UNIVERAPRO

When medical schools receive an applicant’s grades, they look at the overall grade point average, as well as the CPA derived exclusively from science courses.
Now, you non-science majors probably realize your potential disadvantage in this procedure. That is, if an English major gets a C in freshman chemistry, he’ll have a pitiful science grade point average, because he won’t have many science courses to average with the C. That lone C will stand as indicative of mediocre scientific ability— though it may in fact be a false representation.
We know all the sob stories about your bad semester that year. You had family problems, girl- or boyfriend problems, a lingering case of beriberi, etc. Unfortunately, while these stories are often true and relevant, medical schools give little if any consideration to such deficiencies unless you show marked improvement and progress later in your transcript.
So if you’re a non-science major and you’ve got a poor science grade, you’ll need to spend extra effort to raise your science average. If your grade is poor in a course, take the course again if you can get the bad grade erased. If you can’t get it erased but merely averaged with the new grade, we don’t advise taking the course over. Instead, take a more advanced science course, which will average the low grade plus look better and more purposeful on your transcript.