no one who hasn't made it to med school can ever comment on anything about a holy accepted student? Lol your horse isn't that much lower than mine.

And don't worry over my med school prospects. I can assure you they're more than fine. After all, you said it already: I'm at Princeton...
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Princeton: Even if I hadn't said it - the judgemental attitude did. Believe me, I'm not worried about anyones chances, the least of all, yours. There are plenty of people with great stats from a great school who don't get into medical school. You'll find the process to be humbling, hopefully.

That is an awfully strange way to say I'm on a high horse, but to be frank, someone who hasn't even applied to medical school has no business judging someone who has already been through it, succesfully. That you ascribe the competence of a physician to ones undergraduate performance, is a major sign of immaturity and narrow-mindedness with regards to what makes a good doctor, a good doctor.

Have a terrific sunday 🙂
 
bakedbeans18 said:
Princeton: Even if I hadn't said it - the judgemental attitude did. Believe me, I'm not worried about anyones chances, the least of all, yours. There are plenty of people with great stats from a great school who don't get into medical school. You'll find the process to be humbling, hopefully.

Have a terrific sunday 🙂
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Okay, you go and believe that, but I'll raise you this, hot off the press:

kevinus said:
Being too humble with my experiences... Applying to med schools (and to any grad school or job) isn't the right time to be humble.
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Good day to you, too!
 
J Senpai said:
Let's not confuse humility for a lack of confidence or assertiveness.
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Ah, but no one was talking about the latter. Humble = one who has humility.
 
Agent B said:
Sorry bro. I gotta side with @bakedbeans18 here only because... he makes pretty good baked beans and I'm starving. :hungry::hungry:
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Yet he shows frigging chilly peppers…you trust him?

You can get candy if you come with me:
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Look at dat size
 
My beans are spicy.
Also, there is no need to tie down an avatar to a username. I used to be a Toucan. #toucanified #ask @Agent B
 
moop said:
Yet he shows frigging chilly peppers…you trust him?

You can get candy if you come with me:
mzl.pyrbezag.png

Look at dat size
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Candy... now to think about it, beans can be pretty spicy, but candy is awesome. Yeah I'm supporting you now.
 
Agent B said:
Candy... now to think about it, beans can be pretty spicy, but candy is awesome. Yeah I'm supporting you now.
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AWWWWW YEAHHHH welcome to the elitist group :naughty: :naughty:
 
Was talking to a doctor I was scribing for in the ED a few days ago and he told me he got a C in both Ochem classes and barely passed Physics. Times have changed...
 
phunky said:
An A+, however, feels great. They were given very rarely at my school and not even by all professors. While they counted the same for your GPA (like on AMCAS), it was deliberately done to give you special recognition.
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Same impact on my GPA and future success? Extra time gunning for the + would be better spent elsewhere; volunteering, spending time with family, reading a book, studying for the MCAT.
 
Thales said:
Same impact on my GPA and future success? Extra time gunning for the + would be better spent elsewhere; volunteering, spending time with family, reading a book, studying for the MCAT.
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Some people want to master the material, not just do it for the grade.
 
phunky said:
Some people want to master the material, not just do it for the grade.
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And getting that + signifies that you mastered the material? Your professors only give it out to indicate you mastered the material in their course?

As an example I'd say my A (98 Lecture, 96 Lab) in Bio 1 and the fact that I tutored the next semester proves I mastered the material more than a +.
 
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OP --> you seriously need more confidence based on your last thread regarding anxiety!
 
anon2014_2014 said:
Highly disagree with above bolded statement.
If getting an A is like sex for you, your life must be miserable because sex is mind blowing.... or at least it should be...
😉
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Would pick getting straight As in tough science classes over sex any day
 
HopelessGirl said:
Cause I will never have that feeling? :arghh:
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Im a post-bacc and I just got done with my 2nd semester(getting ready for an overloaded summer session). I thought the same way as you after my first semester when I saw 2 B and a B+ staring back at me despite putting a lot of effort(with a lesser credit load than I was used to). This semester I received 2 As and 2 A-s in harder classes with harder professors. The big difference has been finding online resources and using them to go over the material BEFORE it is covered in class. You dont need to understand everything before class but having a good idea of whats going on lets you focus in on the hard parts that seperate the As from the Bs
 
Rik1111 said:
This sounds douchey, but I agree. I never feel good about A's. I only feel like s*** about other grades.
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Oh come on, not even the A's you put blood, sweat, and tears into? 😛
 
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