What happens if I get an F or D on my post-bacc transcript?

[Tofurkey]

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Hello,

I am VERY concerned that I am going to end up with an F or a D on my post-bacc transcript in bio. I have an awful prof whose multiple choice tests are killer. I study very dilligently. The worst part is I already took one year of bio frosh year 8 years ago, and got B's. I was re-taking now to get A's. But I got a 78 on the first test and just had an awful second test today. This prof fails a good chunk of his class.

Is my pre-med career over? That would be horrible. I have a 3.6 post-bacc GPA and a 3.4 ugpa. What should I do? It's too late to withdraw without getting a WF on my transcript.

Help!

Tofurkey

 

[bella_dottoressa]

Don't blame the prof, although I hated mine for intro bio too!
Intro Bio is tough. How are you studying for the tests? When I took intro bio, it was the first time I had ever seen a lot of difficult concepts, like glycolysis and Krebs and all those fun things. After taking more upper div bio and seeing those concepts again and again, I could actually really LEARN them, but in intro bio it was all so new and the bulk of info was crazy. So I just memorized every damn fact there was to memorize. This isn't the best way to get the job done, definately but I got an A in the class. I made outlines of the chapter, then made flash cards from the outline, then rewrote my flash cards on paper...I know, crazy, but it worked. Bio is a class where you CAN ace it if you want it badly enough. I say, go in there and rock the final. That's the only thing you really can do at this point. And no matter what happens, it isn't over. Good luck!! 🙂

 

[freesolo]

i had to make a 100 on my final to get an A, after my two crap tests, like she said you want it youll get it.

 

[exmike]

They're right. dont blame the professor or the class.

That said, you should withdraw if you're sure you'll get a D or F. Its much easier to explain a W than a D/F.

 

[Tofurkey]

Unfortunately there is no final in this class--just three test weighted equally--the last test is just a last test--it's not cumulative. This getting 100 on the final wouldn't save me.

And I can't withdraw. The deadline was after the first test.

 

[bella_dottoressa]

Ok...it's ok...If you got a 90+ on the final, what would you calculated final grade be? Remember, intro bio is tough, and often curved.

 

[CJLaw]

If you took the same course as a frosh and got a B, why were you retaking it post-bacc? If you receive anything higher than an F, AMCAS only averages the two courses and uses that averaged grade in your GPA calculation. So, even with an A this time, the best you could have hoped for with a B during undergrad was a .2
bump in that class, which would effect your GPA by rougly .008. Now, by getting a D or F you change that B to C or C-, which will drop your cummulative GPA roughly by .132.

You got some really bad advice, sorry.🙁

 

[Tofurkey]

I decided to re-take bio because a) I took it about 10 years ago and b) I don't remember anything and c) I thought I could get an A this time around.

But it seems to be backfiring. I didn't study at all frosh year in bio and made a B. Now I'm studying a lot and I'm worried about a C or worse.

Tofurkey is very frustrated.

 

[exmike]

not to be mean or anything, but can you not talk in the third person? i feel like im talking to a rapper.