Low gpa?

[ryellamaty]

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Hi, I am a pre health major/ biochem major that is just about finish their sophomore year. My first year of undergrad wasnt so great and i ended with a 2.67 gpa. I thinking getting a D+ in general chemistry 2 really was a wake up call for me. However, this year i really worked my butt off and i can end this year with a 3.01 gpa and i retook gen chem 2 and got an A- with grade restitution. I was just wondering if that there are any people out there that have gotten into medical school with a slightly lower gpa. I know that my gpa freshman year was a little low, but i really think as a student my grades in future classes will be a lot better, I plan on doing a 5th year which might help too. I was just wondering if med schools will frown upon a bad freshman year. I was shooting for at the very least a 3.3 by the time i graduate. thank you.

 

[fahimaz7]

Hi, I am a pre health major/ biochem major that is just about finish their sophomore year. My first year of undergrad wasnt so great and i ended with a 2.67 gpa. I thinking getting a D+ in general chemistry 2 really was a wake up call for me. However, this year i really worked my butt off and i can end this year with a 3.01 gpa and i retook gen chem 2 and got an A- with grade restitution. I was just wondering if that there are any people out there that have gotten into medical school with a slightly lower gpa. I know that my gpa freshman year was a little low, but i really think as a student my grades in future classes will be a lot better, I plan on doing a 5th year which might help too. I was just wondering if med schools will frown upon a bad freshman year. I was shooting for at the very least a 3.3 by the time i graduate. thank you.

I had a 2.8 after year one and had a D in music appreciation, C in college algebra, and C in English. Ended up with a 3.2 undergrad, 3.9 in grad school, and a 3.92 in medical school.

I was a slacker in college and top 10% of my medical school class.

 

[ryellamaty]

I had a 2.8 after year one and had a D in music appreciation, C in college algebra, and C in English. Ended up with a 3.2 undergrad, 3.9 in grad school, and a 3.92 in medical school.

I was a slacker in college and top 10% of my medical school class.

What did you do for your master's? Did it help to go to grad school and then apply to med school?

 

[efle]

However, this year i really worked my butt off and i can end this year with a 3.01 gpa and i retook gen chem 2 and got an A- with grade restitution.

AMCAS, the application system for med school, does not do grade replacement/restitution. Both the A- and D+ will go into your GPA when you apply, so effectively like a double-weighted 2.50. What is your GPA with both grades factored in?

If you went from a 2.7 to a 3.0 does that mean your sophomore year was overall a 3.3?

 

[Goro]

Start aceing everything from now on and do well on MCAT and you will find that there are MD schools (and all DO) that reward reinvention.

 

[fahimaz7]

What did you do for your master's? Did it help to go to grad school and then apply to med school?

I did a real masters in science. It helped me mature for sure.

 

[Pinkswan]

Hi, I am a pre health major/ biochem major that is just about finish their sophomore year. My first year of undergrad wasnt so great and i ended with a 2.67 gpa. I thinking getting a D+ in general chemistry 2 really was a wake up call for me. However, this year i really worked my butt off and i can end this year with a 3.01 gpa and i retook gen chem 2 and got an A- with grade restitution. I was just wondering if that there are any people out there that have gotten into medical school with a slightly lower gpa. I know that my gpa freshman year was a little low, but i really think as a student my grades in future classes will be a lot better, I plan on doing a 5th year which might help too. I was just wondering if med schools will frown upon a bad freshman year. I was shooting for at the very least a 3.3 by the time i graduate. thank you.

Literally in the same boat as you omg. Except I'm a sophomore now but I finished freshman year off with the same gpa as your freshman gpa. Have been working harder this year-we got this!!