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Hi all! I've been lurking for a while on these threads, but finally decided to cave in and make an account
I am currently a sophomore (about to start my 2nd semester), attending a top 10 undergraduate school. I honestly didn't take my freshman year as seriously as I should have - I partied fairly often, and my study habits were essentially the same as high school (which definitely wasn't enough to do well at this college, where everyone is very competitive).
I ended up finishing freshman year with 2 C's (Gen Chem 1, Molecular Bio), and 1 F in Organic Chemistry. I ended up with a 2.7 GPA for that year. I was very ashamed and regretful of my performance, and pledged to myself that I would do whatever I could to improve my work ethic.
This semester, I loaded up on the sciences and my grades improved - they were definitely much better than before - I got a ~3.7 for this semester, counting 2 extra classes in the summer I had took, which I got A's in. I had retaken Organic Chemistry, and received an A. Overall, my GPA stands at about a 3.15 right now.
I still have my second semester sophomore year left, and all of junior year - ideally I would like to apply without a gap year due to severe financial constraints, and personal circumstances. I am hoping to continue my performance of an upward trend - will I still have a fighting chance to go to med school, assuming I can pull up my GPA further? (I am hoping, realistically at this rate, I can pull to about a 3.5-3.6 cgpa, and about a 3.3- 3.4 sgpa). The average MCAT for premeds at my school is a 35 (~514 New MCAT) - obviously I am not assuming I will get this, but this is just fyi, since I haven't yet taken the MCAT.
Ultimately, even if my GPA were to pull into a "decent" range, would I be severely held back by the fact that I had failed Organic chemistry? I am seriously worried about this...
I am a Texas resident, so I would ideally love to be admitted to ANY of the schools there...but I am definitely open to other options/suggestions. I just want to know whether I am not fighting a lost cause....
I am currently a sophomore (about to start my 2nd semester), attending a top 10 undergraduate school. I honestly didn't take my freshman year as seriously as I should have - I partied fairly often, and my study habits were essentially the same as high school (which definitely wasn't enough to do well at this college, where everyone is very competitive).
I ended up finishing freshman year with 2 C's (Gen Chem 1, Molecular Bio), and 1 F in Organic Chemistry. I ended up with a 2.7 GPA for that year. I was very ashamed and regretful of my performance, and pledged to myself that I would do whatever I could to improve my work ethic.
This semester, I loaded up on the sciences and my grades improved - they were definitely much better than before - I got a ~3.7 for this semester, counting 2 extra classes in the summer I had took, which I got A's in. I had retaken Organic Chemistry, and received an A. Overall, my GPA stands at about a 3.15 right now.
I still have my second semester sophomore year left, and all of junior year - ideally I would like to apply without a gap year due to severe financial constraints, and personal circumstances. I am hoping to continue my performance of an upward trend - will I still have a fighting chance to go to med school, assuming I can pull up my GPA further? (I am hoping, realistically at this rate, I can pull to about a 3.5-3.6 cgpa, and about a 3.3- 3.4 sgpa). The average MCAT for premeds at my school is a 35 (~514 New MCAT) - obviously I am not assuming I will get this, but this is just fyi, since I haven't yet taken the MCAT.
Ultimately, even if my GPA were to pull into a "decent" range, would I be severely held back by the fact that I had failed Organic chemistry? I am seriously worried about this...
I am a Texas resident, so I would ideally love to be admitted to ANY of the schools there...but I am definitely open to other options/suggestions. I just want to know whether I am not fighting a lost cause....