Comments on: How would medical school look at retakes? http://falcate.com/blog/how-would-medical-school-look-at-retakes/ Falcate.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:12:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: J http://falcate.com/blog/how-would-medical-school-look-at-retakes/comment-page-1/#comment-99 J Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:49:49 +0000 http://falcate.com/blog/how-would-medical-school-look-at-retakes/#comment-99 If you do enough research you'll encounter some medical school web sites that encourage applicants to repeat courses to improve their chances of being accepted. Retaking courses is so common that about the only way it would hurt you is to not score well in your final attempt. Some schools will average the grades between the initial and the retaken course while others will only record the higher grade. Some schools will annotate your transcript that the course was retaken and some schools do not. If you do enough research you’ll encounter some medical school web sites that encourage applicants to repeat courses to improve their chances of being accepted. Retaking courses is so common that about the only way it would hurt you is to not score well in your final attempt.

Some schools will average the grades between the initial and the retaken course while others will only record the higher grade. Some schools will annotate your transcript that the course was retaken and some schools do not.

]]> By: grimmyTea http://falcate.com/blog/how-would-medical-school-look-at-retakes/comment-page-1/#comment-98 grimmyTea Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:46:02 +0000 http://falcate.com/blog/how-would-medical-school-look-at-retakes/#comment-98 Depends on the context. Did you get A's the 2nd time around? How were your other grades? I dropped a class late in the semester so got an "Incomplete". I took it again the next year and got an A. I got into a pretty good med school, but the rest of my grades and scores were pretty good, so I think they were willing to overlook that Incomplete. Depends on the context. Did you get A’s the 2nd time around? How were your other grades? I dropped a class late in the semester so got an “Incomplete”. I took it again the next year and got an A. I got into a pretty good med school, but the rest of my grades and scores were pretty good, so I think they were willing to overlook that Incomplete.

]]> By: Kyle http://falcate.com/blog/how-would-medical-school-look-at-retakes/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Kyle Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:38:08 +0000 http://falcate.com/blog/how-would-medical-school-look-at-retakes/#comment-97 It's not going to look good. Medical schools look at both your 'original' grade that you got, and the 'retaken' grades. It's not a very flattering thing to have on your application, let alone THREE classes retaken! One friend of mine took a class over again, and he didn't make it into the medical schools that he applied to, but he did make it into dental school. It’s not going to look good. Medical schools look at both your ‘original’ grade that you got, and the ‘retaken’ grades. It’s not a very flattering thing to have on your application, let alone THREE classes retaken!

One friend of mine took a class over again, and he didn’t make it into the medical schools that he applied to, but he did make it into dental school.

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