Should I retake Biology?

[FamilyChick83]

Hello everyone! This is my first post so I hope I'm doing everything correctly. I just finished my first semester, and I'm not sure if I did well enough. Before the final, I was sitting at an 85. I'm not exactly sure how I did on the final, but I didn't feel great about it. If I ended up with a B or below should I just retake the course? Thank you in advance everyone!

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[zoe92]

You should be fine with a B. But check your schools policy on retaking courses. Some schools only allow 1 retake

[Shorty11, BSN, RN]

Like the previous poster said, I would check the schools policy on retaking a course. Our school only allows you to "grade replace" or retake 3 courses for the whole degree. Once you are in nursing classes, you are only allowed to retake one nursing course. (It counts as one of your 3 too so if you retake 3 pre-reqs, you are out of luck if you need to retake a nursing course once you are in). If you end up with a B, I would take your B and move on. If your school allows you to retake as many classes as you want or something like that, then maybe retake it. Check school policy first!

[mandyroseallen]

Agree with earlier posts...it really depends on your final grade and the retake policy. If it's a B grade and you can only retake a few classes, it isn't really worth it to retake biology [with a decent grade] and quite possibly be out of luck if you need to retake a nursing class later on.

[calinursestudent818]

If you have a B leave it be

IMO, C or lower grade in science prereqs, I think constitute retaking the class because you really want your GPA at a 3.0 or higher.

[FamilyChick83]

Thank you all so much! I will just make sure I get A's in my other science courses. :)