Am I a freshman or a junior?!!

[thefallqueen]

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I took two years of college courses during high school during my junior and senior year and graduated with an associates degree in liberal arts as i graduated high school (with a 3.76 GPA)
I am now 18 and starting at a four year college. Alot of my credits were transferred. does this make me a freshman or a junior??
I am planning on staying at the college for three years and applying to medical school at the end of my second year.
I also just started and I have a 3.33 GPA (all science courses, and we go by seven week terms so for my first term I have a 3.3 GPA. i took biotech(B), cell bio (B), and chem (A))

so what am i? and is that 3.3 GPA a red flag?? thanks so much

 

[Stumpyman]

Are you continuing with your liberal arts degree or are you majoring in something else?

And really, the terms freshman and junior and whatever else don't really matter.

 

[Buttermellow]

Even if you are a "junior by credits," you are still a freshman by year.

You still have 2 years before you apply to raise your GPA, so do everything you can to improve it.

 

[thefallqueen]

Im now majoring in biology
the reason im asking is because of my GPA. I have a 3.33 now from y first term. Is a B more acceptable because I would be considered a freshman?
Or would the med school admissions committee be harder on me because I already had college experience.

 

[Stumpyman]

Im now majoring in biology
the reason im asking is because of my GPA. I have a 3.33 now from y first term. Is a B more acceptable because I would be considered a freshman?
Or would the med school admissions committee be harder on me because I already had college experience.

Your dual enrollment grades from HS will factor into your gpa but will be of slightly less effect. And a 3.33 on only three classes isn't way too bad, don't worry about it that much just do better from now on (you'll also have a upward trend which is great).

 

[Buttermellow]

Im now majoring in biology
the reason im asking is because of my GPA. I have a 3.33 now from y first term. Is a B more acceptable because I would be considered a freshman?
Or would the med school admissions committee be harder on me because I already had college experience.

I wouldn't exactly call dual-enrollment "college experience." At least at my high school, those classes were a lot easier than they would have been at a 4-year college.

But yes, I would expect them to be more forgiving of your older grades. Try to show an upward trend in your grades.

 

[theWUbear]

This is your first year of college. But you are a junior (or a sophomore, depending on how many of your credits transferred). Your official status is based off of this.

 

[Stumpyman]

This is your first year of college. But you are a junior (or a sophomore, depending on how many of your credits transferred). Your official status is based off of this.

Freshman definition: First fall and spring semesters after High School in which a student is enrolled full-time.

It's not based off of credits...

 

[theWUbear]

Freshman definition: First fall and spring semesters after High School in which a student is enrolled full-time.

It's not based off of credits...

I bet you if that student logs on to his school's registrar website I'll be right and you'll be wrong.

 

[thefallqueen]

I took it at a community college (the classes) and i wanted to know if my first term at afour year where i got a 3.3 would lok bad?
im guessing not, since you guys are saying not to worry and just do better 🙂
thankyou! any other adivce as to help me to get into med school (specifically umass med) would help

 

[Stumpyman]

I bet you if that student logs on to his school's registrar website I'll be right and you'll be wrong.

I have 62 credits but I am a "freshman."

Like I said, I really don't like or care for these terms.

 

[tiedyeddog]

Freshman definition: First fall and spring semesters after High School in which a student is enrolled full-time.

It's not based off of credits...

At my uni it was based on credits. I entered as a sophomore due to college credit during high school, so I scheduled before others. However, my uni considered certain things (like making you live in dorms) by actually years enrolled full-time at the actual university.

My transcripts always reflected the hours that transferred, so my transcript never read I was a freshman.

 

[tiedyeddog]

I have 62 credits but I am a "freshman."

Like I said, I really don't like or care for these terms.

I think the semantics just depends on the university.

 

[Stumpyman]

At my uni it was based on credits. I entered as a sophomore due to college credit during high school, so I scheduled before others. However, my uni considered certain things (like making you live in dorms) by actually years enrolled full-time at the actual university.

My transcripts always reflected the hours that transferred, so my transcript never read I was a freshman.

Hmm, Ok. That's a little strange though; did you apply with a freshman application while in High School?

 

[gmcguitar4]

Hmm, Ok. That's a little strange though; did you apply with a freshman application while in High School?

It is by credits. You can call yourself a freshman because it is your first year, but technically you are not. You could be in school for 5 years and take one class a year, you would technically still be a freshman.

 

[tiedyeddog]

Hmm, Ok. That's a little strange though; did you apply with a freshman application while in High School?

Yes. The school considered me a "freshman" because I had never enrolled full time anywhere after earning my high school diploma, mainly so they could force me to live in their dorms for a year and pay for their outrageous campus dining plan.

 

[thesauce]

Yes. The school considered me a "freshman" because I had never enrolled full time anywhere after earning my high school diploma, mainly so they could force me to live in their dorms for a year and pay for their outrageous campus dining plan.

This. Basically you'll be in whatever category that can screw you the most.

You'll be a freshman for the purposes of living in the dorms and paying extra fees, but you'll be exempt from freshman honor roll, etc. If your school has a junior portfolio requirement or the like, expect to have your class registration ability frozen until you get it done.

 

[TSasser]

Considering every university I know of bases your grade level on credits earned you are a Junior.

 

[raltima07]

Considering every university I know of bases your grade level on credits earned you are a Junior.

👍

 

[thefallqueen]

soo... does this mean that medical school admission commitees will view me as a junior??
should i be worried about my 3.3 GPA >< ugh

 

[TriagePreMed]

Here's a good tip: you're in college. Nobody cares there. You're just you, finally. Hang out with people you like, not on what class or number of units they have. Just say "this is the first year I come here, but I got a bunch of credits from high school."

 

[Stumpyman]

Here's a good tip: you're in college. Nobody cares there. You're just you, finally. Hang out with people you like, not on what class or number of units they have. Just say "this is the first year I come here, but I got a bunch of credits from high school."

👍

Exactly what I always say/said.

Also, less than 35% of students graduate in the traditional 4 years (or in 120 credits), rendering the fresh/soph/junior/senior terms useless.

 

[mmmcdowe]

If you want to make friends you will say you are a freshman. Saying "Im a freshman but technically im a junior by credit" is as douchey as saying your are premed for anasthesia.