Being a doctor is truly is the only thing that I can see myself doing. However, at this point I really feel as if I've completely ruined my chances beyond repair. I am currently an incoming third year student. My first year of college I was unsure about what I wanted to do, so I did not take any science courses. However, by summer going into sophomore year, I knew that this was the only path I could see myself following. My grades after freshman year were mostly A's and B+'s besides 1 B in algebra and 1 D in intermediate algebra. The algebra classes do not count toward my GPA but I understand they still look terrible on my transcript. I also took a precalc class over the summer but withdrew as it was too hard to focus and work full time simultaneously, so I do have 1 W. Starting sophomore year, I had a 3.8 GPA.
My second year is when things began to get ugly. I was going through a nasty abusive breakup at the time that was absolutely sucking the life out of me, and on top of that, I wasn't working as hard as I should have been. I finished up first semester with a 2.8 term GPA with a C in Biology 1 and a C in precalc 1 and B's in every other class. My cumulative GPA was dragged down to a 3.4.
Second semester of sophomore year, I was taking part 2 of the bio sequence, chem 1, bio research lab, and precalc 2. I was doing fine in all of these classes. However, after spring break, one of my parents unexpectedly and tragically passed away. This was the single hardest thing I've ever had to deal with and am still dealing with. I was out of school for 3 weeks. I should have withdrew from the semester but I didn't. When I came back, it was right before finals and I had already missed multiple exams having been gone. That meant I had to jump right into remakes/final exams even though I had missed a ton of material from being gone. I withdrew from chemistry at the advice of an advisor. I thought that I'd be able to catch up, but I couldn't and I ended up failing bio and precalculus. I'm probably going to get B's in my other classes if I'm lucky. My GPA is going to be dragged down enormously and at this point I feel totally hopeless. No good pre-med student fails two classes, let alone 2 "easy" ones. I've really screwed myself and I know I had an extenuating circumstance but I feel like no one will care about that when applications come around.
I'm retaking the bio sequence and precalculus over the summer. I'm signed up to take the chemistry sequence next year as well as some other upper level science courses and calculus. I was planning to take organic chemisty/some more upper level science courses the summer going into my senior year. I feel more level headed now but I feel as if my transcript is too tarnished to ever be accepted anywhere and that I should just change my life plan. Please give any advice if you have it.
My second year is when things began to get ugly. I was going through a nasty abusive breakup at the time that was absolutely sucking the life out of me, and on top of that, I wasn't working as hard as I should have been. I finished up first semester with a 2.8 term GPA with a C in Biology 1 and a C in precalc 1 and B's in every other class. My cumulative GPA was dragged down to a 3.4.
Second semester of sophomore year, I was taking part 2 of the bio sequence, chem 1, bio research lab, and precalc 2. I was doing fine in all of these classes. However, after spring break, one of my parents unexpectedly and tragically passed away. This was the single hardest thing I've ever had to deal with and am still dealing with. I was out of school for 3 weeks. I should have withdrew from the semester but I didn't. When I came back, it was right before finals and I had already missed multiple exams having been gone. That meant I had to jump right into remakes/final exams even though I had missed a ton of material from being gone. I withdrew from chemistry at the advice of an advisor. I thought that I'd be able to catch up, but I couldn't and I ended up failing bio and precalculus. I'm probably going to get B's in my other classes if I'm lucky. My GPA is going to be dragged down enormously and at this point I feel totally hopeless. No good pre-med student fails two classes, let alone 2 "easy" ones. I've really screwed myself and I know I had an extenuating circumstance but I feel like no one will care about that when applications come around.
I'm retaking the bio sequence and precalculus over the summer. I'm signed up to take the chemistry sequence next year as well as some other upper level science courses and calculus. I was planning to take organic chemisty/some more upper level science courses the summer going into my senior year. I feel more level headed now but I feel as if my transcript is too tarnished to ever be accepted anywhere and that I should just change my life plan. Please give any advice if you have it.
