chances with 4 C+'s in undergraduate

[MCMonday]

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I currently just finished the first semester of my junior year in college and I go to a very competitive university and there is always grade deflation.

These are my grades so far:
Freshman year: pre calculus: A, gchem: C+, gchem lab: B, calculus 1: B
Sophomore year: ochem 1: B+, ochem lab 1: A-, ochem 2: B, ochem lab 2: A-, calculus 2: C+, and bio 1: B-
first semester of Junior year: bio 2: C+, bio lab 2: C+, stats: A-

and I've gotten B+ or higher for all of my non-science classes, but the four C+'s have made me very worried about my chance of getting into medical school

Do you think I should consider postbac already? My plan was to take only a year off after undergrad but the 2C+'s this semester made me rethink about my plan. I know that I have the capability to do well in these classes but I always end up putting so much on my plate every semester, and make this mistake over and over again.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

 

[Lannister]

What's your overall GPA?
A few C+'s won't kill you, but mediocre grades will, and yours seem pretty mediocre.

 

[MCMonday]

What's your overall GPA?
A few C+'s won't kill you, but mediocre grades will, and yours seem pretty mediocre.

I have not gotten all my grades from this semester for other classes yet, but for the worst, it will be 3.195 after this semester.

 

[Lannister]

I have not gotten all my grades from this semester for other classes yet, but for the worst, it will be 3.195 after this semester.

That's definitely lethal for MD. I'd be less worried about the C+'s and much more worried about your overall GPA.
DO schools do grade replacement, so if you retook some of those C's you'd probably have a chance. Dunno how competitive a 3.195 is for DO school.

 

[MCMonday]

Do you suggest doing a postdoc program or keep fighting? I really still want to keep both MD and OD for my options. I have 2 more semesters to go (I'm taking an extra semester)

 

[Lannister]

If you want to try for MD you're certainly going to have to do a post-bacc, unless you have some amazing life story or get a perfect MCAT score or something.

 

[samac]

Do you suggest doing a postdoc program or keep fighting? I really still want to keep both MD and OD for my options. I have 2 more semesters to go (I'm taking an extra semester)

When you say OD is that a typo and you mean DO or do you mean you're interested in optometry? Not trying to be sarcastic, just really don't know because it has an effect on the respond.

If you mean DO you wouldn't need a post bacc, but you would need to retake those C's. A 3.1 is pretty lethal either way.
For MD definitely a post bacc. It's a little too late for an upward trend to help you very much.
For OD, if that's what you meant, I have no idea.

 

[efle]

You will probably need a post bacc, even if you hit straight A's as a Senior you'd be in the low 3's range for sGPA.

But doing a post bacc isn't going to help you if you continue making mostly C's and B's.

What you need to do right now is figure you why you're doing poorly, fix it and ace your next semester, then start thinking about post bacc.

 

[Lawpy]

Do you suggest doing a postdoc program or keep fighting? I really still want to keep both MD and OD for my options. I have 2 more semesters to go (I'm taking an extra semester)

When you say OD is that a typo and you mean DO or do you mean you're interested in optometry? Not trying to be sarcastic, just really don't know because it has an effect on the respond.

And a postdoc program requires a PhD. I think OP means postbacc and DO.

 

[dreamadream]

I have 3 C', 3 B's, and one A so far.

 

[Hitmann]

if you are URM then u still have a slim chance for MD. otherwise post bacc

 

[baratheonfire]

go to a very competitive university and there is always grade deflation.

Same. Where do you go