Advice on how/if I should continue

[jason12345]

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I see people who have really horrible gpas, repair them and they are fine and usually get accepted. My question is, I went to a community college for about two years, failed and withdrew from the same couple classes. Took a year off went back replaced, and am now at a state school with one and a half year left. My cGPA is a 3.3 and sgpa around a 3.6. My question is will I have the same "oh ok he got his stuff and together " and forgiveness? Or will be start at a community college hurt me?

 

[Colbare]

I did 71 of my 120 credits at a cc and also pulled my 2.67 there up to a 3.0 and got in first try with 3 acceptances. Doing well on the mcat will do a lot to help you if your undergrad gpa isn't so solid and also they don't necessarily frown on taking classes at a cc.

 

[nicknickp3]

I did 71 of my 120 credits at a cc and also pulled my 2.67 there up to a 3.0 and got in first try with 3 acceptances. Doing well on the mcat will do a lot to help you if your undergrad gpa isn't so solid and also they don't necessarily frown on taking classes at a cc.

Very reassuring, this was something I was wondering as well.

 

[FrkyBgStok]

The CC college credits won't be that detrimental to you, but understand a 3.3 is still low. With a good MCAT you may be OK even with the CC figured in, but there isn't much room for error.

 

[ljafri14]

I am sure you will get in man your stats aren't horrible. Just do good on the MCAT and get your ECs in and you shouldn't have any problems.

I am in the same boat.. One year of school left 3.2 cgpa 3.4sgpa.

From what i have been reading on here.. some have gotten accepted with worse numbers.

Good Luck

 

[Goro]

Your experience is very common, and no, it won't hurt you. Just continue to do well where you are.

I see people who have really horrible gpas, repair them and they are fine and usually get accepted. My question is, I went to a community college for about two years, failed and withdrew from the same couple classes. Took a year off went back replaced, and am now at a state school with one and a half year left. My cGPA is a 3.3 and sgpa around a 3.6. My question is will I have the same "oh ok he got his stuff and together " and forgiveness? Or will be start at a community college hurt me?

 

[mommy2three]

i could go into my whole story but no one wants to read that. so in a nutshell i failed classes a LONG long time ago in a completely different major.
when i came back to school i got straight a's and b's to finish my ugrad.
those grades haunted me through the application process because i had failed. it did not matter what my mcat was, what anything else was i failed and there was a very real chance i would fail again.
is it recoverable?? absolutely. but be prepared for a ton of work and an uphill battle explaining why you get the coveted spot over someone who does not have failures in their background. be prepared to explain what you have learned from your failures, how you study different, why things are different now....spin it positively not negatively. acknowledge it is there and move on.

gl

 

[Goro]

You'll be fine...quite fussing!

 

[ineed2stpsmurfn]

I did 71 of my 120 credits at a cc and also pulled my 2.67 there up to a 3.0 and got in first try with 3 acceptances. Doing well on the mcat will do a lot to help you if your undergrad gpa isn't so solid and also they don't necessarily frown on taking classes at a cc.

thank god. i agree.... very reassuring.