Lost and Depressed and completely screwed up. Need Advice!

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Roland225

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So I decided to go pre med last year when I was majoring in finance and realized I hated it. Switched to a Bio major for pre med, and ended up getting a B in Bio 1 and C in Chem 1. Overall had a poor/mediocre semester because I just didn't try. That was at a community college and now have transferred over to a 4 year university. I am now in my Junior year with a 3.1 overall GPA and a 2.5 sGPA(Only took 2 science courses) and made my major a computer science major with the pre med focus, I did that so the chance I end up either not wanting to go to medical school or just flat out do poorly, I have a credible major to fall back on.



So this semester, I have experienced a bad break up, my parents are getting divorced (witnessed my father and mother in some serious physical fights and had to get involved). It all has made me depressed and unmotivated in school and have not been able to focus. Recently I realized how I am destroying my academic career and trying to salvage the semester. I'm thinking of switching back to the bio major (or behavioral neuroscience). I am stressing the hell out because I am already super behind in my undergrad with low stats. I need some direction. Any advice will help. Thank you. I'm done making excuses for myself and want to succeed. Is medical school still possible for me?
 
Med school is still possible for you, but I would strongly encourage you to take a light semester or year and get some counseling, or at the very least allow yourself to recover emotionally from what you've been through, regroup, and figure out exactly what you want to do. This will allow you to improve or at least not further damage your GPA. You can return next semester or your senior year with a renewed sense of purpose in whatever you want to do, and take a 5th year or gap year if necessary.

Take care of yourself first. Med school will always be there, and you can't give future patients what you do not possess yourself. You also need to be emotionally stable to get through the MCAT, volunteering, and medical school.
 
Consider taking a semester off. Break ups are no joke and that compounded with the family issues is a recipe for disaster, speaking from experience. It gets better, but put yourself in the best position for that to happen. Think of Maslow's hierarchy. I made some bad decisions coping during my application cycle/senior year and was fortunate enough to not have my future derailed because of it. Don't roll the dice, med school will still be there. Take care.
 
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