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Bare with me, this is gonna be a long post but only because I feel that all the details mentioned are important.
So my life plan since like 8 was to be a doctor which was my main motivation growing up to be a good student which paid off because I was able to get a highly ranked private university in Boston. But during freshman year, I've became a pretty lazy college student which lead to me getting my first D and F and forcing myself to switch from being a physics major to a philosophy major (note: I'm not a bio major bc I knew I can major in whatever I want and still be premed so I just decided to chose what peaked my interest at the time)
Sophomore year comes around and I'm not as lazy as I used to be but realized that my study skills for my pre-med classes are poor and had a concussion which led to me getting Bs, Cs, and two W's in my science classes.
Junior year pulls up and I'm overloading with non-science classes in an attempt to boost my GPA. However I spread myself too thin with doing that, research 12 hrs a week, karate 6 hrs a week, and doing a lot of random time-consuming tasks for the family business which led to me getting me 2 Fs, a D, an incomplete grade, and being academically suspended for a semester.
After this, I had a major low point in my life due to family biz and personal issues and ended up taking a leave of absence for a semester after my suspension ended.
Jan 2017 arrives and I'm back in college, however, one secret is that I've yet to get my incomplete removed because I legit get anxiety and freak even thinking about doing to work for it bc I know my GPA was depending on that grade. I went to the school therapist to talk about it but he wasn't helpful tbh and I was not able to switch therapists. That semester I got A-s and Bs in my non-science classes but a D replaced that I and now all my motivation is gone bc I know that my GPA is trash.
The fact that I may not be pre-med anymore has hindered my motivation to get straight As ever since and only been getting A-s and Bs. I've looked into healthcare administration but I need a 3.0 GPA to get into those masters programs and I'm gonna end up leaving college with a 2.8 GPA after calculating it with straight A's next semester and over the summer. But I've heard that some post-bac programs take students with under a 3.0 GPA.
So now I'm torn. My love for medicine has never left but at the same time, I don't want to waste my time and money trying to be an MD (now considering DO but really MD) if it's not a realistic option. However, I realized that my chances at MHA programs aren't that great either so now I don't know what which one I have a better chance at. Also don't even mention PA, nursing, or public health bc I've looked into those, talked to people in those fields, and I'm not interested.
I want everyone's input on this but if the lovely @Goro and @LizzyM can give me their wisdom too that would be great
So my life plan since like 8 was to be a doctor which was my main motivation growing up to be a good student which paid off because I was able to get a highly ranked private university in Boston. But during freshman year, I've became a pretty lazy college student which lead to me getting my first D and F and forcing myself to switch from being a physics major to a philosophy major (note: I'm not a bio major bc I knew I can major in whatever I want and still be premed so I just decided to chose what peaked my interest at the time)
Sophomore year comes around and I'm not as lazy as I used to be but realized that my study skills for my pre-med classes are poor and had a concussion which led to me getting Bs, Cs, and two W's in my science classes.
Junior year pulls up and I'm overloading with non-science classes in an attempt to boost my GPA. However I spread myself too thin with doing that, research 12 hrs a week, karate 6 hrs a week, and doing a lot of random time-consuming tasks for the family business which led to me getting me 2 Fs, a D, an incomplete grade, and being academically suspended for a semester.
After this, I had a major low point in my life due to family biz and personal issues and ended up taking a leave of absence for a semester after my suspension ended.
Jan 2017 arrives and I'm back in college, however, one secret is that I've yet to get my incomplete removed because I legit get anxiety and freak even thinking about doing to work for it bc I know my GPA was depending on that grade. I went to the school therapist to talk about it but he wasn't helpful tbh and I was not able to switch therapists. That semester I got A-s and Bs in my non-science classes but a D replaced that I and now all my motivation is gone bc I know that my GPA is trash.
The fact that I may not be pre-med anymore has hindered my motivation to get straight As ever since and only been getting A-s and Bs. I've looked into healthcare administration but I need a 3.0 GPA to get into those masters programs and I'm gonna end up leaving college with a 2.8 GPA after calculating it with straight A's next semester and over the summer. But I've heard that some post-bac programs take students with under a 3.0 GPA.
So now I'm torn. My love for medicine has never left but at the same time, I don't want to waste my time and money trying to be an MD (now considering DO but really MD) if it's not a realistic option. However, I realized that my chances at MHA programs aren't that great either so now I don't know what which one I have a better chance at. Also don't even mention PA, nursing, or public health bc I've looked into those, talked to people in those fields, and I'm not interested.
I want everyone's input on this but if the lovely @Goro and @LizzyM can give me their wisdom too that would be great
