Physicians Assistant - Should I give up?

[pharmdzb]

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I made a 3.94 my freshman fall semester but made 2.9 spring of freshman after I found out my mom had cancer which played a huge toll on me in every aspect.


Now as a sophomore, my mom is still struggling with cancer and I've been going home alot to be with her since she is alone for the most part. I was taking anatomy, o.chem, o.chem lab, stat, nutrition, and a religion and science class. I was sucking at anatomy and that is one of the few pre-reqs many PA schools have, so I decided to drop that and take it next year alongside with the lab that I did not get into this semester. I know I'm gonna get A's in religion and science, nutrition, and statistics, and pull a B in o.chem. But I just took my o.chem lab final and OVERSLEPT so I only had an hour to take it, where as the whole class had 2 hours and I already know I failed it, and if you fail the final you fail the lab.


I ultimately think I will have to withdraw from o.chem lab too since I do not want an F on my transcript. Even though o.chem and o.chem lab are not required for most PA schools, I already withdrew from anatomy and it will look so bad that I dropped both of them.....


Next year I KNOW I will do better and get an awesome GPA because I am taking not as hard classes and will not have any distractions since my mother's treatment is almost over (thank God). I am gonna get my CNA certification this summer and will not let myself get bad grades anymore. I'm seriously so mad that I overslept because I know I could have done amazing on that test.

What do you guys think..... is there any hope? Or should I give up?? This is one of the hardest decisions of my life.

 

[911 Turbo]

I made a 3.94 my freshman fall semester but made 2.9 spring of freshman after I found out my mom had cancer which played a huge toll on me in every aspect.


Now as a sophomore, my mom is still struggling with cancer and I've been going home alot to be with her since she is alone for the most part. I was taking anatomy, o.chem, o.chem lab, stat, nutrition, and a religion and science class. I was sucking at anatomy and that is one of the few pre-reqs many PA schools have, so I decided to drop that and take it next year alongside with the lab that I did not get into this semester. I know I'm gonna get A's in religion and science, nutrition, and statistics, and pull a B in o.chem. But I just took my o.chem lab final and OVERSLEPT so I only had an hour to take it, where as the whole class had 2 hours and I already know I failed it, and if you fail the final you fail the lab.


I ultimately think I will have to withdraw from o.chem lab too since I do not want an F on my transcript. Even though o.chem and o.chem lab are not required for most PA schools, I already withdrew from anatomy and it will look so bad that I dropped both of them.....


Next year I KNOW I will do better and get an awesome GPA because I am taking not as hard classes and will not have any distractions since my mother's treatment is almost over (thank God). I am gonna get my CNA certification this summer and will not let myself get bad grades anymore. I'm seriously so mad that I overslept because I know I could have done amazing on that test.

What do you guys think..... is there any hope? Or should I give up?? This is one of the hardest decisions of my life.

What will you current GPA be if you withdraw from all of those courses?


You have a legitimate reason for your withdraws. I am pretty sure adcoms will understand.. just do well for the rest of college and focus on your future.There is still plenty of hope for you I think.

 

[RegisBioMedMS]

Nope, don't give up. Keep going. You can do it and your future patients will be glad for your perspective and understanding of their struggles. If your campus offers free or reduced cost counseling for students, make regular appointments starting ASAP. Find other students who have the same goals as you do and let them help you study; they'll call and wake you up when you oversleep. Talk to your faculty and let them help you too. You'll make it, but you need a support network. You don't have to do this alone. 🙂

 

[pharmdzb]

What will you current GPA be if you withdraw from all of those courses?


You have a legitimate reason for your withdraws. I am pretty sure adcoms will understand.. just do well for the rest of college and focus on your future.There is still plenty of hope for you I think.

At worst it will be 3.5, but mind you it's only 12 credits 🙁 I'm gonna try to get into the honors college as well, and you just need to make above dean's list to do that so hopefully I can make this into a positive thing. I'm just really freaking out now because there is literally NO room to make any more bad grades.

RegisBioMedMS, thank you for the advice. I'm gonna look up counseling asap. I honestly do feel like I've been going through most of this myself, because even with my closest friends or professors I feel as though they can't relate and I don't want to burden anyone with my troubles.

Thank you so much for both of your advise. I will definitely keep trying!

 

[pharmdzb]

Do you guys recommend me retaking o.chem lab again? Or should I just leave it as a withdraw. My major (Human Development, double minor in psych and bio) does not require o.chem lab but I know some P.A. schools require it. Suggestions?

 

[moocow47]

Yes, if you're thinking of doing PA I absolutely would. It's possible that you might not need it but if you do, you will be kicking yourself (very, very hard) later. Plus, even if you don't need it, it will still look good on your transcript.