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> what's the purpose of retroactively withdrawing? GPA inflation. Failed O-chem and ruined your chances of a top med school? Not to worry, how about a do-ove
by anonAndOn 4y ago
> what's the purpose of retroactively withdrawing?
GPA inflation. Failed O-chem and ruined your chances of a top med school? Not to worry, how about a do-over!
- detaro 4y agoSo it's a special exception to let a student repeat a class they failed first try?
- anonAndOn 4y agoStudents can always repeat a class to get a better grade but this removes the stain of a failure on your report card.
- Spivak 4y agoWhich is stupid because who cares if you get it in one or ten tries? Allowing retaken classes to replace old grades should be the standard.
- chernevik 4y agoDoctors don't get do-overs. Coming up in a culture of "get this right the first time" makes all kinds of sense for a medical training track.
- Spivak 4y agoNo it doesn't, what? How do you think learning works? I couldn't remember what 7 times 6 was on my 4th grade test and now it's impossible for me to know it. I get that it's hard to see because it's so normalized but it's ridiculous that our education system is based on fixed time intervals. God help someone who needs to take a little more time on the material before mastering it, guess you just fail. And when we create a system that punishes anything less than perfect forever we end up selecting good test takers rather than good doctors.