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[brooklynMD]

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I'm sure this has been asked to death- but do i really not stand a chance if I'm doing miserably in Physics?
I'm good at Chem, bio orgo but physics im getting a C+ in which has dropped by GPA to a 3.6, now i need to apply to med schools this fall so i cant retake the damn class, and have to move onto Physisc II.

I'm rethinking everything now, i have As and Bs in everything else, I have excellent leadership skills/experience, am the president and founder of a club at my college campus, about 10 years clinical experience, and 3 years teaching grades 1-8. I want medicine so bad, but i can't do frickin physics.

Do I seriously just give up?

 

[Goro]

Quit fussing; One or even two Cs aren't going to kill you.

I'm sure this has been asked to death- but do i really not stand a chance if I'm doing miserably in Physics?
I'm good at Chem, bio orgo but physics im getting a C+ in which has dropped by GPA to a 3.6, now i need to apply to med schools this fall so i cant retake the damn class, and have to move onto Physisc II.

I'm rethinking everything now, i have As and Bs in everything else, I have excellent leadership skills/experience, am the president and founder of a club at my college campus, about 10 years clinical experience, and 3 years teaching grades 1-8. I want medicine so bad, but i can't do frickin physics.

Do I seriously just give up?

 

[brooklynMD]

Quit fussing; One or even two Cs aren't going to kill you.

I'm just scared.
I came back to college after a severe health and financial crisis, when that was going on i had 1 d, 2 c+s and 1 b, and a 2.0, since then i have tried hard as all hell to bring it back up, do good etc, but physics.. dude i cant do it. even mcat physics i am managing to do, but in class :-/

 

[Goro]

Just continue to do well. Sometimes one has to apply with the app one has, warts and all.

I'm just scared.
I came back to college after a severe health and financial crisis, when that was going on i had 1 d, 2 c+s and 1 b, and a 2.0, since then i have tried hard as all hell to bring it back up, do good etc, but physics.. dude i cant do it. even mcat physics i am managing to do, but in class :-/

 

[NeuResurgens]

Physics is the one prereq I hate as well, but you just need to do the best you can. 3.6 isn't bad if you can get A's going forward.

 

[brooklynMD]

Physics is the one prereq I hate as well, but you just need to do the best you can. 3.6 isn't bad if you can get A's going forward.

Hopefully not.
I just wonder that if there was a student who had good grades in HS and college, but suddenly dropped to C's and D's for a year, but those 2D's and 3C's had As the following semester due to change of circumstances that was causing those poor grades, would application committees take note?
I read a lot of people write here to change your path, reconsider medicine, you'll never get in unless with a 3.9/4.0, (not to me, but to other people here) and I am scared. I don't want to study for the mcat let alone pay for it now because what if there is no shot based on the last year that went horribly south for me and well this physics grade?

 

[cactus8910]

now i need to apply to med schools this fall

Please tell me that by fall you mean summer. If not, why can't you wait a year to apply?

 

[NeuResurgens]

Hopefully not.
I just wonder that if there was a student who had good grades in HS and college, but suddenly dropped to C's and D's for a year, but those 2D's and 3C's had As the following semester due to change of circumstances that was causing those poor grades, would application committees take note?
I read a lot of people write here to change your path, reconsider medicine, you'll never get in unless with a 3.9/4.0, (not to me, but to other people here) and I am scared. I don't want to study for the mcat let alone pay for it now because what if there is no shot based on the last year that went horribly south for me and well this physics grade?

No, you don't need a 3.9 to get into medical school. If you feel there are extenuating circumstances which might cause bad grades, you can explain these somewhere in your personal statement. Otherwise, just up your performance in subsequent semesters.

 

[brooklynMD]

Please tell me that by fall you mean summer. If not, why can't you wait a year to apply?

Why should I wait a year to apply? I'm graduating spring 2016, and I'm a non traditional student who is 25 right now so I don't want to waste my time working for a year.

 

[Lawpy]

Why should I wait a year to apply? I'm graduating spring 2016, and I'm a non traditional student who is 25 right now so I don't want to waste my time working for a year.

Wow. If you think a gap year is "a waste of time working for a year" (nontrad or not), I feel sorry for you. All I can say is good luck and apply smart first time around.

 

[brooklynMD]

Wow. If you think a gap year is "a waste of time working for a year" (nontrad or not), I feel sorry for you. All I can say is good luck and apply smart first time around.

