Advise Please.

[HopefulABCD]

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Long time lurker, and i think at this point it was really time for me to make a post about my situation.
I really just want an honest answer, whether it encourages or discourages me is something I'll have to deal with. Any advice/help is greatly appreciated.
My current cGPA is at a 3.22 and my sGPA is hovering around a 3.0. The following is how my academic career has been and I just want to know if it worth pursuing DO school. Thank you.

The following are the courses I retook with the first and second grade i received:

Writing 1: F/B+
Bio 1: F/ B-
Bio 2: B-/C+
Calc: C+/A-
Physics 2: C+/A
Organic 1: W/W/F

My whole academic career i have been taking and retaking science classes and after my one good semester (6th semester of college) and a summer I received a 3.5 gpa from taking 24 credits. Filled with confidence, I gave a go at a 19 credit course load (in order to graduate as soon as possible) at a new school. I ended up crashing when it came to finals and ended up failing Organic1 (after withdrawing twice before at my previous school), and getting an A, B-, B and C+ in my other courses. (All other courses were toward my major or a science course).

This was the beginning of my 4th year of college and i was planning on graduating one semester late. This semester was supposed to continue to show my maturity as a student in college and i completely flopped. Im so disappointed in myself that I blew my opportunity. I honestly feel like a complete failure. Even if I retook Orgo and got an A, it would just look ridiculous that it took me 4 tries. Not mentioning the fact that, as i mentioned before, i have literally retaken so many classes. Furthermore, this complicates my scheduling as i was planning on studying and taking the MCAT by the end of this coming summer. Even if somehow I pulled straight A's for my next 2 semesters I feel like the admissions committee would just laugh at my application (GPA wise).

Im really not looking for anyone's sympathy, but I really need some advice. What are my options at this point? Should I just give up? Medicine is my passion and I have a ton of EC's that include volunteering, leadership and research at 2 different hospitals. I don't want to give up but at the same time I don't want to mess up again.

Thanks for hearing me out.

 

[DoctorSynthesis]

Long time lurker, and i think at this point it was really time for me to make a post about my situation.
I really just want an honest answer, whether it encourages or discourages me is something I'll have to deal with. Any advice/help is greatly appreciated.
My current cGPA is at a 3.22 and my sGPA is hovering around a 3.0. The following is how my academic career has been and I just want to know if it worth pursuing DO school. Thank you.

The following are the courses I retook with the first and second grade i received:

Writing 1: F/B+
Bio 1: F/ B-
Bio 2: B-/C+
Calc: C+/A-
Physics 2: C+/A
Organic 1: W/W/F

My whole academic career i have been taking and retaking science classes and after my one good semester (6th semester of college) and a summer I received a 3.5 gpa from taking 24 credits. Filled with confidence, I gave a go at a 19 credit course load (in order to graduate as soon as possible) at a new school. I ended up crashing when it came to finals and ended up failing Organic1 (after withdrawing twice before at my previous school), and getting an A, B-, B and C+ in my other courses. (All other courses were toward my major or a science course).

This was the beginning of my 4th year of college and i was planning on graduating one semester late. This semester was supposed to continue to show my maturity as a student in college and i completely flopped. Im so disappointed in myself that I blew my opportunity. I honestly feel like a complete failure. Even if I retook Orgo and got an A, it would just look ridiculous that it took me 4 tries. Not mentioning the fact that, as i mentioned before, i have literally retaken so many classes. Furthermore, this complicates my scheduling as i was planning on studying and taking the MCAT by the end of this coming summer. Even if somehow I pulled straight A's for my next 2 semesters I feel like the admissions committee would just laugh at my application (GPA wise).

Im really not looking for anyone's sympathy, but I really need some advice. What are my options at this point? Should I just give up? Medicine is my passion and I have a ton of EC's that include volunteering, leadership and research at 2 different hospitals. I don't want to give up but at the same time I don't want to mess up again.

Thanks for hearing me out.

You can't keep on retaking classes forever. It's going to take forever to get through college. You have to figure out why your struggling and strategies on how to improve. Seek out your school's learning services. You shouldn't quit if you truly want this, however, your going to need to be able to do fix these problems. Once you get into medical school its going to get only 1000 times harder. You also need to retake organic. You can't have an F in it. Getting an A on the 4th try is better then having an F in it. DO school love reinvention and thats what your going to have to do. I'm not going to lie its not going to be easy.

