So Worried

[ladeda08]

I'm a 3rd year Health Studies student at Queen's University in Canada. I really want to go to an Optometry school after I finish my undergrad here at Queen's. I'm really worried about my marks though. I messed up my 2nd year hardcore and got extremely bad marks in Organic Chemistry I (53%) and Genetics (54%). I know Organic Chemistry is a pre-req for all schools and Genetics for some .. would these marks affect me greatly?

I also got bad marks in other non-pre-req courses that I took in 2nd year (2nd year was just a bad year for me .. personal reasons): Astronomy (50%), Linear Algebra (63%), Plant Biology (65%). Would they look at these marks too even though they're not pre-reqs?

I did fine in all my others courses such as Physics, Calculus, English, General Chemistry ..

My cumulative average is around 3.70.

Thank you.

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[3eb4me]

What is 80%? A 3.0gpa? A little confused with the Canadian grading system.

 

[canadiancal]

80% is 3.2 GPA

What is 80%? A 3.0gpa? A little confused with the Canadian grading system.

 

[Katalio]

It's 3.6 in the undergrad that I used to go to ( University of British Columbia). 80% is A- for us.

 

[ucbsowarrior]

I'm a 3rd year Health Studies student at Queen's University in Canada. I really want to go to an Optometry school after I finish my undergrad here at Queen's. I'm really worried about my marks though. I messed up my 2nd year hardcore and got extremely bad marks in Organic Chemistry I (53%) and Genetics (54%). I know Organic Chemistry is a pre-req for all schools and Genetics for some .. would these marks affect me greatly?

I also got bad marks in other non-pre-req courses that I took in 2nd year (2nd year was just a bad year for me .. personal reasons): Astronomy (50%), Linear Algebra (63%), Plant Biology (65%). Would they look at these marks too even though they're not pre-reqs?

I did fine in all my others courses such as Physics, Calculus, English, General Chemistry ..

My cumulative average is around 3.70.

Thank you.

ok homes,
here we go...

if your gpa is 3.70 and your oat is in the competitive range you shouldn't have a problem getting into a top tier school.

you'll need to retake all those course under a 'c' for most of the schools.

aim for 370-380 on the oat

trending: if you do stellar in your 3 and 4 yr you should be fine, but if you bomb those years you can always become an optometric assistant or an optician

sorry for the tasteless jokes.