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Hello SDN,
After rehashing and asking everyone I knew for advice, I finally decided it was in my best interests to ask advice to the experts, those that have been through the entire process of medical school apps.
Alright I know some people have posted something similar but my situation is a little different. I am a junior in undergrad majoring in sociology and my gpa is so low, so low that I am so ashamed to say it, and actually am so ashamed to talk about it at all, but to get the best advice, I must be honest. My cumulative gpa so far is 1.85, last semester was a good one because I was able to pull it up from a 1.65 to a 1.85. I didn't know I was interested in medical school until last year when i realized i almost had no chance of getting in. So you might be wondering why my gpa is so low, well i ve been having a lot of issues in my life and it is so unfortunate. I was a victim of porn addiction and I couldn;t do anything else in my life but think and watch porn. It was so hard for me to do anything else, at first i wanted to seek help but I was so ashamed my family and friends would think something is wrong with me. So I never really addressed the problem until last year when I developed my interest in medicine. Now am not even dreaming of US medical schools, am just looking at the caribbeans med schools. But the other problem is how do i explain my poor grades to the adcoms? how am i supposed to talk about this addiction and what should i do to improve? I just have one year left but I think i ll stay for 2 more years to do the pre-reqs and maybe get a minor. But even after all that i still doubt that I will be able to make it to a 3.0 by the time i graduate since i have 102 credits now with a 1.85 gpa.
Any helping advice will be appreciated and please don't criticize because I already feel so terrible about myself please don t make it worse.
Thank you
After rehashing and asking everyone I knew for advice, I finally decided it was in my best interests to ask advice to the experts, those that have been through the entire process of medical school apps.
Alright I know some people have posted something similar but my situation is a little different. I am a junior in undergrad majoring in sociology and my gpa is so low, so low that I am so ashamed to say it, and actually am so ashamed to talk about it at all, but to get the best advice, I must be honest. My cumulative gpa so far is 1.85, last semester was a good one because I was able to pull it up from a 1.65 to a 1.85. I didn't know I was interested in medical school until last year when i realized i almost had no chance of getting in. So you might be wondering why my gpa is so low, well i ve been having a lot of issues in my life and it is so unfortunate. I was a victim of porn addiction and I couldn;t do anything else in my life but think and watch porn. It was so hard for me to do anything else, at first i wanted to seek help but I was so ashamed my family and friends would think something is wrong with me. So I never really addressed the problem until last year when I developed my interest in medicine. Now am not even dreaming of US medical schools, am just looking at the caribbeans med schools. But the other problem is how do i explain my poor grades to the adcoms? how am i supposed to talk about this addiction and what should i do to improve? I just have one year left but I think i ll stay for 2 more years to do the pre-reqs and maybe get a minor. But even after all that i still doubt that I will be able to make it to a 3.0 by the time i graduate since i have 102 credits now with a 1.85 gpa.
Any helping advice will be appreciated and please don't criticize because I already feel so terrible about myself please don t make it worse.
Thank you