 

[EggRolls]

I wouldn't give up, but I highly recommend you to re-evaluate your study habits. In addition, you mention that you partake in various ECs. Though it is important for an applicant to have ECs, I would also encourage you to cut back and devote more time into your academic career.

 

[HopefulABCD]

Thank you both for the words of encouragement! I am definitely planning on seeing my school's learning services next semester. I acknowledge my study habits aren't the greatest and I believe it's the only thing holding me back. I always seem to start off strong, but end up folding when it comes down to the wire 🙁

 

[mathnerd88]

Thank you both for the words of encouragement! I am definitely planning on seeing my school's learning services next semester. I acknowledge my study habits aren't the greatest and I believe it's the only thing holding me back. I always seem to start off strong, but end up folding when it comes down to the wire 🙁

Figure out what's wrong with your study habits. Know that medical school is going to be much harder than what you're going through now. You are not mature enough academically for medical school in your current state. Entertain the possibility that you may have to give up medicine.

Your chances are not "shot" if you actually change what's wrong with your studies and academic career. However, know that since you have repeated classes many times, your chances are going to be low for medical school. For every mistake any pre-med makes, it takes much more work to "correct that mistake." Remember, you are going up against thousands of applicants who have good GPA's, and good MCAT, and won't have retaken Organic Chemistry 4 times. Also, you regressed in your retake in Bio 2 from a B- to a C+.

At the end of your college career, you may even have to do a SMP, or take lots of upper level sciences and get A's the first time to demonstrate your ability to handle difficult material. I'm not trying to discourage you, but it is important to be realistic with yourself. Know that you have a very long road ahead of you, and if you really are passionate about medicine, you'll make the necessary changes in your life to achieve it.

 

[Goro]

Med school will only be harder, and so I think it might be wise to think about other career paths.

Long time lurker, and i think at this point it was really time for me to make a post about my situation.
I really just want an honest answer, whether it encourages or discourages me is something I'll have to deal with. Any advice/help is greatly appreciated.
My current cGPA is at a 3.22 and my sGPA is hovering around a 3.0. The following is how my academic career has been and I just want to know if it worth pursuing DO school. Thank you.

The following are the courses I retook with the first and second grade i received:

Writing 1: F/B+
Bio 1: F/ B-
Bio 2: B-/C+
Calc: C+/A-
Physics 2: C+/A
Organic 1: W/W/F

My whole academic career i have been taking and retaking science classes and after my one good semester (6th semester of college) and a summer I received a 3.5 gpa from taking 24 credits. Filled with confidence, I gave a go at a 19 credit course load (in order to graduate as soon as possible) at a new school. I ended up crashing when it came to finals and ended up failing Organic1 (after withdrawing twice before at my previous school), and getting an A, B-, B and C+ in my other courses. (All other courses were toward my major or a science course).

This was the beginning of my 4th year of college and i was planning on graduating one semester late. This semester was supposed to continue to show my maturity as a student in college and i completely flopped. Im so disappointed in myself that I blew my opportunity. I honestly feel like a complete failure. Even if I retook Orgo and got an A, it would just look ridiculous that it took me 4 tries. Not mentioning the fact that, as i mentioned before, i have literally retaken so many classes. Furthermore, this complicates my scheduling as i was planning on studying and taking the MCAT by the end of this coming summer. Even if somehow I pulled straight A's for my next 2 semesters I feel like the admissions committee would just laugh at my application (GPA wise).

Im really not looking for anyone's sympathy, but I really need some advice. What are my options at this point? Should I just give up? Medicine is my passion and I have a ton of EC's that include volunteering, leadership and research at 2 different hospitals. I don't want to give up but at the same time I don't want to mess up again.

Thanks for hearing me out.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Agree with all of the above, also a word to the wise : don't take 19 credit hours...

 

[Dr Tony T. Chopper]

Stay cautiously optimistic, and have an exit strategy.

 

[HopefulABCD]

Somewhat good news guys, I ended up doing better than I expected on my Orgo Final. I got a C+ in the course (instead of the F I was assuming). The curve really helped me out too I guess. Im not taking this as a lucky break, I'm going to use it a stepping stone to motivate me to do better.

 

[235009]

Science isn't your thing and that's OK. It's time to look at alternative career paths. Whether a med school would be willing to take you is not the question. It would not be a wise decision to go and it's time for you to step up and realize that.