Failing everything, still possible

[zizou]

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I am a first-year anatomy major in mcgill university. I skipped freshman year as they gave me 30 credits for french bac and APs. However, in my first semester, I failed two courses, differed two and only passed one. I was crazy, I took 5 hard science classes (anatomy, physiology, stats, mol bio and organic chem).I was sick most of the critical times in the semester before and during midterms). Anyhow, I think with a gpa less than 2.0 in this term, I am pretty screwed for med schools right? I mean this is the first time i fail and don't do well at all, and even though I can probably have a 4.0 gpa next term and next year, do you think with a less than 2.0 in the first term and two failing courses (i differed chem and mol bio because of sickness and i'll pass them for sure). Should I think of something else?

I have two options either take the rick of staying in my program, graduate so I can have 6 semesters so I can make my gpa go up (better than 4 semesters only and apply in the last year) but who guarantess I am gonna do so well in a really hard program.

Or switch to Fac of Arts, do a different major, Econ probably, my gpa starts fresh. If I feel i can go to med school, meaning havinf good gpa , I go or otherwise go to Grad school. But maybe I wouldn't do so well in the mcats because my undergrad wouldn't be that scientific, but I took mol bio and organic anyway???

Sorry, this is very long, but I am really confused and depressed 😕 not to the point to suicide though. I don't care what med school, preferably canaddian, but american too .

 

[sscooterguy]

First of all, you need to slow down. The transition from high school to college is a big one, and unfortunately it looks like you took too big a bite at a bad time.

If you are going to go to medical school, you need to complete the rest of your med school prerequisits with more A's than B's. You may want to consider forgetting the AP course credits and taking those courses, if thats allowable. This may be more expensive, but you need to take a step back, and transition into college better.

Once you stablize study habits, your life, your health, and your grades, you can start to tackle some harder classes. Do this whether you stick with your anatomy major or switch. I suggest you stick with whatever major you like, as you'll do better. Sure a science major will help you as prereq's compose a large amount of classes you are already taking, but sticking to a major you don't enjoy may reflect in your grades. Whatever you do, even if you switch, your science GPA will still count, so you'll have to make up for it with excellent performance from now on. Make sure your non science gpa is good also.

Even with an increased need for physicians, there is still a surplus of qualified wannabe medical students, so don't let anyone tell you "all you have to do is ace the MCAT" as thats harder than it sounds. Slow down, take a breath. All is not over, but you may have to take a few steps back.

sscooterguy

 

[SeventhSon]

the game is still young, my friend. If you would graduate in 3 it might be a good idea to double major maybe to pull your GPA up, if you are that confident that you are going to be smooth sailing the rest of the time.

However, get used to reality as well. Sometimes you get sick, have personal problems, etc., and they really do interfere with your grades. The people that pull the good GPAs plan ahead and learn how to get through this. There will always be "something" that distracts you from your ability to study.

The bottom line is that it's not too late, although you'd have your work cut out for you getting into a top20 school. After that semester if you really wanna get in you need a 3.7+ the rest of the way I think to have a good shot. If you want it that badly, your GPA will show it.

good luck.

 

[snobored18]

Well anything is possible...a guy in my frat who was a year ahead got just under a 2.0 his first year of undergrad (smart guy but once there was no one to tell him what to do he went crazy and did nothing but party)...this freaked him out and he studied nerotically for the next three years...overloading every single term...i've never seen someone so stressed but he raised that 1.9 to just under a 3.6 and gained acceptance without taking a year off to Western Osteopathic (he was a cali resident who refused to go anywhere else for med school even though he gained some acceptances to a couple allo programs...) soo its possible...but not recommended by any means

 

[jon stewart]

whooa hold up!

slow down.

You jumped into your first term with classes like o chem, molec bio and anat& phsio? I know you mentioned you got AP credit, but i still think that its required that you take gen chem, gen bio, o chem and physics as i dont think ap credits will suffice(sp?) someone correct me if im wrong.

If you havent taken those classes yet in college i think they would be good classes to start out with and get into the hang of things before jumping into high level classes.

