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Mods if I am repeating anything, please lock and delete, if not then let it continue.

Premeds who are past their first year of college and even folks in med school or those who are applying for/have made it into med school.

1. What was your first year GPA?

2. What did you learn from your first year of college?

3. How much did it help or hurt you?
 
1. 2.75

2. Studying and going to class are important

3. Obviously it hurt a lot. Now I have to bust my ass to really bring up my cGPA. My science is decent at the moment.
 
1. 3.52

2. Study hard. Play harder. Seriously, enjoy being a freshman! I'm graduating on Friday and it flies by!!

3. Helped me a ton. Started off on the right foot in terms of my GPA, and enjoyed how easy my freshman year was (mind you, I didn't start taking my pre-reqs until my junior year)
 
Protagonistic said:
Mods if I am repeating anything, please lock and delete, if not then let it continue.

Premeds who are past their first year of college and even folks in med school or those who are applying for/have made it into med school.

1. What was your first year GPA?

2. What did you learn from your first year of college?

3. How much did it help or hurt you?
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1. 3.9something
2. To have fun and not worry about my grades.
3. Well, consistent performance is usually seen as a positive, so I guess the high overall GPA has helped me. It certainly hasn't hurt me.
 
1. What was your first year GPA?
4.00
2. What did you learn from your first year of college?
College is what you make of it. If you are driven, do what is required of you, then success is almost guaranteed.

3. How much did it help or hurt you?
It definitely hurt me because going into second year i had a huge ego and as a result had to say goodbye to the 4.00
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1) 3.2
2) Too much partying, combined with online poker, can be bad for you
3) It hurt me a lot. I ended up retaking gen chem
 
Protagonistic said:
Mods if I am repeating anything, please lock and delete, if not then let it continue.

Premeds who are past their first year of college and even folks in med school or those who are applying for/have made it into med school.

1. What was your first year GPA?

2. What did you learn from your first year of college?

3. How much did it help or hurt you?
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1. 3.75
2. Stay away from the "fat sorority", and hang out with tri - delta instead.
3. That knowledge allowed me to become "lucky"
 
P-man's Back!!! Glad to see the mods were kind enough to et you post again.

1Well seeing as freshmen years isn't done yet for me yet. IDK but I plan on having at the very least a 3.7

2What did I learn. Just because you did awesome first semester does not mean your gonna do good the following semesters. Basically grades in college is like weight lost, getting it is easy, keeping it is the hard part.

3. I guess my 1st semester GPA did me A LOT of bad. I got a little snide and arrogant and ended up doing not so well this semester (by that I mean I expect 1 or 2 B's).
 
1. 3.6
2. I learned that I absolutely detest Computer Science, and I'm more than willing to sacrifice a few GPA points to make life easier/more fun.
3. It helped me in that I didn't have to try to dig myself out of a hole for the rest of college.
 
1) 0.32 (27 credit hours)

2) I learned that I'd flunk out of pretty much any school I attended my first year, regardless of whether I waited a year or two to go. My ego is entirely too large for me to be told, point blank, that I'll be running around a hamster wheel (AGAIN), revisiting intro-level, remedial, general ideas of high school with a sprinkling of added minutiae. It was offensive. Luckily I grew out of it to a degree. No pun intended?

3) It pulverized me in the short term, yet, realistically, I wouldn't be me without that experience. When being rigorously honest, I know it's one of my strongest assets.
 
1. 3.2

2. Having good teachers makes all the difference

3. I'm just finishing up freshman year, but I now know the importance of ratemyprofessor.com
 
1. 4.0
2. School is your #1 priority regardless of what your folks/friends say.
3. Neutral. I learned a lot of stuff regarding medical school, but I wasted a lot of time trying to figure out what I want to do.
 
1. What was your first year GPA?
3.93

2. What did you learn from your first year of college?
I love chemistry (well, gchem 1)! I should enjoy college, and explore New Orleans.

3. How much did it help or hurt you?
It's better to start of strong than try and play catch up later.

(P.S. lol, I guess I'm one of the few hSDNers posters to continue with pre-med)
 
1. What was your first year GPA? 4.0

2. What did you learn from your first year of college? That 90% of people at community college are grade A *****s.

3. How much did it help or hurt you? I lost my faith in humanity.





Also, congratz on a thread thats a little different, same general theme, but a step in the right direction!
 
the duck said:
1. What was your first year GPA? 4.0

2. What did you learn from your first year of college? That 90% of people at community college are grade A *****s.

3. How much did it help or hurt you? I lost my faith in humanity.





Also, congratz on a thread thats a little different, same general theme, but a step in the right direction!
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LOL Hilarious👍
 
1. What was your first year GPA?
3.7 or something

2. What did you learn from your first year of college?
I don't like most people.

3. How much did it help or hurt you?
Helped me realize how naive I was. Stressed me out, mentally and physically, beyond words.

