What was the lowest grade you EVER got in college?

[angietron3000]

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I got a C in BOWLING!!!

 

[SpeedRacer]

I got a C- in Calc I. Does that mean it doesn't count as a prereq? Do they have to be above a certain letter? Probably depends on the school...
Oh well, doesn't matter anyway...too late, I'm not retaking it.

 

[tank you]

wow, i cant believe 30 people put A as their lowest grade. that is impressive.

 

[samnite]

A- in Writing. Anyone else agree that the +/- system sucks? I mean, can we just stick to letters please?

 

[ChungMooDoc]

My lowest grade in college was an A. So far i've managed to stay away from the A-s, we'll see how long I can keep the 4.0 (I have one more year of college left).

 

[Tigger27]

I took martial arts pass/fail and failed 😛

 

[duqdoc184]

C in Gen Bio I 🙁

and the +/- system is definitely stupid. I hate it!!! 😡

 

[Geronimo]

"C" In a general Biology. I retook it and got an "A"

Wow!

 

[71263]

So just out of curiousity to whoever made this poll, if a 'W' doesnt count as a grade, what does 'other' mean?

Oh yeah, anal chem raped me in the ass as well. Although it wasnt my worst grade, I didnt get an A, and i certainly have never found a class that I HATED as passionately as i hated that class.

 

[psipsina]

My lowest was a D+ in Genetics freshman year. The prof was a nightmare, a med school prof in a freshman class, we weren't allowed to ask questions, except in the 15 minute period before class, and then only on material from the prior week's lecture. She didn't use the text, but these bizzare handwritten incomprehensible notes, which was beyond my peabrained freshman mind's ability to deal with. Then to boot I had an awful semester, my mom (who has psych issues) was having a particularly bad year with me being out of state, and called me a few times a week threatening to kill herself etc and my husband lost a job and was unemployed for 3 months and we were barely eating. Then the grand finale, a fever of 102 on the day of the final, but we could only get excused if we had 24hours prior notice, were hospitalized and agreed to release our medical records to the prof to confirm the diagnosis! So I took the final barely able to see strait . . . all in all a disaster. All in all I'd say it made me a far better person and certainly more humble to have earned such a poor grade and to realize that life indeed does go on.

 

[snumie]

C in US History- How sad!

 

[curlykid]

while my lowest grade is a B, nearly all of my science classes are solid B's (except physics, i really liked physics).

i'm very curious, i know neither scenario is good, and it's best to excell at everything, but i wonder which would be favorable if they saw two applicants with the same GPA and one had all B's and the other had an average of A's and C's, which one would they favor?

is it even worth for me to try applying to med school being an all around B student? (well I still have two more years, I've done all of the premed prereqs but I am also a bio major (even though my worse grades are in bio ironically enough)). i will try applying but am i going to look like a terrible applicant? what sort of schools should i consider?

thanks for reading my post

 

[curlykid]

while my lowest grade is a B, nearly all of my science classes are solid B's (except physics, i really liked physics).

i'm very curious, i know neither scenario is good, and it's best to excell at everything, but i wonder which would be favorable if they saw two applicants with the same GPA and one had all B's and the other had an average of A's and C's, which one would they favor?

is it even worth for me to try applying to med school being an all around B student? (well I still have two more years, I've done all of the premed prereqs but I am also a bio major (even though my worse grades are in bio ironically enough)). i will try applying but am i going to look like a terrible applicant? what sort of schools should i consider?

thanks for reading my post

 

[fuglydoc]

lowest grade was a C, in physics I + II and calc II. didn't try at all, slept just about everyday in class

 

[Booyakasha]

My lowest grade: A
Once I get some acceptances though, senioritis may very well kick in.

 

[liverotcod]

4 F's (15 hours) in one semester. They should have been W's. Yeah, that hurt. A. Lot. I was doing fine in the classes too. I was going through a 2+ year legal battle with the financial aid department and a family death didn't help.

I'm spending 8 years in college to make that **** up. I hope I can explain it to the adcoms. 😡

Of course I'm retaking the classes and getting A's, so hopefully they'll look past it.

I think I barely edge you out. 4/4 Fs one semester, 16 credits, no excuse. Basically just went to class the first day, then took the final after several months of constant drinking. 10 years of college. Plus this was at Harvard, where (these days) you can't get an F without *really* trying. And not to mention a slew of C- and D grades in addition.

If it reassures you any, I also retook the courses more than a decade later, and had a successful application. PM me if there's any way I can help.

 

[DrBuro]

Freshman year physics, first semester in college: C

 

[emgirl]

I think I barely edge you out. 4/4 Fs one semester, 16 credits, no excuse. Basically just went to class the first day, then took the final after several months of constant drinking. 10 years of college. Plus this was at Harvard, where (these days) you can't get an F without *really* trying. And not to mention a slew of C- and D grades in addition.

If it reassures you any, I also retook the courses more than a decade later, and had a successful application. PM me if there's any way I can help.

Hi Liver- Nice showing on the MCAT! Just wondering, how did interviewers treat you at your interviews..did they spend alot of time asking about your prior bad grades? Or did they just basically overlook them cuz of your phenomenal MCAT? I'm just wondering how bad grades are treated in interviews if you've got a good post bac record and MCAT (clearly I'm dreading those conversations if I get interviews...) 🙂Em

 

[liverotcod]

Hi Liver- Nice showing on the MCAT! Just wondering, how did interviewers treat you at your interviews..did they spend alot of time asking about your prior bad grades? Or did they just basically overlook them cuz of your phenomenal MCAT? I'm just wondering how bad grades are treated in interviews if you've got a good post bac record and MCAT (clearly I'm dreading those conversations if I get interviews...) 🙂Em

Good MCAT plus poor GPA suggests "dissolute," I suppose. But in my PS and other communications with schools, I was pretty up front about my drinking problem and its results. At the same time, I didn't really focus on it, but rather on my much more recent successes. In only one interview was it really an issue, where my interviewer was a child psychiatrist and seemed to want to be my shrink more than my interviewer. Otherwise, most of my interviewers allowed me to tell my story.

One thing I think you need to NOT be is dreading "difficult" questions about past problems. Practice talking about them until you can confidently discuss.

 

[Mixtli]

B in Expository writing & intro to fiction and poetry

Arg...I write English not good.

F in Organic chemistry I because I took the wrong section so I didn't take the midterms and final. Instead, I took the other Orgo section that I didn't sign up and aced the class. The professor added me to the list without telling I wasn't registered. When I got my grades, the F really stood out, but I got it straightened out with the registrar.

 

[tgerwuds]

I made a B one time long, long ago...

actually 3B's: First semester of Physics, Physics II Lab, and Physical Chemistry Laboratory

 

[KingTutATL]

Hmm. I must say that i really disklike the people who vote for their A-'s

 

[Neurolemma]

I got an "incomplete" for playing a prank. I just can't understand how some ppl lack any sense of humor.

 

[NiteOwl]

I made a C in Western Civilization 1, it was in my first semester of my freshman year. I could have made a B if I had not flunked the first test! Thankfully that is the only History class I had to take.

 

[Rzarecta]

I took a history class freshman year, kept falling asleep in class and not reading the material (I was obsessed with watching A&E, since for some odd reason none of the other channels worked that well in my dorm room, thus Magnum PI and Murder, She Wrote ruled my life), so I decided to P/F the class. Got a pass, and two years later I decided to ask the registrar my grade...got a D-, now that was hot.