here is my story...

[tompi90]

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basically I BOMBED my first semester with a lowly 2.3 gpa, i got C's in both chemistry and calculus (and no im not allowed to retake them)...🙁

my second was better, i got a 3.0, but still not where i wanted to be, and I also got c+ in chem and calc 2...🙁

i'm spending the summer preparing for courses im going to take next semester, so that hopefully i can do much better in them...

my question is, is there a point in trying anymore? i had set my sights on some of the top med schools like jhu and hms, but i know that it won't happen now...im worried if i even will be considered by ANY med school...

im jst finished my freshmen year, going on to my sophmore year, jst for info...any advice, thoughts or help would be appreciated, im worried that if i don't sort this out that my depression will get worse and prevent me from doing really well next semester in my classes...

 

[ksmi117]

If you really want this, you can make it happen. You just really need to buckle down and get those grades up. But you already knew that. You still have plenty of time to make up for those C's. You just need to find out your studying problem and fix it. Try studying different ways, since your plan now obviously isn't working out too well.

Also, I'm moving this thread to the What Are My Chances? forum.

 

[dw2158]

don't give up this early in the game; things are definitely still salvageable. you can retake those classes for med school purposes (even if your college won't accept credit for them) at another school, say over the summer or something. you can also show a very strong upward trend in GPA, which adcoms like. you can also stand out in some extracurricular area.

oh, and it goes without saying that you need to sit down with yourself and reevaluate your study habits. what's working and what's not? lots of people have a bad freshman year. don't get discouraged.

 

[Van Chowder]

basically I BOMBED my first semester with a lowly 2.3 gpa, i got C's in both chemistry and calculus (and no im not allowed to retake them)...🙁

my second was better, i got a 3.0, but still not where i wanted to be, and I also got c+ in chem and calc 2...🙁

i'm spending the summer preparing for courses im going to take next semester, so that hopefully i can do much better in them...

my question is, is there a point in trying anymore? i had set my sights on some of the top med schools like jhu and hms, but i know that it won't happen now...im worried if i even will be considered by ANY med school...

im jst finished my freshmen year, going on to my sophmore year, jst for info...any advice, thoughts or help would be appreciated, im worried that if i don't sort this out that my depression will get worse and prevent me from doing really well next semester in my classes...

Honestly it sounds like you are living off of a romanticized dream of med school Johns Hopkins... Harvard... Really? You can barily survive in General Chemistry, How on earth do you think you will do in Organic Chemistry and physics.
Take a long hard look at why you want to go to medical school., Jo. If you really wanted in there is no way in $h!t F**K h3ll you would have gotten a 2.3 first semester. No way...

On the other hand after some much needed reflection, do solid from here on out, ( really solid), Nail the MCATS, and safe children in africa, and you'll be fine..

Good luck, Yea and like the poster before me said. Take a long hard look at your study habits.. a 2.3 is simply inexcusable and a 3.0 isnt a bad GPA but its no where near good enough..

 

[Stratego]

If you have a problem with depression, maybe you should sort that out over then summer by discussing it with your healthcare provider. If you don't, the chances are higher that year 2 will go the same way that year 1 did.

You do still have a shot at pulling off a decent application GPA if you start digging in and excelling at your coursework. With straight As next year your cGPA would be 3.32. At the end of junior year you'd be at 3.55. When you graduate, it could be at 3.63, which is quite competitive for US allopathic med schools.

 

[nycneighbor]

Honestly it sounds like you are living off of a romanticized dream of med school Johns Hopkins... Harvard... Really? You can barily survive in General Chemistry, How on earth do you think you will do in Organic Chemistry and physics.
Take a long hard look at why you want to go to medical school., Jo. If you really wanted in there is no way in $h!t F**K h3ll you would have gotten a 2.3 first semester. No way...

On the other hand after some much needed reflection, do solid from here on out, ( really solid), Nail the MCATS, and safe children in africa, and you'll be fine..

