Hey guys! Active lurker here but I finally decided to make a post asking for advice.
Long story short, undergrad wasn't the best experience for me and I graduated with a very low 2.8GPA. Freshmen bio, gchem, physics were straight foward for me and I pretty much got B's with 3 A's here and there (not great though, I know). I bombed OChem and came out with 3 quarters straight with C+'s but an A- in the lab (for what it's worth). Upper Bio classes were disastrous for me wherein I received C-'s in structural, molecular, one physio, and a lab. Everything else were either C's or B's (I think my upperdiv gpa (with ochem) was 2.45 )
So as you can see my undergrad wasn't so spectacular. I had a very serious health complication during the latter half of college but I foolishly continued to pursue a 4 year track. More than anything though, I attribute my poor performance to me becoming so fatigued, lazy and complacent. So it was definitely my fault for being immature and unmotivated.
I was hoping to make amends though by reapplying myself FULLY to my studies and hopefully eventually reach my goal of getting into dental. The future doesn't look too bright for someone like me but there's definitely light at the end of the tunnel (at least I'd like to think so).
Thus, my question is this: what is the best possible course of action for me?
Should I try a postbacc wherein I redo all my upperdiv classes to get A's?
Or should I enter an SMP and try to get a Masters to get a clean, fresh start?
(I don't even know if any masters programs would be willing to take a low GPA student like me.)
Or should I just stop because it's hopeless for someone in my situation?
I haven't taken my DAT yet but I am aiming for the 20's.
Thanks ahead of time to anyone who took the time to read this long post and give advice.
Long story short, undergrad wasn't the best experience for me and I graduated with a very low 2.8GPA. Freshmen bio, gchem, physics were straight foward for me and I pretty much got B's with 3 A's here and there (not great though, I know). I bombed OChem and came out with 3 quarters straight with C+'s but an A- in the lab (for what it's worth). Upper Bio classes were disastrous for me wherein I received C-'s in structural, molecular, one physio, and a lab. Everything else were either C's or B's (I think my upperdiv gpa (with ochem) was 2.45 )
So as you can see my undergrad wasn't so spectacular. I had a very serious health complication during the latter half of college but I foolishly continued to pursue a 4 year track. More than anything though, I attribute my poor performance to me becoming so fatigued, lazy and complacent. So it was definitely my fault for being immature and unmotivated.
I was hoping to make amends though by reapplying myself FULLY to my studies and hopefully eventually reach my goal of getting into dental. The future doesn't look too bright for someone like me but there's definitely light at the end of the tunnel (at least I'd like to think so).
Thus, my question is this: what is the best possible course of action for me?
Should I try a postbacc wherein I redo all my upperdiv classes to get A's?
Or should I enter an SMP and try to get a Masters to get a clean, fresh start?
(I don't even know if any masters programs would be willing to take a low GPA student like me.)
Or should I just stop because it's hopeless for someone in my situation?
I haven't taken my DAT yet but I am aiming for the 20's.
Thanks ahead of time to anyone who took the time to read this long post and give advice.
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