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Alright, here it goes...I'm in my senior year of undergrad, non-URM, 3.4 cGPA/sGPA, good EC's, blah blah blah.
My "upward trend" since freshman year has a very good chance of being disrupted this year (yes, upward trend resulting in a 3.4 by end of junior year, I know...) and I fear my career may be put in jeopardy. Basically lost my best friend in a car accident a few days before school started as he was driving back home from visiting me. I've felt personally responsible ever since it happened (he wanted to leave earlier but didn't end up leaving till later that night). It didn't help that his family basically disowned me and, I've watched his family fall apart in the few months after it happened. Needless to say, I didn't do very well the first half of the semester and will probably end up with an even crappier GPA than I already have, I've rescheduled my MCAT till after I graduate. Before the osteopathic suggestions pour in, you should know that one of the last discussions my deceased friend and I had was about how we both would try to get into MD schools as a bit of friendly competition. Really just needed to vent and need to hear if anyone else has gone through a traumatic event as an undergrad. I also need to know how I can show adcoms the magnitude of how this event effected me and my studies. While I'm here, will a perfect semester this spring (20 credits) and a good MCAT show adcoms I can bounce back from this event and that I'm capable of succeeding in medical school?
-Thanks Guys
My "upward trend" since freshman year has a very good chance of being disrupted this year (yes, upward trend resulting in a 3.4 by end of junior year, I know...) and I fear my career may be put in jeopardy. Basically lost my best friend in a car accident a few days before school started as he was driving back home from visiting me. I've felt personally responsible ever since it happened (he wanted to leave earlier but didn't end up leaving till later that night). It didn't help that his family basically disowned me and, I've watched his family fall apart in the few months after it happened. Needless to say, I didn't do very well the first half of the semester and will probably end up with an even crappier GPA than I already have, I've rescheduled my MCAT till after I graduate. Before the osteopathic suggestions pour in, you should know that one of the last discussions my deceased friend and I had was about how we both would try to get into MD schools as a bit of friendly competition. Really just needed to vent and need to hear if anyone else has gone through a traumatic event as an undergrad. I also need to know how I can show adcoms the magnitude of how this event effected me and my studies. While I'm here, will a perfect semester this spring (20 credits) and a good MCAT show adcoms I can bounce back from this event and that I'm capable of succeeding in medical school?
-Thanks Guys