I have had a 3 year "gap" between freshman year and sophomore year., before that a two years between high school and freshman year. I am enrolled full time, I'm not jeopardizing that for myself.
If you want to pity me, find out who I am, what I have done, and how I got here before thinking you have the privilege to "feel sorry" for me.

 

[Lawpy]

I have had a 3 year "gap" between freshman year and sophomore year., before that a two years between high school and freshman year. I am enrolled full time, I'm not jeopardizing that for myself.
If you want to pity me, find out who I am, what I have done, and how I got here before thinking you have the privilege to "feel sorry" for me.

Lol, there's privilege over the internet now? Well that's amusing. Your past speaks about yourself and that doesn't concern me. I'm just dispelling the misconceptions of gap years being wasteful etc.

 

[cactus8910]

Why should I wait a year to apply? I'm graduating spring 2016, and I'm a non traditional student who is 25 right now so I don't want to waste my time working for a year.

The later you apply to MD schools, the lower your chance of getting in. Your best shot is to apply June 1, but from what I've seen on SDN, submitting your primary in July or early August isn't toooo bad. If you apply in September/October, your chance of getting interviews and acceptances go way down.

If you have some reason you can't apply until late in the cycle, you'd probably be better off waiting a year, rather than applying, getting rejected everywhere, and having to do it all again.

 

[NachoPlatter]

I'm sure this has been asked to death- but do i really not stand a chance if I'm doing miserably in Physics?
I'm good at Chem, bio orgo but physics im getting a C+ in which has dropped by GPA to a 3.6, now i need to apply to med schools this fall so i cant retake the damn class, and have to move onto Physisc II.

I'm rethinking everything now, i have As and Bs in everything else, I have excellent leadership skills/experience, am the president and founder of a club at my college campus, about 10 years clinical experience, and 3 years teaching grades 1-8. I want medicine so bad, but i can't do frickin physics.

Do I seriously just give up?

I got a C (not even a C+) in physics and got into an MD school. Long story short: it taught me to be less stubborn in asking for help with stuff I didn't know as until that point I could ace any class on my own. But also I'm just bad at physics too (I want to learn about the body and organics not circuit pathways!) maybe seek out a tutor for Physics 2?

Tl;dr you'll be fine. You may not be going to Harvard but I figured any school that judged me via one C is not a place I wanted to go anyway.

 

[brooklynMD]

The later you apply to MD schools, the lower your chance of getting in. Your best shot is to apply June 1, but from what I've seen on SDN, submitting your primary in July or early August isn't toooo bad. If you apply in September/October, your chance of getting interviews and acceptances go way down.

If you have some reason you can't apply until late in the cycle, you'd probably be better off waiting a year, rather than applying, getting rejected everywhere, and having to do it all again.

But I'm giving my MCAT in August, how can I apply before giving the MCAT???

 

[cactus8910]

But I'm giving my MCAT in August, how can I apply before giving the MCAT???

Well, taking the MCAT in August of your application year is a bad idea.

 

[brooklynMD]

Well, taking the MCAT in August of your application year is a bad idea.

But i have spoken to my premed adviser about this in a lot of detail, and he didn't say it was a bad idea, or hesitate, in fact I reached the decision after speaking to him. And my school has a big pre med committee, a combined BA/MD program, a RN and PA program so basically its big on the pre-med stuff.
Why wouldn't my adviser tell me otherwise (what youre saying?)

 

[cactus8910]

But i have spoken to my premed adviser about this in a lot of detail, and he didn't say it was a bad idea, or hesitate, in fact I reached the decision after speaking to him. And my school has a big pre med committee, a combined BA/MD program, a RN and PA program so basically its big on the pre-med stuff.
Why wouldn't my adviser tell me otherwise (what youre saying?)

In my personal experience and from what I've seen other people say on SDN, premed advisors don't always know best. In fact, they sometimes give very bad advice.
Most schools have rolling admissions. Logically, it is better to apply early. The SDN neuroticism can go a little overboard saying you have to submit June 1, but it does seem to be common knowledge in this vast community of premeds, adcoms, and med students that applying in August or later WILL negatively impact your chances.

Anecdotally, I've seen people on here with very similar stats, but the ones who submitted later have fewer interviews and fewer offers. For a lot of people who have to reapply because they weren't accepted, applying earlier is one of the big changes they make.

 

[amad01]

I applied beginning of June and 7 of my interview invitations came in August. Applying in late summer isn't a death sentence but puts you at a disadvantage in an already highly competitive process.