avg dat and avg gpa, but downward trend

[freckles91932]

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My overall gpa is 3.57 and science gpa is 3.45. My dat score is 20ts, 20 aa, 20 pat. I feel like all my scores are just average. I have a decent amount of shadowing, volunteering, extracurriculars, and no research. I plan on applying early June. However, I totally bombed this past semester (the semester right before I apply). I got all B's in my sciences and C's in calculus and a writing class. I'm typically a A/B student, but this semester just really sucked for me. Should I kick butt summer semester and then apply at the end? How do I show that this is a one time kind of semester where I did badly. Or should I just apply in June and explain in my personal statement that I got sick.

 

[bing12]

your stats are pretty good. Apply early is deff better than taking 1 or 2 summer classes then applying late with a .05 higher gpa. JUST APPLY EARLY. I dont think it will kill you, the poor semester, is it bad..yea, but your gpa and sgpa overall are pretty good, and your overall matters most. GL

 

[dentalWorks]

My overall gpa is 3.57 and science gpa is 3.45. My dat score is 20ts, 20 aa, 20 pat. I feel like all my scores are just average. I have a decent amount of shadowing, volunteering, extracurriculars, and no research. I plan on applying early June. However, I totally bombed this past semester (the semester right before I apply). I got all B's in my sciences and C's in calculus and a writing class. I'm typically a A/B student, but this semester just really sucked for me. Should I kick butt summer semester and then apply at the end? How do I show that this is a one time kind of semester where I did badly. Or should I just apply in June and explain in my personal statement that I got sick.

you have strong overall numbers. One too-much-fun semester in college isn't going to kill you. They'll probably ask you about it, and in which case, don't give them a lame excuse, admit you made a mistake and that you learned from it.

You SHOULD apply early June....all the best

 

[4thMolar]

I don't think you have too much to worry about as long as you apply to a good number of schools. One bad semester isn't going to kill your chances, and I wouldn't mention in your personal statement as to why this happened b/c it will only draw more attention to it in a negative light. Apply in June and you can update your grades later during the Academic Update period.