Good luck, Yea and like the poster before me said. Take a long hard look at your study habits.. a 2.3 is simply inexcusable and a 3.0 isnt a bad GPA but its no where near good enough..

Van Chowder's right-- think again about why you want to go to medical school. None of us on here want to go to medical school for Johns Hopkins or for Harvard; we want to go to med school because we want to become doctors and have an affinity for the profession.

Getting a 2.3 is negligent. Following it up with a 4.0 would show that you made a mistake your first term. Following it up with a 3.0 and the like screams that you still haven't learned from your mistakes.

Step back, reevaluate, and make the best of the rest of your undergraduate years. These terms are going to come and haunt you later, but if you truly want to become a doctor, then you'll find a way out. If you just want to go to Johns Hopkins or Harvard though, and are thinking of dropping it all because you won't get in there, then think again if medicine is for you, or if the prestige/allure/money is what you're unconsciously chasing after.

 

[tompi90]

^ I'm not saying that I want to do medicine BECAUSE I want to go to Harvard or JHU, if that was my sole purpose then it would have made more sense for me to do business or grad school since I would still get a degree, but not have to spend as much time doing residency...I do have an innate passion for medicine...I'm not trying to boast or show off here, but in high school I did a three year research program in biological engineering and published it...at my college, I am doing research in neurobiology and working towards another publication...and next semester, I will be working at the local hospital near my college shadowing a surgeon...again im not trying to brag, but just making a point that I do have an innate interest in medicine...

They were just med schools that I was interested in applying too, and now since there is no point in applying to them, I'll still be content as long as get into some decently competitive med school...which is what I'm worried about...

 

[Van Chowder]

^ I'm not saying that I want to do medicine BECAUSE I want to go to Harvard or JHU, if that was my sole purpose then it would have made more sense for me to do business or grad school since I would still get a degree, but not have to spend as much time doing residency...I do have an innate passion for medicine...I'm not trying to boast or show off here, but in high school I did a three year research program in biological engineering and published it...at my college, I am doing research in neurobiology and working towards another publication...and next semester, I will be working at the local hospital near my college shadowing a surgeon...again im not trying to brag, but just making a point that I do have an innate interest in medicine...

They were just med schools that I was interested in applying too, and now since there is no point in applying to them, I'll still be content as long as get into some decently competitive med school...which is what I'm worried about...

You don't seem to get it, all medical schools are competitive, which is why your grades will keep you out of them. Honestly I don't understand what is so difficult about getting decent grades >3.5.
As far as your extra curricular activities go, yea they sound decent, but with out the GPA to back it, they mean nada.

And your argument about doing business or grad school, what does that have to do with you getting **** grades? Guarantee you would not get into Harvard Business school with your grades either, not to mention business is no where near as respected as medicine..
No one said you were not interested in medicine, we are simply saying you should take a look at WHY you are interested in medicine.

How old are you? Im wondering?

 

[JJMrK]

You don't seem to get it, all medical schools are competitive, which is why your grades will keep you out of them. Honestly I don't understand what is so difficult about getting decent grades >3.5.
As far as your extra curricular activities go, yea they sound decent, but with out the GPA to back it, they mean nada.

And your argument about doing business or grad school, what does that have to do with you getting **** grades? Guarantee you would not get into Harvard Business school with your grades either, not to mention business is no where near as respected as medicine..
No one said you were not interested in medicine, we are simply saying you should take a look at WHY you are interested in medicine.

How old are you? Im wondering?

Dude. You're annoying. That is all.

 

[travoltage]

My 2 cents.....it was just your freshman year. This happens to many people, search the forums. All you have to do is buckle down and get A's now....maybe a few B's here and there, but NO C's from now on. Straight A's here on out would be ideal, as your probably well aware.

Remember.....it is never too late to become who you want to be, if your committed to medicine you will get there one way or another.