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Hi!
I am currently a senior and about to graduate this upcoming spring and take the MCAT in April. I know it's very late to even consider retaking a class but in all honesty, I hate the situation I'm in and what to prove It got what it takes and that I've matured since I first took the class. This upcoming semester I'm only taking 1 lab and so I have time in my schedule to take another class. Bare in mind when I took the second part of physics 2 I got an A+, and with the current grades in class, my professor said it very likely I'll get an A in organic chemistry 2. I've also taking upper classes such as cancer biology, neuroscience, and studies of brain and heart disorders with A/A+.
Can someone suggest which class should I retake? I know I can get an A/A+ if I retake them and it will help me even review a bit of the MCAT while I do it. I'm considering genetics and Biology 2.
Biology 2--> C
Organic Chemistry 1--> C+
Physics 1--> C
Genetics--> C
FYI:
I know these are bad grades and someone is bound to tell me I should have worked harder, etc. BUT, when I took these classes it was during toughest years as an undergraduate not to mention I was undecided what I wanted to do and decided to go to medical school around the end of my junior year. Overall these past 4 years were just hellish since:
1)my aunt (who raised me) got diagnosed with familial amyloidosis and see her slowly and painfully deteriorate, and the more my family gets tested the more we realize that we all either have it or have the possibility of having it including me
2) Another aunt was diagnosed with osteosarcoma
3) Being in a financial crisis that my family almost got evicted 3 times because we were 3 months late for rent and close to happening this year too but we have managed to stay out of debt (and my dad got a second job)
4) finding time to go to food pantries and struggling to push heavy shopping carts to feed my family (sometimes I had to even carry some in a backpack and now I suffer from back pains)
5) I also just got recently been diagnosed with ADHA along with depression and stress, and with the help I'm getting I've seen improvements (especially in school and no I'm not taking any drugs yet since I feel the help I get is working but the doctor is considering prescribing some)
6) I had to take the role of my mom since she easily gets sick and aside from taking care of her I have to manage things around the house that she would normally do.
7) I tutor my sister in all subjects (she has Asperger syndrome and with very low reading comprehension), critiquing her works of art (teaching her techniques if I had to), and even helped her improve her SAT scores when no college accepted her and managed to get her into SUNY FIT for the fall.
I don't want anyone's pitty or negativity, I've been pushed down by being called lazy, stupid, incapable, and hopeless by many, including some professors and advisors. People thought that it was best if I dropped out or find something different, but I'm not gonna let anyone tell me who I am and what to do anymore. I survived and fought my way and now I'll be the first in my family to graduate from college and hopefully go to medical school.
I am currently a senior and about to graduate this upcoming spring and take the MCAT in April. I know it's very late to even consider retaking a class but in all honesty, I hate the situation I'm in and what to prove It got what it takes and that I've matured since I first took the class. This upcoming semester I'm only taking 1 lab and so I have time in my schedule to take another class. Bare in mind when I took the second part of physics 2 I got an A+, and with the current grades in class, my professor said it very likely I'll get an A in organic chemistry 2. I've also taking upper classes such as cancer biology, neuroscience, and studies of brain and heart disorders with A/A+.
Can someone suggest which class should I retake? I know I can get an A/A+ if I retake them and it will help me even review a bit of the MCAT while I do it. I'm considering genetics and Biology 2.
Biology 2--> C
Organic Chemistry 1--> C+
Physics 1--> C
Genetics--> C
FYI:
I know these are bad grades and someone is bound to tell me I should have worked harder, etc. BUT, when I took these classes it was during toughest years as an undergraduate not to mention I was undecided what I wanted to do and decided to go to medical school around the end of my junior year. Overall these past 4 years were just hellish since:
1)my aunt (who raised me) got diagnosed with familial amyloidosis and see her slowly and painfully deteriorate, and the more my family gets tested the more we realize that we all either have it or have the possibility of having it including me
2) Another aunt was diagnosed with osteosarcoma
3) Being in a financial crisis that my family almost got evicted 3 times because we were 3 months late for rent and close to happening this year too but we have managed to stay out of debt (and my dad got a second job)
4) finding time to go to food pantries and struggling to push heavy shopping carts to feed my family (sometimes I had to even carry some in a backpack and now I suffer from back pains)
5) I also just got recently been diagnosed with ADHA along with depression and stress, and with the help I'm getting I've seen improvements (especially in school and no I'm not taking any drugs yet since I feel the help I get is working but the doctor is considering prescribing some)
6) I had to take the role of my mom since she easily gets sick and aside from taking care of her I have to manage things around the house that she would normally do.
7) I tutor my sister in all subjects (she has Asperger syndrome and with very low reading comprehension), critiquing her works of art (teaching her techniques if I had to), and even helped her improve her SAT scores when no college accepted her and managed to get her into SUNY FIT for the fall.
I don't want anyone's pitty or negativity, I've been pushed down by being called lazy, stupid, incapable, and hopeless by many, including some professors and advisors. People thought that it was best if I dropped out or find something different, but I'm not gonna let anyone tell me who I am and what to do anymore. I survived and fought my way and now I'll be the first in my family to graduate from college and hopefully go to medical school.
