I got an A- in Freshwater Ecology

[SpideyMD]

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I'm in complete shock right now. How the HELL. So frustrated just need to vent
EDIT: I got a 93.5 after going to her office and fixing her answer key!

 

[deleted1001426]

On the plus sideI’m struggling to think of more than a few other classes which hold less bearing on ones ability be an exceptional physician than freshwater ecology lol

 

[SpideyMD]

On the plus sideI’m struggling to think of more than a few other classes which hold less bearing on ones ability be an exceptional physician than freshwater ecology lol

Thanks! I just can't believe I let this class get the better of me. I took it for the easy A. I'm just so incredibly frustrated right now. I just honestly can't believe it, and am really looking forward to chatting with my professor about how she calculated this.

 

[deleted1001426]

Thanks! I just can't believe I let this class get the better of me. I took it for the easy A. I'm just so incredibly frustrated right now. I just honestly can't believe it, and am really looking forward to chatting with my professor about how she calculated this.

It’s an a-, I get it. It sucks, especially when you know that you had the ability to earn an A but in the end it’s not going to sink your application, hell by graduation it won’t even have a noticeable impact on your gpa. Just put it behind you and focus on how you can continue to improve your app.

 

[EdgeTrimmer]

Are you planning to Ecology major?

 

[Moko]

Better get ready for the Caribbean.

 

[ChymeofPassion]

I'd send a letter to medical schools you may apply to in 2024 letting them know of this and assuring them you will approve.

Just my thoughts.

 

[MedStudent2301]

The replies on this thread are hilarious. I also do get it that the you felt so close to an A, an A- can seem annoying, but you are so fine in medical admissions don't worry. Most people do not have straight A's (myself included) 🙂

 

[Goro]

I'm in complete shock right now. How the HELL. So frustrated just need to vent

You're frustrated with an A-??????

Just a word of warning...this is not the mindset we want to see in candidates. People like this are either in our offices complaining about their exam score of 91 should actually be a 92, and then present some contortions of mathematics that space-time starts to warp and my office then exceeds the speed of light.

 

[SpideyMD]

I'd send a letter to medical schools you may apply to in 2024 letting them know of this and assuring them you will approve.

Just my thoughts.

I'm applying next year!

 

[SpideyMD]

You're frustrated with an A-??????

Never got anything lower than an A since I started college, I graduate in a year. Just hate to see it be this class.

 

[SpideyMD]

Are you planning to Ecology major?

No I just took it for the easy A to be honest. I needed a 4 credit bio elective

 

[Goro]

Never got anything lower than an A since I started college, I graduate in a year. Just hate to see it be this class.

Everybody has to lose their virginity sometime.

 

[Dr panda]

Never got anything lower than an A since I started college, I graduate in a year. Just hate to see it be this class.

Think of this as of scratching your phone. Of course it is sad but the good think is after that you will not be that obsessed with it and will be just using it. Same for your transcript.

 

[ChymeofPassion]

Never got anything lower than an A since I started college, I graduate in a year. Just hate to see it be this class.

I got my first less than A grade (A-) Junior year too. Was tough, but when I eventually got two more A-s during college I didnt care xD.

 

[deleted1000960]

When you need to treat a patient of some rare parasite that only lives in the fresh waters of a distant land, you’ll know where you have failed as a physician.

 

[deleted987519]

This is why I got a B my freshman year, rip the band-aid off early 😉

 

[Osminog]

One of the top reasons for being rejected from medical school is underperformance in Freshwater Ecology. It's a notorious weed-out class.

Now that your stint as a pre-med is over, what path are you going to switch to?

 

[gyngyn]

Perfectionism is the enemy of resilience.

 

[JoaoMoutinho]

Better get ready for the Caribbean.

Isn't that a saltwater ecosystem though?

 

[KnightDoc]

Never got anything lower than an A since I started college, I graduate in a year. Just hate to see it be this class.

Cheer up -- think of this as good practice for when you get a yield protection R from some random school next year with your 3.99 GPA! 🙂

 

[SpideyMD]

You're frustrated with an A-??????

Just a word of warning...this is not the mindset we want to see in candidates. People like this are either in our offices complaining about their exam score of 91 should actually be a 92, and then present some contortions of mathematics that space-time starts to warp and my office then exceeds the speed of light.

LOL

 

[SpideyMD]

Thanks guys! I'm just going to take this with a grain of salt and move forward. I will still visit her office to see if there are any points I can quickly gather, but if not, it won't be the end of my journey to becoming a physician.

 

[gyngyn]

I will still visit her office to see if there are any points I can quickly gather, but if not, it won't be the end of my journey to becoming a physician.

It may be the beginning.

 

[MedDoc305]

I'm in complete shock right now. How the HELL. So frustrated just need to vent

I personally got a C in oceanography. Felt it was much harder than my biochem class.

 

[SpideyMD]

It may be the beginning.

That's deep

 

[DNAJB6]

Everybody has to lose their virginity sometime.

Even monks?

 

[Princeton Medical Student]

Bruh.

 

[DocOrBust2019]

RIP to your hopes for a US med school...

 

[deleted1011020]

If you cant name all the Symphysodon species then you're dead in the water; you'll only be able to apply DO now.

