Yea I had a 2.5 gpa my freshman year and decided to take a year off in order to bring my grades up as much as possible before applying. I graduated last May with a 3.5 and applied for med school last summerin order to matriculate this fall. I agree with mvenus929 in that it was the best decision for me. It also gave me an opportunity to recharge after an extremely demanding 4 years of college. I would've applied after my junior year if my freshman grades weren't so horrible, but since they were, I decided to take the year off. You only want to have to apply to med school once because it is a very difficult process to go through. So do not rush into doing it because you don't want to take a year off. You're gonna be in school forever anyway...what's another year? Good luck.