Taking a pre requisite for medical school as pass or fail and then retaking the class?

[WayOutWestMom]

Do you want data?

Start here:
[Study: College Transfer Students May Have Trouble Getting into Med School](http://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/articles/2012/11/01/study-college-transfer-students-may-have-trouble-getting-into-med-school)

Students who transfer from one undergraduate college to another—or who transfer between multiple institutions—may hurt their medical school admissions chances. That’s according to a September 2012 report from the Association of American Medical Colleges, which administers the MCAT.

Among the respondents, 38.9 percent attended just one college, and 36.2 had two college transcripts, according to the report. Much smaller percentages of students attended three, four, or five or more schools: 16.6, 5.7, and 2.6 percent, respectively.

For the 61.1 percent of applicants who attended at least two colleges, the AAMC found that “multi-institutional attendance is associated with both lower mean MCAT exam scores and acceptance rates to medical school.”

More from the same article–

Students who transfer from a high to a low ranked undergraduate program, without providing a compelling reason in their personal statement…don’t usually get invited for a medical school interview

[Pre-Med</a> Myths](<a href="https://www.geneseo.edu/premed/myths%5DPre-Med">https://www.geneseo.edu/premed/myths)


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**Myth #3:**
"Freshman year doesn't really count. I'm just starting college. Besides, I can repeat any courses I did not do well in."

**Reality:**
**ALL** grades count, although medical schools will look at the overall trend of grades. They will analyze a transcript and examine the number of courses per semester, course levels, number of science courses and academic performance. A strong upward trend in grades is necessary for applicants with a weaker, earlier, record.

Repeating courses for medical admission is generally not recommended as repeated courses for MD admission will be averaged. Instead, the schools would prefer to see students take advanced work in the same subject and do well.

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California — 6520 med school applicants; 910 in-state matriculants (14%)

[Applicants to U.S. Medical Schools by In or Out-of-State Matriculation Status, 2015-2016](https://www.aamc.org/download/321466/data/factstablea5.pdf)

For average applicant and matriculant stats–
[MCAT and GPA Grid for Applicants and Acceptees by Selected Race and Ethnicity, 2013-2014 through 2015-2016 (Aggregated)](https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/157998/factstablea24.html)