C+ in Gen Chem II, but A in Stat Thermo. Take PChem?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>BME Major from JHU. </p>

<p>I got a C+ in my General Chemistry II Course my Freshman year [largely due to personal reasons, it was a bad semester period]. However I got an A in my “Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics” class [this is a pretty tough BME version of Thermodynamics]. </p>

<p>Should I take PChem I and/or II to further strengthen the claim that I don’t suck at Inorganic Chem? </p>

<p>IF you need my stats simply click my handle and find my stats thread. </p>

<p>Thanks for the suggestions guys!</p>

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<p>Is it useful in terms of your major requirements? If so, sure. Otherwise, I’d probably repeat gen chem before taking that course.</p>

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<p>No point in repeating a C+. Move on with your courses.</p>

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<p>I think that you should wait to see how well you do in orgo</p>

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<p>ok, you people didn’t look at the stats page I told you too, ok, here are my stats:</p>

<p>RISING SENIOR!!!
Johns Hopkins University
BS: Biomedical Engineering
Minors: Computer Integrated Surgery
Mathematics</p>

<p>GPA [overall-inclusive of ALL Pre-Med Requirements]: 3.82/4.00
BCPM: ~3.69</p>

<p>MCAT: 39S <a href=“Physical:%2014,%20Bio:%2013,%20Eng:%2012,%20Writing:%20S”>only took it once</a></p>

<p>EC:
*Research in BME Labs for a few semesters and a summer term
*Internship [summer] at NIH
*I’m a Tenor in an A Cappella Group [we do a lot of charity work for 3rd World Countries]
*Certified EMT-B and part of Rescue Organization on Campus, and during summer with Firefighters in my community
*Minor volunteering with the Hopkins Hospital
*TA for Orgo Lab, and a Computer Science Class
*Part of Biomedical Engineering Society [BMES]
*I have taken a LOT of design [Grad Level] courses and have a ton of research projects to talk about</p>

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<p>… so why are you freaking out about a C+ if your overall and BCPM GPAs are 3.8 and 3.7, respectively? It’s one C+ in one semester of freshman year - that is to say, it’s not a big deal in your situation. Get over it and move on with your coursework. Take p-chem if you want to, but don’t think the adcoms are going to give you brownie points for it.</p>

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<p>Yeah, by the time you even “fix” the grade you will have done most of your interviews. It isn’t going to make or break your application.</p>

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<p>No, you don’t have to do it. </p>

<p>Trust me, I was in the same boat and I thought I failed the class but the grades didn’t come in yet and I signed for Gen. Chem II just in case. I was doing really well over the summer and when I received my grade, it was a C. I was debating whether to continue taking the course over again but my friend (who’s really competitive and extremely smart) told me not to take it again because if you get an A in an upper level course, colleges will see that and know that you’ve mastered your basics. Just continue getting As in upper level chem courses. That is enough.</p>

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<p>dude you honestly are personally responsible for giving pre-meds bad names. With questions like this, it comes into question whether you want to be a doctor, or be a doctor who has a degree from HARVARD only…</p>

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<p>^ Hahaha. 10char</p>

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I dunno, you guys here in the Pre-Med section sometimes make it seem like it’s 3.8+ GPA/36+ MCAT or you’re not going to Med school. </p>

<p>note to OP: sorry for derailing thread, you seem to have great stats, so I wouldn’t worry about one C+…</p>

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<p>Sorry to hear you feel that way. We’ll have to work hard to make sure we keep giving a realistic picture of medical school and admissions.</p>