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Just put in some hard work and you'll be fine! It's freshman year after all: you have 3 years to get that GPA back up to a competitive level. Work hard, study hard. Don't let anything defer you from your goal, good grades. You'll be just fine!

Good luck! 🙂

-Fyz
 
Fortunately, you are in the very early stages of your undergraduate career, and you have time to make changes. You need to understand that whatever you're doing now, isn't working. It is going to take some stress and hard work to become a better student. Find out what works for you, before it is too late.
 
freshman year problems are the least of your problems! If anything, you should consider yourself lucky to have messed up now than to have messed up later! Plus, admissions look fondly on turn-around/growth stories, as long as you keep getting better (or so i've heard).
note: turning around bad habits are alot harder than it seems. be prepared to work harder, but more importantly, work differently than you have before! otherwise, things are going to be the same.
 
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If this helps in any way, I'm currently in the exact same boat except I haven't even taken my first final. Well, time for me to get back to cramming :dead:
 
Remember feeling this way after fist semester of my sophomore year (first time taking 3 science classes plus the lab together and an extra random class on top of that). Ended up crying over Christmas break and then using that time to reevaluate my life and my study skills. Realised what works for my that break and that changed my whole college career. Good luck and don't give up!


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Looking forward, I think the importance of scheduling can not be overstated. For example, at my school, people avoid taking certain classes at the same time (O-Chem II & Bio I).

Try to schedule "easier" classes that you can later categorize as BCP/science on AADSAS. Maybe consider taking that one super hard class during summer so that you can focus all your time on it (it will be accelerated though). Dental schools like to see you taking full course loads, but they don't necessarily know which courses are known as being super hard at your school. In my experience, the lower division classes were weeder classes and it got easier the 2nd two years (that's definitely not a universal experience).

Check out this ADEA pdf:

http://www.adea.org/uploadedFiles/G...l_ADEA_AADSAS/ADEA-AADSAS-Course-Subjects.pdf
 
Don't feel hopeless. I had a rough transition going from highschool to college and was very stressed. I even came close to dropping out the second semester of my freshman year. I powered through it though even graduated magna cum laude, now I'm eagerly waiting for dental school to begin. I'm not unique, just because college is harder than you expected you can still be successful beyond what you thought you could achieve.
 
As previous posters said, use this year as a point to build off. Re-take some classes if your grades are all really low. It's a difficult ride after a rough start, but it's doable.
 
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