Pre-Req Advice Please: Is Giving Up Unavoidable?

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Sophmore.

Gen Chem GPA: 2.3, 2.1, 2.1

OChem I: 2.3

Intro Biol I and II: 2.6, 1.9

Calc I: 2.0


In Progress: Biol III, OChem II and lab

*Currently volunteering in Hospital Pharmacy

I am in desperate need of advice. What should I do? What do I need to do to come back from this?
 
Sophmore.

Gen Chem GPA: 2.3, 2.1, 2.1

OChem I: 2.3

Intro Biol I and II: 2.6, 1.9

Calc I: 2.0


In Progress: Biol III, OChem II and lab

*Currently volunteering in Hospital Pharmacy

I am in desperate need of advice. What should I do? What do I need to do to come back from this?

You need better grades, period.

More importantly, you need to figure out why you're struggling so much in these introductory classes. If you can't make A's or B's in your Intro classes, Pharmacy schools aren't going to have much faith that you're going to perform well in more rigorous classes.

Bottom line, you will probably need to retake some (if not all) of those classes since your grades are barely above the cutoff that schools will allow you to use for fulfilling pre-reqs. It's definitely possible, but to have consistently poor grades in those classes would give an ad-com major reason for pause.
 
Agreed with the first reply. With what you have now you pre-req gpa is ~2.19. Thats simply not going to cut it. You are obviously not understanding the material. You need to find out whats not working. Are you working to much? Not studing enough? Are you studing efficiently? Is spending extensive amount of time with a tutor and option?
You need to answer the questions i posed, and many more, before you can succeed in school at this point. It's not to late, but if you continue down your current path you will just be digging yourself in deeper.
 
Hows your workload for your freshman year and first semester of Sophomore? All science classes?
 
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Find out how to improve your study skills. Retake any of those classes under 3.0 and be sure to get 3.5+ in every one of those classes. Also, make sure to keep those kind of grades in any other prereqs or courses you will take in the future. If you can do that you will have a chance of getting in and if you still don't get in, earn your bachelor degree while keeping up the high grades to increase your chances.
 
Holy *** Brah. Your grades suck!
 
Poor time management.

Spend some quality time with an hourly planner and see where the **** all your time goes for starters.

At this point, it is basically hopeless. No sense blowing sunshine up your ass. Unless you otherwise have magnificent grades, you really need to fix something. Too many science courses + poor time mgmt. skills?
 
I started out my BA classes a bit like that. I turned it around when I realized I actually should study for some of my classes. I don't know if that is your issue, but I agree with Passion4Sci, do a hourly planner. C's may earn degrees, but they don't get you into pharmacy/medical school.
 
Yes I would sit down and find out where all the time goes. Also, are you really studying the material or reading it? My organic teacher was notorious for calling people out about how they would "study" for 2-3 hours a day but were only reading and not applying or practicing anything.

Also agree with the number of science courses. Overloading with the principle classes of chem and bio and physics isn't a good idea since you don't know what to expect. It gets easier loading up on genetics, cell biology, etc. later because they all apply different aspects of the foundations you built with the chem and bio.

Take 1-2 science classes right now and the rest like your math, English, public speaking, etc. with them to get a good mix. For some students, those classes are considered "easier" since they have a foundation already (you've been speaking English and doing that work in HS just like math, maybe not so much with chem and bio). This gives you time to study and get tutorials, group sessions, etc. done so you can find out how you best learn. I personally like group sessions because I work things out by talking about them better than staring at notes the whole time; flash cards also work well.

It's not entirely hopeless but I'm sorta siding with Passion in that this needs to shape up quickly. Get a better feel for school, take a limited number of science classes while you find a way to get your study going effectively, and then work from there. Wait a semester and then re-take the chem and bio (or take a level lower of them to get a better foundation, like the non-majors level) and then try from there.

Most people got through high school without studying much. The gap between high school and college is ridiculous for most people because of the level of education for many public high schools. Don't treat it like High School level 2, treat it like a whole separate entity.
 
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But seriously, as stated above, try to find out WHY you are getting these grades if you don't know already. All hope isn't lost, but to be honest....Its not looking good. You will need retake most of those classes.
 
As everyone has said before, you need to seriously sit down and figure out what is going on because those grades will not even get your big toe in the door of a pharmacy school.

Sit down with a counselor, or someone and discuss it out. Find out what needs to change, and make some long term goals and then follow them. If you truly want to get into pharmacy school then prepare a lot of hard work, not too mention redoing all those classes.

Also, make a list of schools and the pre-reqs you need, and start planning your course load for those specific schools, and find out how they look at grades from classes that are retaken, etc.
 
Are you putting in significant effort and getting those grades? Or, are you generally good in science and have been screwing around in college? If you are putting in a hard effort and getting those grades, you may need to look at alternatives other that Pharmacy because there could be a mis-match between your strengths and those needed to excel in Pharmacy School/Pharmacy.
 
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