Hey guys.
I was wondering if anyone had a similar experience, or knows of a situation like this that happened.
I am currently finishing my sophomore year as a human physiology major at Boston University (notorious for grade deflation jsyk). And my GPA sucks.
I dropped a class 3 out of the 4 semesters I've been here (meaning I've only had 3 classes/semester) and I've still been getting mostly C's. In high school, I took mostly honors and AP classes, but also got mostly C's/B's (how I got into BU I'll never know). I had asked my mom to see a psychiatrist in high school at the suggestion of my guidance counselor but she is very old-fashioned and "didn't want anything on my permanent record suggesting mental illness" so she didn't let me. Finally, after like 8 years of misery, I went to see a psychiatrist without telling her, and was diagnosed with ADHD as well as mild depression and moderate anxiety as a result of the ADHD (constant failure and inability to do basic tasks=feeling like you're the sh*ttiest person on Earth). Right now I'm at a 2.6 GPA, looking to maybe get to a 2.7 by the end of this semester, but still, overall, sh*tty.
I was previously pre-med, but after some serious soul-searching, I decided a few months ago that the medical profession couldn't offer me the lifestyle that the dental profession could (mainly the flexibility and ability to work part time when I have kids). As I look more into it, I'm becoming more and more excited to become a dentist, likely pediatric.
I have been in therapy and on medications for a few weeks now, and while things are not perfect, they are definitely heading in the right direction. I am suddenly able to sit down and read more than 1 page of my textbook within a 20-minute period. I'm able to listen to my professor in class so I don't have to go home and spend 4 hours trying to grasp what he said in 50 minutes. It's actually looking likely that I'll be able to get 3.5-4.0 GPAs in the next two years.
My question is, based on your own experiences, do you think that if my cumulative GPA from frosh and soph. years is about a 2.7, but the cumulative GPA from junior and senior years is something like a 3.8, would dental schools actually care about the trend, or would they still probably see me below someone with a consistent 3.4 GPA? (Assuming all DAT scores, volunteer/shadowing, etc were the same.)
**I know a lot of people have issues with ADHD, and to be honest after my sociology of healthcare class, I did too, but sometimes there actually IS a neurochemical imbalance and medication IS the only solution. Just because some people abuse a drug doesn't mean it isn't necessary for others.
I was wondering if anyone had a similar experience, or knows of a situation like this that happened.
I am currently finishing my sophomore year as a human physiology major at Boston University (notorious for grade deflation jsyk). And my GPA sucks.
I dropped a class 3 out of the 4 semesters I've been here (meaning I've only had 3 classes/semester) and I've still been getting mostly C's. In high school, I took mostly honors and AP classes, but also got mostly C's/B's (how I got into BU I'll never know). I had asked my mom to see a psychiatrist in high school at the suggestion of my guidance counselor but she is very old-fashioned and "didn't want anything on my permanent record suggesting mental illness" so she didn't let me. Finally, after like 8 years of misery, I went to see a psychiatrist without telling her, and was diagnosed with ADHD as well as mild depression and moderate anxiety as a result of the ADHD (constant failure and inability to do basic tasks=feeling like you're the sh*ttiest person on Earth). Right now I'm at a 2.6 GPA, looking to maybe get to a 2.7 by the end of this semester, but still, overall, sh*tty.
I was previously pre-med, but after some serious soul-searching, I decided a few months ago that the medical profession couldn't offer me the lifestyle that the dental profession could (mainly the flexibility and ability to work part time when I have kids). As I look more into it, I'm becoming more and more excited to become a dentist, likely pediatric.
I have been in therapy and on medications for a few weeks now, and while things are not perfect, they are definitely heading in the right direction. I am suddenly able to sit down and read more than 1 page of my textbook within a 20-minute period. I'm able to listen to my professor in class so I don't have to go home and spend 4 hours trying to grasp what he said in 50 minutes. It's actually looking likely that I'll be able to get 3.5-4.0 GPAs in the next two years.
My question is, based on your own experiences, do you think that if my cumulative GPA from frosh and soph. years is about a 2.7, but the cumulative GPA from junior and senior years is something like a 3.8, would dental schools actually care about the trend, or would they still probably see me below someone with a consistent 3.4 GPA? (Assuming all DAT scores, volunteer/shadowing, etc were the same.)
**I know a lot of people have issues with ADHD, and to be honest after my sociology of healthcare class, I did too, but sometimes there actually IS a neurochemical imbalance and medication IS the only solution. Just because some people abuse a drug doesn't mean it isn't necessary for others.
I have definitely been looking into masters programs. Obviously I'd like to get in straight after UG but since I wouldn't really have my senior year grades to turn in by then I understand its unlikely. The Oral Health Program masters at BU is looking really good right now, especially since you can do it in one year. 