What are my chances? (Low GPA) Be honest.

[JennaWr]

I'm applying this September to hopefully enroll in the Fall of 2017.

Right now I have a 3.0 overall and I'm staying an extra semester at my University in the fall to finish up my B.S in Biology. So I'll be applying with what I have now and sending in the rest later. Part of the reason my GPA is so low is because I have an F on my transcript from a 200 level computer science course that I struggled with so much and missed the drop deadline. I've since switched my major back to Biology. My overall "BIO GPA" is 3.12. I see people on here talking about their "science GPA" but I'm not sure how to calculate that, which courses do I include? My "pre-req" GPA is around a 3.3 including bio, chem, physics, writing, etc. I'm also a little concerned because the schools I'm applying to require a C or better for prereqs, and I got a C- in gen chem 2. With this ruin my shot?

Last summer I worked with an optometry company that works in nursing homes and this summer I plan to be an optometric assistant at my local eye doctors office. I'm going to get recommendation letters from 2 optometrists I've worked with plus my guidance counselor at school.

I'm also scheduled to take the OAT this August and I plan to get at least 350 in each category. I'm applying to SUNY, NECO, Salus and MCPHS because I live in NY and don't want to travel too far.

Any thoughts or advice?

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[QtSami1]

I would honestly retake any classes that you got Cs in just to show that you can handle the course load. I would specifically retake gen chem 2 because a C- would not make the C cut off unfortunately, but you could check in with universities to see what they say. My genuine advice would be to kill the OAT and keep in touch with admissions!

 

[Reececups]

also apply as soon as possible to help your chances

 

[CollSmith]

I'm applying this September to hopefully enroll in the Fall of 2017.

Right now I have a 3.0 overall and I'm staying an extra semester at my University in the fall to finish up my B.S in Biology. So I'll be applying with what I have now and sending in the rest later. Part of the reason my GPA is so low is because I have an F on my transcript from a 200 level computer science course that I struggled with so much and missed the drop deadline. I've since switched my major back to Biology. My overall "BIO GPA" is 3.12. I see people on here talking about their "science GPA" but I'm not sure how to calculate that, which courses do I include? My "pre-req" GPA is around a 3.3 including bio, chem, physics, writing, etc. I'm also a little concerned because the schools I'm applying to require a C or better for prereqs, and I got a C- in gen chem 2. With this ruin my shot?

Last summer I worked with an optometry company that works in nursing homes and this summer I plan to be an optometric assistant at my local eye doctors office. I'm going to get recommendation letters from 2 optometrists I've worked with plus my guidance counselor at school.

I'm also scheduled to take the OAT this August and I plan to get at least 350 in each category. I'm applying to SUNY, NECO, Salus and MCPHS because I live in NY and don't want to travel too far.

Any thoughts or advice?

I had a couple Cs and I got interviews almost everywhere I applied. Honestly if you do good on the OAT you should be fine for those schools except maybe SUNY. I got waitlisted at SUNY because of my science GPA which was similar to yours but I think If you got a pretty high OAT score you'd be fine. I'm from NY too let me know if you have any more questions my stats seem very similar to yours