Now I'm slightly less stressed, and have a slightly higher tolerance for complete morans and douches. inb4 u spelled *****s wrong
 
1) 1.52

2) Eating two steak and cheeses along with a side of spicy tenders every night + video games + Old English 40oz. every night = beer/food/sloth belly. Oh yeah and I guess it isn't possible to get an A even if you ace the final (apparently appearing and taking other tests is important too)

3)Oh it still stings!!! Might have made it to an ivy med school otherwise, bah w/e still will be a doctor who had one hellah freshman year!!! ENNJJOOOYYY iiiittt
 
1) 4.0
2) I learned not to overload myself with lots of classes and extracurricular activities because you'll burnout. Basically, my sophomore year I burned out and had no energy to do extracurriculars on top of 15 hours of lab for my classes + 13 hours of lecture per week.
3) The grades definitely helped me but I burned out as well which is a bad thing =[
 
1) Low enough for them to consider revoking my scholarship and kicking me out.
2) Go to class, study, and make sure you show up to exams. Taking exams sober also helps, as does turning in homework/papers...
3) It hurt me a lot gpa-wise and was very hard to make up (basically 5 years of 4.0 to bring it up enough). However, it was the wake-up call that I needed, and I'm glad that I went through it before going on to medical school/graduate school.
 
1. Haven't gotten grades yet but it may range from a 2.8-3.1

2. Do not set high goals and do nothing to accomplish them, consistency is key. Do not let your dad pick your major for you against your own will, if he is putting up a heck of a fight, you put up a heck of a fight as well. Thought to myself HECK YA I am going to come into college with a chip on my shoulder, make straight A's as a biochem major and either continue here or transfer to an Ivy. Finished first semester with around a 3.0, took 5 classes, 16 credit hours.
Said to myself, "whatever bro, you know, I am going to learn from this and ace the second semester". Started second semester with a SWING, A's everywhere, got my head stuck up my rectum, didn't study as I should have been studying, let the honors program and ECs get in my way, middle of the semester I made F's.

3. Helped = Showed me I am human, showed me that any major can be conquered if you push yourself and study enough for it, showed me that you have to be consistent, showed me that you better work hard day 1 to the last day if you want that A in college, and showed me that you better get your butt down to reality and quit dreaming. Helped me become a better student. I am done having goals and dreams, I will work and then see where that takes me.

Hurt = Chances of ever going to an Ivy or top school to finish my undergrad are dead, even now if I was to make A's it would max out at around a 3.4. Though it would have been great to come into college and ace tests and other classes and leave a good mark on students and actually see life out of this state, well, that won't work out. Eitherways I can make most of my life here.
 
Freshman GPA 2.3

Learned that if I miss a certain amount of classes I automatically fail the class (read the syllabis) unless the teacher specifically states otherwise, no matter how well I do in the coursework. This isn't college as TV and movies always showed me!

Hurt me. Approaching a 3.5 cGPA but don't know if I will hit that mark. Obviously not a desireable (but not dead in the water) GPA.
 
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1. What was your first year GPA?
3.8

2. What did you learn from your first year of college?
Get a life, you can party and get good grades. TIME MANAGEMENT

3. How much did it help or hurt you?
a lot. procrastination will kill you as much as burn out
 
1. What was your first year GPA?

2.7

2. What did you learn from your first year of college?

Go to classes and use them as a time to study. I was used to high school, a.k.a go in class and sleep to make it go by faster. If you pay attention to what your biology professor says, its going to help you when you study later.

3. How much did it help or hurt you?

Hurt me pretty good. I had a C in Gen. Chem and C in Calculus. Worked hard to graduate with a 3.6, but its been long and stressful.
 
1. 3.7
2. Just because you're blonde doesn't mean you should join a sorority (incidentally, tri delt...)
3. It hurt my soul.
 
1. ~2.1

2. Must attend class, I showed up twice to algebra and took no tests or quizzes

3. not sure yet...I haven't got anything below a B since and have had all A's for the last 3 semesters in upper division and core science classes:xf: My GPA now is 3.7, but AAMC calculates it to a 3.45 all due to an F and C that first semester...FML
 
1. 3.0 - which later fell to a 2.8 by the end of my sophomore year. I also failed 2 classes so this was after retakes. I've also got a couple Ws on my transcript from that school.

2. Well, I was going through some serious health problems accompanied by major anxiety and depression at the time, which resulted in me sleeping 12+ hours a day. I never studied and hardly attended class. I'm impressed I even managed more than a C average. I remember desperately hoping for answers and a solution on my weekly visits to the medical clinic. If I could go back, I would have left school for a term and gotten healthy rather than continued to sacrifice my education and my parents money for those years.

