<p>What the title says.</p>
<p>You will be competing for spots with students who have no Ds on their transcripts.</p>
<p>No, but you need to retake it and get an A</p>
<p>Well it depends. What is your overall GPA, science GPA? You need above a 3.5 to be considered competitive. You will find it hard to have a 3.5 with a D in ANY class. Retaking it is useless. The D still will show up on your med school transcript, along side the grade you get when you retook it. You would be better off taking an upper level science course in attempt to dilute the D in gen chem. The reason why you got a D is probably more significant than the D itself. Meaning, there are probably more to come if you can’t figure out whats wrong.</p>
<p>^ the problem here is that at MOST colleges, you MUST retake the course since it is a prereq for Ochem. I agree that the D is not the whole problem. A ‘D’ in Gen Chem is a signal that you need counseling (a new major?).</p>
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<p>Sorry, but this is wrong information. </p>
<p>The OP MUST retake the course, or there’s really no point in applying because he/she won’t have completed the pre-reqs. It is a requirement to have completed all pre-req courses with a C or better - if this isn’t done, you’ll be instantly rejected by all schools.</p>
<p>This is one of the only times it is recommended to retake a course (i.e. if you get a C- or lower in a pre-req course). And the effect on your GPA doesn’t have to be that bad - if you apply to DO schools, they’ll only factor the more recent grade into your GPA for application purposes.</p>
<p>Unless the D stands for Delightful, it’s a big problem. </p>
<p>You have to retake it. You should also demonstrate some additional Chem strengths by taking one/some higher Chem courses beyond OChem.</p>
<p>You need to dilute that D…with more sciences. You need to make that D look like some wierd aberration.</p>