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Doing on well in these classes is not just for getting into pharmacy school, it’s also a barometer of how you will be able to handle such coursework in pharmacy school. The types of courses and their difficulty levels have already been discussed here.
WinnieThePooh – I needed to chill this semester so i think thats why i didnt do as well as i could of.
Health – All most schools want is a c but i want a in order to do well and use my knowledge in life and specially pharmacy school.
Does anyone know organic chemistry? Do you know if hydrobromination reactions are only for bromine or for chlorine and iodine as well?
By definition hydrobromination is w/ Br. If using Cl it would be Hydrochlorination. Collectively using any Br or Cl or I all of which are hallogens would be hydrohalogenation
(note please take this with a grain of salt since I havent looked at Organic chemistry in many years)
Tznius -“Health – All most schools want is a c but i want a in order to do well and use my knowledge in life and specially pharmacy school.”
I’ll repeat -“don’t retake anything that you don’t have to!”
If you’re lacking in knowledge, the best way is self-studying.
Go look at your books that you already have – study with a computer/internet on the those subjects.
ubiquitin – Ive been studying organic chemistry all day and you are correct and now i know this part pretty well b’h.
I’m pretty sure this was said already, but as long as the credits transfer, they just show up as transfer credits without a grade, and they don’t count toward your GPA. If you’re just looking to learn the subject, there are better and more economical ways to do it than enrolling in a college course.
Meno – Im getting a degree.
tznius – Judging by your response, I don’t think you understood anything I said.
I hate these classes their so hard. Why?
You do need to know the material for the PCAT exam. Even if you earned a low grade in class your best option is to study And do well on the PCAT.
Meno, even if you transfer colleges and your old grades are only listed as transfer credits I am pretty sure you will need to submit transcripts from all colleges attended when you apply to pharmacy school so they will see your old grades.
bk613,
So wouldn’t they also see the grade you got the first time (before you took the course over)? Or does that grade just disappear?
If you retake a course I am pretty sure both show up on your transcript and each grad school has their own way of averaging the 2. That’s why it makes the most sense to self study the material and do well on a standardized test. By retaking a course you run the risk of not doing well the second time either.
The overall GPA should count towards admission, though. So even if theoretically a C is good enough for them in any of the required courses, if admission is at all competitive, the better you do, the better chance you have of getting in. So if you retake a course, I am assuming that the old grade does not count toward the GPA.
Still, college is expensive, re-taking classes will just push off graduation. If there is one course that you messed up on for some reason and you think you could do much better a second time when that reason does not apply, and it does not delay graduation, then ok. but if it is multiple courses, and the courses will be hard even the second time, I don’t see much point in repeating.
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