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Folks,

I think I lost my ability to be smart. As dumb as that sounds, I swear I've become dumb. I'm in a bit of a predicament. I'm a 4.0 student.

I took my MCAT last summer, did average (average for M.D. acceptance that is). I felt like superman meeting his kryptonite when I received that below average AAMC practice test score on my real thing. Didn't get an acceptance from my interviews. Moving on. Even after that, I went to school in the fall semester. I actually did fine! However, now I've lost my mojo.

That brings us to this semester. It's only 16 credits (5 lectures and a lab), and on paper it actuality pales in comparison to last semester in my opinion. I think I have more work, but the intellectual strain has lessened in my final sciences. I've basically had all of my first exams. If I were to get a transcript right now for the grades I currently have, I'd have nearly straight B's, and maybe 1 A. I'm popping out B's like I can't help it. :bang:

I'm still just as motivated as ever, except now it's mixed with a lot of discouragement and self-doubt. People have been jokingly mentioning "senioritis", but I am not a lazy person. I am burned out though and need my undergrad to end, but not in flames.

Hopefully I can redeem myself in at least a couple of classes. How will admissions committees view me when I reapply if they see 9 semesters of "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..." and then they get to "...AAAAAAABBBB."? If I do get B's hopefully I can pull off +'s. Will my last semester, if it goes poorly, be a red flag? It's essentially going to look like I took my Phuqitol pills my last semester. Not getting into medical school has been hard on me these last couple months, and maybe I'm not aware of all of the factors that are causing me to stumble either, but I'm just as neurotically trying to flex my brain muscles as always.

Any advice, perceptions, empathetic or sympathetic views, honesties, encouragements would be appreciated. I'm struggling through my last semester and need to know how this might affect things (e.g. my June 1st reapplication).

Thanks for your time. :lame:
 
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My troll-radar is very weak, but i'm sorry, you're not going to get any empathy and sympathy from anybody here.
 
I Love Cats said:
Folks,

I think I lost my ability to be smart. As dumb as that sounds, I swear I've become dumb. I'm in a bit of a predicament. I'm a 4.0 student.

I took my MCAT last summer, did average (average for M.D. acceptance that is). I felt like superman meeting his kryptonite when I received that below average AAMC practice test score on my real thing. Didn't get an acceptance from my interviews. Moving on. It's the same reason I never took an IQ test. I felt like knowing would set a lower standard than I wanted, but anyway. Even after that, I went to school in the fall semester. I actually did fine! However, now I've lost my mojo.

(I'm being slightly silly to avoid being perceived as your typical crazy pre-med because I need advice and perspective, but I'm actually extremely unhappy with myself, and I feel miserable.)

That brings us to this semester. It's only 16 credits (5 lectures and a lab), and on paper it actuality pales in comparison to last semester in my opinion. I think I have more work, but the intellectual strain has lessened in my final sciences. I've basically had all of my first exams. If I were to get a transcript right now for the grades I currently have, I'd have nearly straight B's, and maybe 1 A. I'm freaking out because I became aware of this early on and have been trying hard to avoid continuing the trend, but I can't break it. Had another exam today, and did another B repeat. I have maybe had 5-6 exams in total in my undergrad that I ever got what was a B on a B scale, and now I'm just popping them out like I can't help it. :bang:

I'm still just as motivated as ever, except now it's mixed with a lot of discouragement and self-doubt. People have been jokingly mentioning "senioritis", but I am not a lazy person. I am burned out though and need my undergrad to end, but not in flames.

Hopefully, when I redeem myself in at least a couple of classes, how will admissions committees view me when I reapply if they see 9 semesters of "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..." and then they get to "...AAAAAAABBBB."? If I do get B's hopefully I can pull off +'s. Will my last semester, if it goes poorly, be a red flag? Will they think I gave up, or will they think that I'm not cut out for medicine (at least M.D.)? Obviously my GPA will still look beautiful collectively (a 4.0 --> maybe a 3.96 or 3.97), but it's essentially going to look like I took my Phuqitol pills my last semester. Not getting into medical school has been hard on me these last couple months, and maybe I'm not aware of all of the factors that are causing me to stumble either, but I'm just as neurotically trying to flex my brain muscles as always.