3. I'm sure my poor GPA from early undergrad won't look good when I apply, but there is a bright side. I've learned the importance it taking care of my health, physically and mentally, and to seek help sooner next time. I transferred schools after that year and have gotten healthy now. I've taken 95 credits so far and have maintained a 3.8 GPA taking mostly upper division biology courses, so at least I've got an upward trend on my side and a very high sGPA.
 
Nice thread! 🙂

1. What was your first year GPA?
3.9

2. What did you learn from your first year of college?
Picking the right professors and maintaining a do-able course load.

3. How much did it help or hurt you?
Helped in my second semester but hurt me in my first.
 
3.83

I learned not to take professors who are hired only for their research abilities.
 
the duck said:
1. What was your first year GPA? 4.0

2. What did you learn from your first year of college? That 90% of people at community college are grade A *****s.

3. How much did it help or hurt you? I lost my faith in humanity.





Also, congratz on a thread thats a little different, same general theme, but a step in the right direction!
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lol nice.

1. What was your first year GPA? 0.0

2. What did you learn from your first year of college? That 90% of people at community college are grade A *****s.

3. How much did it help or hurt you? I lost my faith in humanity.

Yeah, I'm with you there. Just on the opposite end of it, granted I was sick and just needed to be there for insurance at the time.
 
1. 4.0
2. That college, against my way-too-high expectations, was, in fact, exactly like high school. And never, ever, ever live with 5 guys in an old frat house. Ugh.
3. Helped, as far as GPA went. Hurt, as far as I hated absolutely everything that occurred during that year and didn't really get to the "having fun" part of college until junior year 🙄
 
1. 3.78

2. That I could do better if I tried.

3. I guess my first year GPA technically 'hurt' since my GPA's been higher since then.
 
Protagonistic said:
Mods if I am repeating anything, please lock and delete, if not then let it continue.

Premeds who are past their first year of college and even folks in med school or those who are applying for/have made it into med school.

1. What was your first year GPA?

2. What did you learn from your first year of college?

3. How much did it help or hurt you?
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1. 4.0
2. Continue what I am doing
3. Neither.
 
Protagonistic said:
Mods if I am repeating anything, please lock and delete, if not then let it continue.

Premeds who are past their first year of college and even folks in med school or those who are applying for/have made it into med school.

1. What was your first year GPA?

2. What did you learn from your first year of college?

3. How much did it help or hurt you?
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1. 3.9-something
2. A balance, just how much I need to put into certain things, that you should never buy textbooks new, that you should never buy textbooks until you know for sure your professor uses them, that money sucks, that there are too many pre-medical students on my campus, not to live for medical school or an application... Oh, should I stop now?
3. My GPA? It helped. In an odd way, I'm happy I got the one B+ out of the way. I haven't had another non-A since but I'm happy I'm not constantly worrying about keeping "perfect," lol.
 
Monocles said:
3.83

I learned not to take professors who are hired only for their research abilities.
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all professors are hired for their research ability. If they are a stellar researcher and win the Nobel they could be the worst teacher in the world and teach at harvard
 
3.3

First semester was definitely a reality check for me. I realized that being a D1 athlete takes its toll on you mentally and physically, but it's doable and definitely worth it. Time management is key. Haven't gotten a B since.
 
1. 3.63

2. Make sure you start off strong freshman year. Your schedule is easier than it will ever be and there is no reason not to nail your classes.

3. Hurt me slightly but not too disappointed. Definitely could've been worse.
 
1. 3.70

2. Study groups don't help when you talk all night and old exams are gold.

3. I don't know if it hurt me yet, but I sure hope it's okay.
 
2.5

I learned to cut back on drinking and partying with friends who in the end didn't have your best interests at heart anyway. I also learned to stop making excuses for myself.

It hurt me, obviously, but also helped in teaching a lesson.
 
Protagonistic said:
To those applying to med school, does you senior year grades count too or is it basically like college admissions?
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They don't really matter, if you're not in by the end of the first semester you can send the schools an update if you want. You can't start failing post-acceptance though since acceptances are conditional on you completing your program.
 
1. 3.48
2. First time I actually had to study; this is what it took to make me like school and realized I probably underperformed in highschool because I wasn't challenged enough
3. Put my in a less OK position, slowly have to work up to get to the 3.7 range I want to be at.
 
1. What was your first year GPA? 3.98

2. What did you learn from your first year of college? Balance time well

3. How much did it help or hurt you? Helped tremendously while take harder classes and I've been fairly consistent with my grades, have a good social life, ECs and whatnot. Just the MCAT!
 
DrYoda said:
They don't really matter, if you're not in by the end of the first semester you can send the schools an update if you want. You can't start failing post-acceptance though since acceptances are conditional on you completing your program.
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If someone applied after their senior year what would that do?
 
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