I need some advice. I just finished up my sophomore year of college and currently have a 2.97 gpa. My freshman year I had health problems which are slowly getting better and somewhat are the cause of my bad grades as well as not having any motivation due to depression which is being treated and I'm now very motivated. I started off this semester badly and did much better with my improving physical and mental health at the end of the semester but it couldn't save me.
My freshman year I got a c- in calc 2, a d- in general chem and b-'s/b's/b+s/a-s in everything else. I just got a c- in my retake of chem (I know I'm really stupid) and a c in genetics which is really difficult at my school and about half the class usually fails so even though it's a bad grade a prereq I'm okay with it. My other two classes this semester I recess A-s.
My school only has one semester of general chem so I was going to have to retake general chem I and II at a community college anyway for vet school (I've been told this by two schools) but retaking it three times will look so bad. From now on for my degree I'm taking classes I know I can get as in especially if I work as hard as I'm intending to. But I'm worried the chem and retake will screw me over. I was was already planning on applying a couple years after I graduate but will I need to do a postbac/a masters in a science now to prove myself?
I think I can still get a 3.3-3.4 if I work my butt off. I'm planning on taking the general chem sequence at a community college this summer and will work really hard to get as. I'm going to take organic chem after I graduate and possibly physics too. My school is known for being grade deflationary but I don't think that means anything in the process and even at another school I don't think I'd have gotten as in chem with the effort I put in. But should I start planning for even more classes than organic and physics after college to save my gpa or if I get pretty much all As from now on will that not be necessary? I know no one here is in admissions and can't say for sure but I'm looking more for advice from personal experience.
In short I have as and bs except for calculus II with a C-, general chem with a D- and C-, and genetics with a C. I have a B+ in intro bio and a 5 on that ap test since it's only one semester and an A in my other science class I've taken. The rest of my classes were general requirements or social sciences/humanities.
My freshman year I got a c- in calc 2, a d- in general chem and b-'s/b's/b+s/a-s in everything else. I just got a c- in my retake of chem (I know I'm really stupid) and a c in genetics which is really difficult at my school and about half the class usually fails so even though it's a bad grade a prereq I'm okay with it. My other two classes this semester I recess A-s.
My school only has one semester of general chem so I was going to have to retake general chem I and II at a community college anyway for vet school (I've been told this by two schools) but retaking it three times will look so bad. From now on for my degree I'm taking classes I know I can get as in especially if I work as hard as I'm intending to. But I'm worried the chem and retake will screw me over. I was was already planning on applying a couple years after I graduate but will I need to do a postbac/a masters in a science now to prove myself?
I think I can still get a 3.3-3.4 if I work my butt off. I'm planning on taking the general chem sequence at a community college this summer and will work really hard to get as. I'm going to take organic chem after I graduate and possibly physics too. My school is known for being grade deflationary but I don't think that means anything in the process and even at another school I don't think I'd have gotten as in chem with the effort I put in. But should I start planning for even more classes than organic and physics after college to save my gpa or if I get pretty much all As from now on will that not be necessary? I know no one here is in admissions and can't say for sure but I'm looking more for advice from personal experience.
In short I have as and bs except for calculus II with a C-, general chem with a D- and C-, and genetics with a C. I have a B+ in intro bio and a 5 on that ap test since it's only one semester and an A in my other science class I've taken. The rest of my classes were general requirements or social sciences/humanities.
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