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hey guys,
I am concerned about my pre-clinical grades. For all of first year and now the beginning of year 2, I have been getting mostly C's and some B's. I bust my ass but for some reason I just can't excel. What makes it worse is that the school I attend has a very high avg gpa (around a 3.6). So I am WAAAY below avg and pretty much at the bottom of the class.
I have always done amazingly well in clinical settings and truly hope my grades in year 3 will reflect this, however I am just concerned that my pitiful pre-clinical grades are going to really hurt me when I apply for residency. I am interested in EM which I know is not amazingly competitive, but is becoming increasingly so.
I have heard people say very often that pre-clinical grades don't mean much in the eyes of residency directors, but I have to imagine the fact that I am so low in my class rank will hurt me.
Can anyone speculate as to how big of a problem this may pose for me? Thanks.
I am concerned about my pre-clinical grades. For all of first year and now the beginning of year 2, I have been getting mostly C's and some B's. I bust my ass but for some reason I just can't excel. What makes it worse is that the school I attend has a very high avg gpa (around a 3.6). So I am WAAAY below avg and pretty much at the bottom of the class.
I have always done amazingly well in clinical settings and truly hope my grades in year 3 will reflect this, however I am just concerned that my pitiful pre-clinical grades are going to really hurt me when I apply for residency. I am interested in EM which I know is not amazingly competitive, but is becoming increasingly so.
I have heard people say very often that pre-clinical grades don't mean much in the eyes of residency directors, but I have to imagine the fact that I am so low in my class rank will hurt me.
Can anyone speculate as to how big of a problem this may pose for me? Thanks.