Should I give up?

[Llueves]

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I'm currently a freshman in my first quarter at Cal Poly Pomona majoring in Biochem.
These are my grades so far...
Chemistry: C
Chem L: D
Math 105: B+
IGE 120: B+
I really want to become a pharmacist. I have no excuse for the Chem L grade. I will have to repeat it. I know that I can get an A when I repeat that class.
I know the Chem/ Chem L grade will come back and haunt me. Will these grade stop me from being accepted to pharmacy school? Should I just give up this dream of becoming a pharmacist? I really don't know what to do anymore. I've made a mistake and I know what I did wrong, but is it too late now ?

Thank you for any replies.

 

[sanyu]

I don't think you should give up. If you try hard to do better and not slip up again, you should still be able to get into pharmacy school. I know a lot of people say that pharmacy schools like it when you have an upward trend with your GPA so one quarter of messing up shouldn't be too bad.

I had one D in one of my gen bio classes and retook it for a B, and a few C's in my other prereqs and I managed to get into pharmacy school. Of course I had some A's and B's to pull up my GPA too. So don't give up hope over one bad quarter. Good luck~

 

[Llueves]

Thank you, Sanyu... I really appreciate what you wrote. I was just scared after reading Many Many Many posts about pharmacy admission.

 

[kcwang]

GPA is only one factor of your application. Don't give up. It is only your first quarter. Get an A when you take it a second time like you mentioned. Start looking for pharmacy experience to get a better understanding of this career as well.

 

[R2pharmD2]

I'm currently a freshman in my first quarter at Cal Poly Pomona majoring in Biochem.
These are my grades so far...
Chemistry: C
Chem L: D
Math 105: B+
IGE 120: B+
I really want to become a pharmacist. I have no excuse for the Chem L grade. I will have to repeat it. I know that I can get an A when I repeat that class.
I know the Chem/ Chem L grade will come back and haunt me. Will these grade stop me from being accepted to pharmacy school? Should I just give up this dream of becoming a pharmacist? I really don't know what to do anymore. I've made a mistake and I know what I did wrong, but is it too late now ?

Thank you for any replies.

It's crucial that you figure out precisely what you're doing wrong. It's not too late, but grades like that don't suggest an isolated mistake. You're a first year student and it's common to struggle with learning how to study effectively. Learning good time management is just as important, if not more so. It's not a very good start, but it's nothing that a few semesters of A's and B's can't fix easily if you get out in front of it.

 

[desklamp]

I'm currently a freshman in my first quarter at Cal Poly Pomona majoring in Biochem.
These are my grades so far...
Chemistry: C
Chem L: D
Math 105: B+
IGE 120: B+
I really want to become a pharmacist. I have no excuse for the Chem L grade. I will have to repeat it. I know that I can get an A when I repeat that class.
I know the Chem/ Chem L grade will come back and haunt me. Will these grade stop me from being accepted to pharmacy school? Should I just give up this dream of becoming a pharmacist? I really don't know what to do anymore. I've made a mistake and I know what I did wrong, but is it too late now ?

Thank you for any replies.

if this is your dream, don't give up. i regret constantly giving up going to med school. if it helps at all, i'm pretty sure i had a worse GPA than you when applying to pharmacy school (2.7 ...) on account of failing and barely passing most of my classes my junior and senior years of college.

i got accepted to a decently ranked pharmacy school by a) explaining why my grades were that way and how i had evolved since then b) taking 3 years or so between graduation and applying to buffer my apps-- got straight As in the rest of the pre-reqs I took, did a masters bridging program with a 3.7 GPA, and worked for a year at a pharma company (they like seeing students with graduate degrees or professional experience). I also had a 95 PCAT score which I assume can offset a poor GPA to some degree.

honestly you probably don't have to waste 3 years like I did trying to make up for my crappy academic record. just prove to adcoms that your bad grades were just a fluke. i just noticed you are still a freshman so just retake the classes you did poorly in, finish up the rest of college strongly (e.g. don't go out puking your brains out from alcohol every night-- exams come first, figure out the best study method for yourself, study with friends, whatever), supplement your apps with research or pharmacy work, and ace the PCAT.

and uh don't restrict yourself to apping to cali schools when you do apply. california schools...are finicky.

 

[Jackie B]

Don't give up dear!

 

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[ACE Rx]

I'm currently a freshman in my first quarter at Cal Poly Pomona majoring in Biochem.
These are my grades so far...
Chemistry: C
Chem L: D
Math 105: B+
IGE 120: B+
I really want to become a pharmacist. I have no excuse for the Chem L grade. I will have to repeat it. I know that I can get an A when I repeat that class.
I know the Chem/ Chem L grade will come back and haunt me. Will these grade stop me from being accepted to pharmacy school? Should I just give up this dream of becoming a pharmacist? I really don't know what to do anymore. I've made a mistake and I know what I did wrong, but is it too late now ?

Thank you for any replies.

You will be okay. You are just a freshman and many people understand that s*** happens your first year and some adaptation is needed. As long as you learn from your mistakes and show an upward trend in your grades, you should be just fine. Hang in there! 🙂

 

[Llueves]

Thank you for all of your positive messages. I guess all I needed was something little to pick me up.

I've struggled with addiction all my life. I'm not talking about drugs, but video games. I have been a gamer ever since I could pick up a controller. Recently, my gaming hobby became an addiction. I would spend 10-14 hours a day playing games(weekends and days without school). I would also spend 3 hours after school to play video games. This is why I think my grades are suffering. Especially because the transition from Highschool to College is so extreme. In Highschool, I can barely study and still get a B letter grade. College is a much different story. If you don't study, it's an automatic C or lower.

I woke up this morning thinking to myself, "Today is the day I overcome my addiction." A couple hours ago, I dissembled my computer and video game consoles. I gathered them up and put them into my grandfather's room and told him to keep them away from me. Hopefully, this change will impact my grades and life.

Thank you everybody.