 

[EdgeTrimmer]

Everybody has to lose their virginity sometime.

Luckily my son lost it in first semester with A- in chem lab 🙂

 

[Geo16]

The 4.0 virginity lmao

 

[Pagan FutureDoc]

Better get ready for the Caribbean.

Caribbean nothing, an A- in freshwater ecology puts you on the fast track for Hollywood Upstairs Medical College

 

[Aktak]

I'm applying next year!

Not with an A- in Freshwater Ecology, you aren’t...

However, there’s still a shot. Most people only know of two kinds of doctors - DOs and MDs, but did you know there’s a THIRD KIND!? Maybe Podiatric School is a good option! Just opt-in for “partner offers” and you’ll learn all about it.

 

[getdown]

Vent somewhere else.

The people who have the most problem during residency are the people with this mindset of perfectionism. They're unable to handle anything other than what they think is the best possible outcomes. Patient's don't read books on how diseases present and how they respond to treatment. And there's too much work to do to be able to do everything perfectly. Prioritize and move on. Learn to accept defeat and failure. Your humility as a physician will carry you further than how perfectly you can do something. That, or you'll learn soon enough what humility truly is from a massive failure or from an attending.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Never got anything lower than an A since I started college, I graduate in a year. Just hate to see it be this class.

It’s good that it’s happening now because in med school, plenty of people who were at the top of their classes in college are happy to be passing.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

you're dead in the water;

I see what you did there.

 

[keolu hills]

Think of this as of scratching your phone. Of course it is sad but the good think is after that you will not be that obsessed with it and will be just using it. Same for your transcript.

It's interesting that you compared the grade to a scratched phone. I would actually be more upset about a scratched phone especially if I just got it. As for the grade, I would just be happy that my score was above a B.

 

[Dr panda]

It's interesting that you compared the grade to a scratched phone. I would actually be more upset about a scratched phone especially if I just got it. As for the grade, I would just be happy that my score was above a B.

Given the OPs anxiety it seems that he/she would rather scratched their brand new iPhone all over the screen than getting that A-

 

[TheDancingWriter]

I was thrilled to get an A in physics (I frankly still have no idea how I managed that)--but I would have been just as happy with a B because one bad test made it a struggle to get back to the top. You're never going to survive with a perfectionist's mindset because it also implies you've never had to overcome any struggles.

 

[deleted688779]

I got a B in a fictional writing course. All we did was write fanfic and talk in a circle. The instructor said I didn’t speak enough and thus did not deserve an A (grades were subjective)

Idk if that makes you feel better but just know that I got a B because I’m an introvert.

 

[TheDancingWriter]

I got a B in a fictional writing course. All we did was write fanfic and talk in a circle. The instructor said I didn’t speak enough and thus did not deserve an A (grades were subjective)

Back in my undergrad, I did a Bachelor's in English literature. I got a C in a Writings in Fiction course, mostly because I forgot there was an essay due and never turned it in. At that time, I was suffering senioritis and just didn't care. I graduated with a GPA of 3.4. I could have done better in my undergrad, but I pulled up my GPA anyway with the prerequisites I had to do when I started back two years ago. I don't know how it is with med school, but for PT school, no one cared that I had gotten that C. For them, it was the prerequisites that mattered most.

 

[deleted688779]

Back in my undergrad, I did a Bachelor's in English literature. I got a C in a Writings in Fiction course, mostly because I forgot there was an essay due and never turned it in. At that time, I was suffering senioritis and just didn't care. I graduated with a GPA of 3.4. I could have done better in my undergrad, but I pulled up my GPA anyway with the prerequisites I had to do when I started back two years ago. I don't know how it is with med school, but for PT school, no one cared that I had gotten that C. For them, it was the prerequisites that mattered most.

Oh yeah, I know. It doesn’t bother me at all now. Just hoping to provide OP some comfort lol

 

[SpideyMD]

Given the OPs anxiety it seems that he/she would rather scratched their brand new iPhone all over the screen than getting that A-

Very true haha. An iPhone can always be replaced!

 

[SpideyMD]

I got a B in a fictional writing course. All we did was write fanfic and talk in a circle. The instructor said I didn’t speak enough and thus did not deserve an A (grades were subjective)

Idk if that makes you feel better but just know that I got a B because I’m an introvert.

I got a B in a fictional writing course. All we did was write fanfic and talk in a circle. The instructor said I didn’t speak enough and thus did not deserve an A (grades were subjective)

Idk if that makes you feel better but just know that I got a B because I’m an introvert.

Thank you..

 

[bananafish94]

SOAP up bro

 

[Cornfed101]

This is ridiculous. I basically got straights Bs and I'm doing fine this cycle.

All A- is a 3.7... that's about the median at most MD schools.

 

[EdgeTrimmer]

This is ridiculous. I basically got straights Bs and I'm doing fine this cycle.

All A- is a 3.7... that's about the median at most MD schools.

May be OP is an ORM.

 

[Aktak]

May be OP is an ORM.

Nah. Probs needs the perfect GPA to get into Princeton.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

Nah. Probs needs the perfect GPA to get into Princeton.

You need a 4.1 and a 529.