Any advice, perceptions, empathetic or sympathetic views, honesties, encouragements would be appreciated. I'm struggling through my last semester and need to know how this might affect things (e.g. my June 1st reapplication).

Thanks for your time. :lame:
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Pretty bad. 0/10

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I think there's a cream for that...
 
I wasn't trying to be a troll. I apologize if this seemed like it. Let this thread die if it was in accidental bad taste. I was just concerned about how going out of undergrad like this would affect my standings in the eyes of a committee.
 
I Love Cats said:
Folks,

I think I lost my ability to be smart. As dumb as that sounds, I swear I've become dumb. I'm in a bit of a predicament. I'm a 4.0 student.

I took my MCAT last summer, did average (average for M.D. acceptance that is). I felt like superman meeting his kryptonite when I received that below average AAMC practice test score on my real thing. Didn't get an acceptance from my interviews. Moving on. It's the same reason I never took an IQ test. I felt like knowing would set a lower standard than I wanted, but anyway. Even after that, I went to school in the fall semester. I actually did fine! However, now I've lost my mojo.

That brings us to this semester. It's only 16 credits (5 lectures and a lab), and on paper it actuality pales in comparison to last semester in my opinion. I think I have more work, but the intellectual strain has lessened in my final sciences. I've basically had all of my first exams. If I were to get a transcript right now for the grades I currently have, I'd have nearly straight B's, and maybe 1 A. I'm popping out B's like I can't help it. :bang:

I'm still just as motivated as ever, except now it's mixed with a lot of discouragement and self-doubt. People have been jokingly mentioning "senioritis", but I am not a lazy person. I am burned out though and need my undergrad to end, but not in flames.

Hopefully, when I redeem myself in at least a couple of classes, how will admissions committees view me when I reapply if they see 9 semesters of "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..." and then they get to "...AAAAAAABBBB."? If I do get B's hopefully I can pull off +'s. Will my last semester, if it goes poorly, be a red flag? It's essentially going to look like I took my Phuqitol pills my last semester. Not getting into medical school has been hard on me these last couple months, and maybe I'm not aware of all of the factors that are causing me to stumble either, but I'm just as neurotically trying to flex my brain muscles as always.

Any advice, perceptions, empathetic or sympathetic views, honesties, encouragements would be appreciated. I'm struggling through my last semester and need to know how this might affect things (e.g. my June 1st reapplication).

Thanks for your time. :lame:
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Pfft. What a joke.
 
Don't touch me, I can't afford another B+ on my transcript :scared:
 
trolls always seem so certain that they really aren't trolls
 
I Love Cats said:
I wasn't trying to be a troll. I apologize if this seemed like it. Let this thread die if it was in accidental bad taste. I was just concerned about how going out of undergrad like this would affect my standings in the eyes of a committee.
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Ok 👍

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I Love Cats said:
I wasn't trying to be a troll. I apologize if this seemed like it. Let this thread die if it was in accidental bad taste. I was just concerned about how going out of undergrad like this would affect my standings in the eyes of a committee.
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🙄
 
I don't think you're trolling, though I can see how it can kind of come off as a humblebrag, which might be what people are picking up on. I know how it can feel to be doing well and then disappoint yourself with a still fine but not quite up-to-par performance. Good news is, I don't think this will really affect your application (though I'm not an adcom). Of course, work as hard as you can, but yeah I don't think this is a huge deal. Getting a few Bs does not constitute going down in flames. 😳
 
I don't understand all of the hate in this thread. I can empathize with the OP a little.

