I was a straight A student in high school, graduated with a 4.0, and finished my first semester of college with a 3.7 gpa. I transferred to a more rigorous university for the spring semester and for the first few months I was absolutely miserable. I barely made any friends, I was incredibly homesick, and I spiraled into somewhat of a depression. I had no motivation to do anything and would often have to force myself to remember why I'm in college. I stuck it out because the school has great academics and I felt like my family was counting on me to stay. I considered transferring to yet another school multiple times but I would feel like such a failure if I did (Plus, a lot of my family members were expecting me to stay). So, I stuck it out and now I'm ending the spring semester of my freshman year with a 2.9. If I do really well from here on out, do I still have a chance of getting into med school? How do I explain something like this?
Bad first semester. In desperate need of advice!
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Check out, Cal Newport. He has some great tips in his books, "How to be a straight A student" and "How to win at College". As I went from HS to College they helped enormously... Hope it helps!
