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Hi everyone I just graduated from undergrad with a b.s in biology with a 2.8 solid overall gpa. I've read many threads about retaking prerequisites to increase my gpa in order to be more competitive for pa school but I honestly don't know if its even worth applying because now im just trying to get into the bare minimum and thats already virtually impossible for me to get in. I have 3 Cs and 1 D in science courses that are not prerequisites. My bad grades record can be rooted back to my freshman year. I was a pretty decent student in high school, over a 4.0 gpa but when i got to college i became unorganized, wrapped up in my social life(because in highschool I never went out or partied), and lost grasp of my goal of getting into p.a school. After getting my first bad test grades in certain classes I thought i had time to bring my grade up by the time the next exams rolled around but i didn't realize how fast time had gone by and before it knew it was too late. I even changed my major to nursing at one point but i knew thats not what i wanted to do. I was young, still am, and unlike most people it took me all of that too realize that I should've had a better grasp on schoolwork. Toward my senior year i knew i had already dug myself into a deep hole and it was too late to turn back so i was just focused on graduating and began to lose more motivation. I already have student loans to take care of in another 6 months and I don't want to waste anymore time or money if my shot is completely gone. I still would need to find a job to get clinical experience, take the GRE, and take biochem. I just wanted some constructive criticism on what I should do in taking the next step? Thanks so much.
