MI Resident, Really Need Some Advice

[JSB72993]

Hello everyone,

Currently I am a MI Human Biology major finishing up the first semester of my junior year in a couple of weeks. For the first two years of college, I actually didn't do too bad, getting a 3.8, 3.7, 3.85, and a 3.5 the first four semesters of college, along with getting A's in all of my summer courses that I took at the university, not through a community college. As of right now, going into finals, my cummulative GPAs are cGPA 3.75 and sGPA 3.58. I came very close to As in a lot of my basic sciences but honestly missed a lot of them by a couple of points and ended up with a 3.5 in many of them. This has mostly been to immaturity and partying way too much when I knew that I should have been studying.

This semester is going to be a rough one, and I honestly don't think I'm going to get any As in any of my courses. I won't end up with any Cs, but its looking like multiple 3.0s and 3.5s, and is going to really hurt both my cGPA and sGPA (might be an overall of 3.2-3.3). That being said, I am extremely worried about especially my sGPA as it may fall under even a 3.5, and I'm devastated. I take the MCATs next June and plan on trying to do as best as I can, and hopefully by the end of the next spring semester I will have a cGPA of 3.7+ and a sGPA of ~3.5. Should I even apply to medical schools? These are the list of schools I would be applying to (I really don't want to do DO):

University of Michigan (very doubtful about here)
Wayne State University (my #1 choice, have a father and grandfather that went there, not sure if it helps)
Michigan State College of Human Medicine
Oakland University
Western University
Central University

Not sure if I should apply to any OOS schools because of the cost of them, but I would be looking for something in the midwest at the very farthest, with stats around that of the MSU College of Human Medicine.

Sorry for the long post guys, but I was thinking about just holding off applying for a year, getting my GPA up higher senior year and even taking a gap year to take some post-bac classes to raise it even more and maybe even retake the MCAT for a higher score. Any input would be appreciated, thanks.

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[Catalystik]

Hello everyone,

Currently I am a MI Human Biology major finishing up the first semester of my junior year in a couple of weeks. For the first two years of college, I actually didn't do too bad, getting a 3.8, 3.7, 3.85, and a 3.5 the first four semesters of college, along with getting A's in all of my summer courses that I took at the university, not through a community college. As of right now, going into finals, my cummulative GPAs are cGPA 3.75 and sGPA 3.58. I came very close to As in a lot of my basic sciences but honestly missed a lot of them by a couple of points and ended up with a 3.5 in many of them. This has mostly been to immaturity and partying way too much when I knew that I should have been studying.

This semester is going to be a rough one, and I honestly don't think I'm going to get any As in any of my courses. I won't end up with any Cs, but its looking like multiple 3.0s and 3.5s, and is going to really hurt both my cGPA and sGPA (might be an overall of 3.2-3.3). That being said, I am extremely worried about especially my sGPA as it may fall under even a 3.5, and I'm devastated. I take the MCATs next June and plan on trying to do as best as I can, and hopefully by the end of the next spring semester I will have a cGPA of 3.7+ and a sGPA of ~3.5. Should I even apply to medical schools? These are the list of schools I would be applying to (I really don't want to do DO):

University of Michigan (very doubtful about here)
Wayne State University (my #1 choice, have a father and grandfather that went there, not sure if it helps)
Michigan State College of Human Medicine
Oakland University
Western University
Central University

Not sure if I should apply to any OOS schools because of the cost of them, but I would be looking for something in the midwest at the very farthest, with stats around that of the MSU College of Human Medicine.

Sorry for the long post guys, but I was thinking about just holding off applying for a year, getting my GPA up higher senior year and even taking a gap year to take some post-bac classes to raise it even more and maybe even retake the MCAT for a higher score. Any input would be appreciated, thanks.

I think you will fare better in the application process if you show an upward grade trend after such a mediocre term. A "trend" consists of more than one data point, which means, waiting to apply until after your senior year, at a minimum, as you want to have your transcript demonstrate convincing evidence that you you are capable of academic consistency.

 

[Doug Underhill]

One semester won't sink you. Think cGPA, not semester GPA.

You're just going to have to ace the following semesters. Stop partying so hard and study effectively.

 

[Great White Buffalo]

Hello everyone,

Currently I am a MI Human Biology major finishing up the first semester of my junior year in a couple of weeks. For the first two years of college, I actually didn't do too bad, getting a 3.8, 3.7, 3.85, and a 3.5 the first four semesters of college, along with getting A's in all of my summer courses that I took at the university, not through a community college. As of right now, going into finals, my cummulative GPAs are cGPA 3.75 and sGPA 3.58. I came very close to As in a lot of my basic sciences but honestly missed a lot of them by a couple of points and ended up with a 3.5 in many of them. This has mostly been to immaturity and partying way too much when I knew that I should have been studying.

This semester is going to be a rough one, and I honestly don't think I'm going to get any As in any of my courses. I won't end up with any Cs, but its looking like multiple 3.0s and 3.5s, and is going to really hurt both my cGPA and sGPA (might be an overall of 3.2-3.3). That being said, I am extremely worried about especially my sGPA as it may fall under even a 3.5, and I'm devastated. I take the MCATs next June and plan on trying to do as best as I can, and hopefully by the end of the next spring semester I will have a cGPA of 3.7+ and a sGPA of ~3.5. Should I even apply to medical schools? These are the list of schools I would be applying to (I really don't want to do DO):

University of Michigan (very doubtful about here)
Wayne State University (my #1 choice, have a father and grandfather that went there, not sure if it helps)
Michigan State College of Human Medicine
Oakland University
Western University
Central University

Not sure if I should apply to any OOS schools because of the cost of them, but I would be looking for something in the midwest at the very farthest, with stats around that of the MSU College of Human Medicine.

Sorry for the long post guys, but I was thinking about just holding off applying for a year, getting my GPA up higher senior year and even taking a gap year to take some post-bac classes to raise it even more and maybe even retake the MCAT for a higher score. Any input would be appreciated, thanks.

Ohio Schools usually allow OOS to qualify as instate after 1 year. I would consider adding those to the list (U of Toledo, Wright STate, U of Cincinnati). Oakland is private, about $45K/year. Best of luck.

 

[Heplayer92]

Do well next semester. On AMCAS, your grades are averaged out by year, not semester! Keep your head up, home stretch!

 

[ProudMD]

A 3.7 cGPA and a 3.5 sGPA (your projections) are good enough for most MD schools. Score well on the MCAT and make sure you have solid ECs.

I see little reason for you to be concerned at all.