If you repeat a class/semester, does the new grade replace the old one or do both show up

It sucks having to already think about this but I literally could've guessed on every single question and statistically done about the same (30s...totally underestimated how much studying I needed)...and if what I've heard is true about the three dropped biochem questions, then I'm even more screwed since I got all three of those right. What are the odds...:/

No. If you repeat a semester, the grades replace your other grades. It cuts both ways though. If you repeat a class that you got a B in and end up with a C, you get a C.

Not to be a debbie downer, but if you got in the 30's, you'll be lucky to get to repeat. I'm sorry to be blunt about this, but bringing a 30 up to a passing score or even close to a passing score would be unbelievable. It's not impossible but it's highly unlikely. If it's just one class, that's one thing. If it's 30's in all of your classes, I'd quit and cut your losses. I'm serious. Go home and get your head straight. If med school is something that you really want to do, some other school will take you. Just be sure you're ready for it the next time around.

Look, I'm sorry to be so harsh. I'm usually not. It's just that I've seen alot of these posts from 1st semesters lately and I guess I just don't understand. If you look at the front page, there are 3 threads with almost this exact topic. Med school is not easy yet it seems more and more that this batch of first semester students at Ross are either underestimating it or not taking it seriously. I know mini 1 first semester can be a shock. It was to me. I never expected to be concerned what MPS was. By the Friday after the mini, I was.

To all the current and future 1st semesters, med school ain't undergrad. The days of studying the weekend before the exam and getting a B a over. Deal with it and get to work.

Plenty of people dont nail the 1st MT!! In fact, most of the people I knew failed at least one subject. I know 5 people including myself who made it through ross without failing a single semester. There was a student who got a 25 on the first MT and got a passing grade in biochem. Does this mean dont worry about it? NO. It means wake up, smell the roses, go to office hours and put in the amount of time that you need to be. Good LUCK!

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This is an accelerated program so really you need to be studying the majority of the day and give yourself a half day off each week at most, especially now that you need to bring these grades up.

I keep seeing so many people in your semester partying, and I don't get it, how can you possibly party, and still keep up with the material???

I suggest going to the behavioral office and asking to speak to the cognitive skills advisor KW, since I cannot post names here, and tell him you need help on your study habits.

You need to revamp your study habits. Don't give up but make school your #1 priority and never underestimate how much time you need to spend studying, always overdo it and you will never fall short.

Good luck.

Yep, I agree with Papaya fruit!

are you sure about that? I would think repeats show up on trascript. And who gets a B and retakes a class?

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stephew,

I think what thecure4u is saying is that when a student repeats a semester, they repeat classes that they passed plus the ones they failed, so if they score lower in the ones they previously passed, they get all the new grades in their gpa from the repeat semester (the gpas are not averaged or the best grades are not taken).

So that student may pass the class they previously failed and now fail the class they previously passed, and it will show up on their gpa with all the new grades. Wow, that sounds confusing, sorry, I hope that made sense.

Yeah I feel like an idiot for having to find that out the hard way (despite knowing on some level that it wouldn't work out too well)

And yeah it was just biochem, just to clarify.

At Ross, when you fail a class, you have to repeat the entire semester. In order to keep full time status, you have to take at least least 10 hours. That means if you fail biochem and get A's or B's in everything else, you still have to retake at least some of the classes that you got A's to make sure you're at 10 hours. If you do worse, the grade you got the second time is the one that counts. To make matters worse than that, let's say you fail a class that you passed the first time. In this situation, you'd likely get kicked out.

As far as the transcripts thing goes, I'm not 100% positive it shows up that you had to repeat courses. I do know that the new grades are what is used to calculate your GPA. The old grades are essentially wiped out at that point.

If it's just one class, it is possible to recover. It's still not going to be easy though. There's no more days off. You're now in the position of have to triple your efforts in one class while at the same time not neglecting you other classes. If you're serious about it, you have to take action. If you have a TV, unplug it.

My personal opinion on med school is it's not that hard at least conceptually. What get everybody is the volume of material. Despite what you might here on this forum or others, Ross is not there to make you sure you fail. All of the resources are there for you to succeed. It's up to you to figure out how to use them.