Does anyone know If DO schools frown on you retaking too many classes? In the beginning of my college career I got 2 B's and 1 C all in the science category. Any ideas on what I should do? I am currently retaking the C
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Does anyone know If DO schools frown on you retaking too many classes? In the beginning of my college career I got 2 B's and 1 C all in the science category. Any ideas on what I should do? I am currently retaking the C
I retook 5 (I think) and didn't have a problem.
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Did you fail any of the Pre Reqs/science classes?
No my lowest grade is a C- in physics and im retaking it
Yes, retake them. I had three retakes made all A's and really helped my GPA out. Never heard one thing about it all through my app cycle from any school
Shouldn't have any issues then. Even if you had an F or 2 it wouldn't kill your DO chances thanks to retakes.
Word of caution, I believe you can only put in a maximum of 12(INCORRECT 25) retakes or so.
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Yeah i would seriously re-take the C.
I got a slight look of concern by a few interviewers for not retaking any courses (including a few C's and a ton of B's). Somehow talked my out of disfavor. There's a mechanism for improvement in place and some might worry if you didn't use it.
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AACOMAs app.
I don't think its necessarily a limit, but its the most you can put on their app. I'm not sure what you do if you're over that.
EDIT: Its 25, I just checked, sorry about that.
Nope. That's the whole purpose of the grade replacement thing. Basically, it represents showing what you're capable of. Many people are simply not ready for college at age 18.
I wouldn't think so. ADCOMs love seeing applicants improve their application.
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Edit: sorry, didn't see the identical post in the pre osteo forum
Edit: sorry, didn't see the identical post in the pre osteo forum
yeah i meant to post it in pre osteo but it ended up in this one and i dont know how to delete posts yet... muh bad. first post
