I really struggled as a college student after graduating from high school. The part that really sucks is that I was pre-med and took science courses. During my first year and a half of college, I failed Bio 1 and Gen Chem 1 once (stopped going to class b/c of depression), and got a D in Bio 1 the second time around, along with a C for Gen Chem 1 on the second try and a C in Gen Chem2. For 29 credit hours for science courses from 2003-2005, I have an abysmal sGPA of 1.68.
I went back to school as an online student a few years ago through the University of Illinois at Springfield and majored in Liberal Arts. I got mostly A's (except for 1 F in Java), and finished with a cumulative GPA of 3.07 (which included the courses I did horrible in a decade ago).
My question is: Is there any chance at all that I can get into med school with the horrible science GPA from a decade ago and the F's on my transcript, including the F in Java I got last year?
I want to do a post-bacc program and try to get into med school. I know I will have to get mostly, if not all A's in these courses to even have a shot, and will have to absolutely rock the MCAT, but even if I do, will these poor grades from earlier on in college automatically disqualify me from med (allopathic) school?
Any advice or success stories of students who have been in similar situations would be much appreciated.
I went back to school as an online student a few years ago through the University of Illinois at Springfield and majored in Liberal Arts. I got mostly A's (except for 1 F in Java), and finished with a cumulative GPA of 3.07 (which included the courses I did horrible in a decade ago).
My question is: Is there any chance at all that I can get into med school with the horrible science GPA from a decade ago and the F's on my transcript, including the F in Java I got last year?
I want to do a post-bacc program and try to get into med school. I know I will have to get mostly, if not all A's in these courses to even have a shot, and will have to absolutely rock the MCAT, but even if I do, will these poor grades from earlier on in college automatically disqualify me from med (allopathic) school?
Any advice or success stories of students who have been in similar situations would be much appreciated.