To the OP, you'll just have to explain your situation during your interviews, if they ask. If it's a matter of difficult courses or just plain senioritis or wanting to spend more time with friends in your last semester of undergrad or whatever the cause you think it may be, explain it during your interviews. But be mature about it. Don't be extremely wrapped up about not having a perfect GPA during your future endeavors that it comes off as childish and petty. B's are good too, as long as you put in the effort and did the best you could possibly do. No one is expecting total perfection. Once again, be mature about it. It's only a grade 🙂

I know this because I had a question asked to me about my GPA during one of my interviews (I have an almost perfect GPA and he asked about my little academic blemish). My interviewer actually told me that he's seen straight A students flip out completely on getting a B or a C and just can't handle it. So... don't be that person! =D You can do it!

Also, because you've gotten all A's thus far, your GPA won't drop dramatically. So calm down and just get ready for another application cycle! Consider retaking the MCAT if you know for sure you can do at least 3 points better. And make sure you apply early! Good luck and I hope this helps!
 
Infarction said:
I don't understand all of the hate in this thread. I can empathize with the OP a little.

Don't be extremely wrapped up about not having a perfect GPA during your future endeavors that it comes off as childish and petty.
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Yes, I accidentally did that here. I'm sorry to all that got that vibe. In my panicked mindset, I just wrote. Thank you so far much for your advice. I'm glad to hear a story of a similar situation.
 
To say sub 4.0 = stupid is what gave it away.

So OP is either a troll or a dbag.

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MedPR said:
To say sub 4.0 = stupid is what gave it away.

So OP is either a troll or a dbag.

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Please don't pick a fight on this thread. You like to instigate on many threads that you contribute to. I've been watching.

I didn't imply that. What I implied was that I can't handle my s*** this semester.
 
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I Love Cats said:
Please don't pick a fight on this thread. You like to instigate on many threads that you contribute too. I've been watching.

I didn't imply that. What I implied was that I can't handle my s*** this semester.
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Calm down and get your crap together before med school.

There really is nothing to worry about the occasional B, especially coming off the end of a solid college career.

A C, however, is something you definitely don't want.
 
I Love Cats said:
Please don't pick a fight on this thread. You like to instigate on many threads that you contribute too. I've been watching.

I didn't imply that. What I implied was that I can't handle my s*** this semester.
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Idk. Catching a case of the stupid because you don't have a 4.0 anymore seems pretty cut and dry.

Since you've been watching, do you like what you see? :naughty:


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MedPR said:
Idk. Catching a case of the stupid because you don't have a 4.0 anymore seems pretty cut and dry.

Since you've been watching, do you like what you see? :naughty:
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:naughty::naughty:
 
MedPR said:
Idk. Catching a case of the stupid because you don't have a 4.0 anymore seems pretty cut and dry.

Since you've been watching, do you like what you see? :naughty:
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You're good at what you do, but I'd like to avoid being in your sights in that way, please.

Thanks for calming down y'all.
 
Getting Bs != stupid

Getting Ds and Fs = stupid.

Understand?
 
Straight Bs will plummet your GPA (Always much easier to go down, but not up). Its still early, you can get back to it. As for how and all that, no one here can tell you. See a shrink? Care more? Stop being a wuss?

And trust me, some of us have it much worse than you.
 
I Love Cats said:
You're good at what you do, but I'd like to avoid being in your sights in that way, please.

Thanks for calming down y'all.
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There's no need to call the OP anything. If you have nothing constructive to say, please don't say it at all. Not everyone can contribute because not everyone can empathize with the situation. What may have seemed like a troll move to you may be a situation someone else also had to deal with. So let's be respectful here 🙂
 
CrimsonKing said:
Calm down and get your crap together before med school.
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I'll have a year to recover from undergrad, so ideally I'll find again what I had for all my other semesters again that I lost in this one.
 
Infarction said:
Check my date joined. I was here before you. 😉
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Then what makes you think SDN will not post if it has nothing constructive to add?

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You all are getting pretty ridiculous. Shape up.

@OP: The only dumb thing you've done is coming to SDN at this time of year (when acceptees don't care, and the unaccepted are crazy bitter) and post a story like that. PM somebody trustworthy and get an objective opinion instead of asking everyone here to praise you.