 

[pamd]

I am a first-year anatomy major in mcgill university. I skipped freshman year as they gave me 30 credits for french bac and APs. However, in my first semester, I failed two courses, differed two and only passed one. I was crazy, I took 5 hard science classes (anatomy, physiology, stats, mol bio and organic chem).I was sick most of the critical times in the semester before and during midterms). Anyhow, I think with a gpa less than 2.0 in this term, I am pretty screwed for med schools right? I mean this is the first time i fail and don't do well at all, and even though I can probably have a 4.0 gpa next term and next year, do you think with a less than 2.0 in the first term and two failing courses (i differed chem and mol bio because of sickness and i'll pass them for sure). Should I think of something else?

I have two options either take the rick of staying in my program, graduate so I can have 6 semesters so I can make my gpa go up (better than 4 semesters only and apply in the last year) but who guarantess I am gonna do so well in a really hard program.

Or switch to Fac of Arts, do a different major, Econ probably, my gpa starts fresh. If I feel i can go to med school, meaning havinf good gpa , I go or otherwise go to Grad school. But maybe I wouldn't do so well in the mcats because my undergrad wouldn't be that scientific, but I took mol bio and organic anyway???

Sorry, this is very long, but I am really confused and depressed 😕 not to the point to suicide though. I don't care what med school, preferably canaddian, but american too .

One semester is not going to kill your chances at being accepted to med school, however, this semester may indicate to med schools that you may not be able to handle a heavy science course load (which you undoubtably have to do in med school). To refute any concerns, I would stay in your program and rock all your other sciences to show that you can handle harder upper level science course work.

I’m not quite sure what you mean by “starting your GPA fresh” but your GPA consists of all undergraduate work regardless of whether it is within your major or not (someone correct me if I am wrong?)

 

[zizou]

One semester is not going to kill your chances at being accepted to med school, however, this semester may indicate to med schools that you may not be able to handle a heavy science course load (which you undoubtably have to do in med school). To refute any concerns, I would stay in your program and rock all your other sciences to show that you can handle harder upper level science course work.

I’m not quite sure what you mean by “starting your GPA fresh” but your GPA consists of all undergraduate work regardless of whether it is within your major or not (someone correct me if I am wrong?)

Yeah, basically, the advisor told me to take three arts courses, get B or more on them, re-apply to the faculty of Arts and start over as they won't count my year, and still give me the 30 credits as credits, but they do not count in my cumulitive GPA.

 

[Bluntman]

Wait, maybe I missed something, but why the hell are you an anatomy major!? I didn't even know that existed. I'm curious as to what job it actually trains you to do?

 

[Pretty POHA]

I smell a

!

Whatever!!

If you can't stand the heat of 5 hellish science classes your first year of college, then you're not cut out to be a doctor. *facetiously*

LOL - and I seriously doubt any advisor would've encouraged this courseload from someone who only had AP classes and whatever French bac classes you speak of under their belt.

Seriously, if you plan on making it through this goal to doctorhood- you really ought to consider being reasonable and setting yourself up for success rather than failure.

 

[zizou]

I smell a

!

Whatever!!

If you can't stand the heat of 5 hellish science classes your first year of college, then you're not cut out to be a doctor. *facetiously*

LOL - and I seriously doubt any advisor would've encouraged this courseload from someone who only had AP classes and whatever French bac classes you speak of under their belt.

Seriously, if you plan on making it through this goal to doctorhood- you really ought to consider being reasonable and setting yourself up for success rather than failure.

because there is an anatomy and cell biology major is canada

 

[Hausdaddy24]

Yeah, basically, the advisor told me to take three arts courses, get B or more on them, re-apply to the faculty of Arts and start over as they won't count my year, and still give me the 30 credits as credits, but they do not count in my cumulitive GPA.

Although your school may not count your poor grades if you switch majors, med schools most certainly will (well, US med schools do not sure about canadian). However, you can definitely pull your gpa up to a very respectable number if you buckle down and really concentrate on school the rest of the way. Best of luck.

 

[21JumpStreet]

You should contact the school in canada that you are interested in going to. Students on this forum are giving you advice for the medical schools in the United States. There may be slight differences. Still it would be very important to find out.

 

[zizou]

You should contact the school in canada that you are interested in going to. Students on this forum are giving you advice for the medical schools in the United States. There may be slight differences. Still it would be very important to find out.

Yeah, I know, I am going to do that, but i am going to apply to us med schools too anyway.