You burned out, and don't have the willpower to push through it. Deal with that.
 
I knew a guy in college who freaked out about getting low grades...He actually did one grade lower than the OP with 4 C's and 1 B and he got into medical school in the US. MD too...

I think you're fine OP
 
Bearstronaut said:
You all are getting pretty ridiculous. Shape up.

@OP: The only dumb thing you've done is coming to SDN at this time of year (when acceptees don't care, and the unaccepted are crazy bitter) and post a story like that. PM somebody trustworthy and get an objective opinion instead of asking everyone here to praise you.

You burned out, and don't have the willpower to push through it. Deal with that.
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Well said. 👍
 
You have nothing to be overly concerned about and will still have an above avg accepted GPA for essentially every school. Relax. However, obviously get back on track if you can. You're getting malicious answers because you have a GPA higher than most people applying so it comes off sounding ridiculous.

MedPR, don't ever change. You provide much entertainment during these trying times.
 
Bearstronaut said:
You all are getting pretty ridiculous. Shape up.

@OP: The only dumb thing you've done is coming to SDN at this time of year (when acceptees don't care, and the unaccepted are crazy bitter) and post a story like that. PM somebody trustworthy and get an objective opinion instead of asking everyone here to praise you.

You burned out, and don't have the willpower to push through it. Deal with that.
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Ya, I regret this for sure. I wasn't look for praise though. I just honestly wanted to hear about others who had a hard time finishing up, advice on how this might be viewed by admissions or insight/advice that you gave. I failed to think about how mentioning something like my GPA would cause people to react. I thought mentioning my failure to get in and also failure to keep my grades tip-top would be a nice appropriate/humbling off-set despite mentioning my GPA.

Thank you for your response. Maybe it's good I didn't get in this year. Who knows.
 
Don't worry. You'll get in.

If you're burned out, maybe you can take a short trip over the weekend to forget about school and relieve yourself of the stress.

Edit: nvm
 
Bearstronaut said:
You all are getting pretty ridiculous. Shape up.

@OP: The only dumb thing you've done is coming to SDN at this time of year (when acceptees don't care, and the unaccepted are crazy bitter) and post a story like that. PM somebody trustworthy and get an objective opinion instead of asking everyone here to praise you.

You burned out, and don't have the willpower to push through it. Deal with that.
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👍
 
MedPR said:
Then what makes you think SDN will not post if it has nothing constructive to add?

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Stop trying to just accumulate posts while not saying anything substantial. You do this on nearly every thread. You make some snarky comment that doesn't say anything of importance.

You don't know if OP, any OP is 100% a troll. Your ego is just so fragile, that you are afraid of answering a troll even once. So you call everyone that doesn't have a "typical" question a troll. Then you tell everyone who has a "typical" question to use the search bar. Get a grip dude.

Also, maybe its time to stop living your life on SDN and go outside for once.
 
Medstart108 said:
Stop trying to just accumulate posts while not saying anything substantial. You do this on nearly every thread. You make some snarky comment that doesn't say anything of importance.

You don't know if OP, any OP is 100% a troll. Your ego is just so fragile, that you are afraid of answering a troll even once. So you call everyone that doesn't have a "typical" question a troll. Then you tell everyone who has a "typical" question to use the search bar. Get a grip dude.

Also, maybe its time to stop living your life on SDN and go outside for once.
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:whoa::corny::whoa:
 
Medstart108 said:
Stop trying to just accumulate posts while not saying anything substantial. You do this on nearly every thread. You make some snarky comment that doesn't say anything of importance.

You don't know if OP, any OP is 100% a troll. Your ego is just so fragile, that you are afraid of answering a troll even once. So you call everyone that doesn't have a "typical" question a troll. Then you tell everyone who has a "typical" question to use the search bar. Get a grip dude.

Also, maybe its time to stop living your life on SDN and go outside for once.
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Why u mad tho?

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