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I thought it might be interesting to compare High School stats to your current college stats. Meaning GPA and what your focus was, and is now that you've decided to become a doctor.
I start college in the fall so I cant answer this but...

example) In my early years of High school I wanted to become an engineer, and I liked to party and what not. GPA 3.9. Now focusing on my career path Im majoring in Chemistry have a 2.9 GPA and like to read long novels.
(you get the picture)

Might be fun to see how many of you have changed or stayed the same.
😛

 

[Elpenor]

In high school I had no clue what I wanted to "become", I was a huge slacker and never did homework, studied, etc.... GPA was 2.7. I always knew that I would get in to my local university easily based on my act score... (didn't study for the act either, and who does? ). I did certainly know that I would "become something" though.

Now that my grades "matter", I've decided to take things more seriously. GPA ~3.8. I'm still a slacker at heart though.

 

[Poliscidoc]

No its not going to be fun, because every other person on here has a 5.0 and 50Z MCAT. Do I really need to be reminded of how dumb I am?

 

[Penner]

High school:
3.95~ Unweighted, 4.5 weighted
2300 on the SAT

College:
3.82
?? on the MCAT

 

[Evergrey]

I used to want to be a writer!! Or work in the foreign service. Travel and write. Still sounds pretty fun 🙂

 

[NickNaylor]

Not everyone's performance in high school and college will be correlated. For example, I was a slacker in college. I never studied for anything except AP exams at the end of the year. I did homework the morning it was due, and usually started major projects a couple of days before they were due. Despite that, I still managed to have a 3.89/4.0 (94/100) GPA.

High school and college are two entirely different things. Doing well in one doesn't necessarily mean you'll do well in the other.

 

[Dr Optimistic]

High School ~ 2.33 No kidding 😱

My "BCPM" high school classes (I have my transcripts right in front of me and there are a lot worse grades than these in others subjects):
Health C
Geometry D+
Geometry F
Algebra 2 D
Biology C-
Algebra 2 D
Biology B-
Advanced Algebra C-
Chemistry C-
Advanced Algebra C
Chemistry C
Oceanography D-
Geology D-
Never took any physics in high school.
Oddly enough, I took 3 AP classes scoring two 3's and one 4 (because my friends were taking them). The kicker is that I got an F in the class that I got a 4 in (meaning colleges recognize it but my high school doesn't!), a D in another and an A in the last.

My SAT (older style): was mid 1300s

I took some years off and worked and came back to college and now my cumulative GPA is 3.9 something. If I had started college right after high school I would have probably failed and dropped out. My family had no interest in grades or school (and still don't) so I managed to have a great time in high school with zero worries. I am graduating college and applying currently.

In high school I wanted to hang out with my friends and have a good time. In college I knew coming in that I wanted to be serious and become a doctor. My grades in college are a result of it being on my terms now. In high school I was always a learner (I am a strong reader and have always enjoyed reading anything I could get my hands on), so it wasn't that I had no potential; I just had no reason to do well in high school.

Long story, but I thought it was funny amongst the stories of "slackers" with their 3.8s.

 

[orthomyxo]

High school:

3.4 GPA with crazy upward trend
1760 SAT
Class rank <30 out of 489
Few Honors classes
No AP's
No EC's

Generally lazy and apathetic. Had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.

College:

3.73 GPA

 

[cfx]

High school: Maybe a 3.3-3.5?
I got my fair share of C's, and didn't even know studying existed. I did the absolute minimum amount of work possible to prevent parents from getting upset (they still did), would forget/not do a significant chunk of assignments, etc., etc. I had to switch into a regular chem class from honors chem because I was getting a D. How did I earn this D, you might ask? By doing horribly on a test of "match the major discovery/experiment with the famous chemist"...WTF? I remember having math exams and, after not paying attention in class and not reading/doing the work, I would think "oh yeah, I have a math test next period...I should probably look through the book".

Senior year, I finally shaped up and really regretted the previous 3 years, and began to think I might want to be a doctor...

College: 3.95, ECs, etc.

 

[MidnightSun32]

High school: 2.5 or so. I didn't really go to class for the first two years and didn't really care about school. I started going more regularly my junior year and getting good grades. I didn't take the SAT. I took the ACT and got like a 28 or something... I had no intention of going to college so I didn't care.

College: 3.98 I'm 25 now so I think that has a lot to do with it. I don't really study more than when I was in high school, but I take school more seriously now. I go to class, I turn in all assignments, etc.

 

[anbuitachi]

HS: 92.3 ~ 3.7 i guess, SAT 2140 superscore hahah

College: 3.8xx MCAT: I'm hoping for a 45. didn't take yet =D

 

[Bernoull]

I miss HS, best days of my life...😀

 

[HolySmokes]

High school:
Unweighted GPA: 3.83
Weighted GPA: 4.43
35 on ACT


College:
cGPA: 3.83
sGPA: 3.85
MCAT: 30


I miss high school. My numbers applying to college were competitive. Maybe it's just the SDN community I'm comparing myself to, but applying to med school? They're mediocre.

 

[casillas]

I used to want to be a writer!! Or work in the foreign service. Travel and write. Still sounds pretty fun 🙂

You can still do all that as a physician.

 

[tjquinn]

High School: Hardly went to class, drank a lot, etc.
GPA - 1.7
SAT - 1280

College: Stopped partying and discovered my interests
GPA - 3.95
MCAT - 35S

Medical School: Starts in the fall

 

[copon]

High School: 1.85
College: 3.75

It took me 5 years of construction to realize i should follow my dream of being a doctor.

Having a wife and an 8 month old boy keeps me motivated to get good grades.

 

[rogi16012]

High School: had no idea what i wanted to do and messed around a lot...it was a pretty ****ty high school in general

Unweighted GPA ~ 3.55, Weighted GPA - 3.689
despite the relatively poor GPA i was still ranked 18 out of 680
SAT: 1980

College: much more focused
cGPA: 3.71
sGPA: 3.74
MCAT: 32

 

[deleted330278]

HS: 4.25, 2240 SAT
College: 3.93, MCAT in august...

High school seemed like a joke in retrospect. Didn't really study; college is a bit more demanding but not the caliber of difficulty I thought it would be. However, the fear of not getting into med school is much more of a driving force now than ever.

 

[Doc Of Life]

HS: ~ 0.8 and GED'ed out of HS

college: overall GPA = 3.82, and BCPM science GPA = 3.86 / (MCAT 33 s)

I took a bunch of years off in between, and grew up.

 

[snorlax]

My college GPA is currently 0.03 lower than my high school GPA.

 

[cfx]

Interesting how many people here did poorly in HS, but went on to do very well in college. I don't know about anyone else, but my disappointment in myself once I matured a bit definitely played a role in what I've done since.

 

[Dannyw]

high school- 3.0 1000 SAT
college- 3.91 in the spring I'll be a senior

 

[surftheiop]

Not high school, but freshman/sophomore when I thought I wanted to be engineer = 3.3

Summer after sophomore year and Junior Year after deciding to do MD = 4.0

Its funny what some motivation/fear can do to your grades.

 

[mmmcdowe]

No its not going to be fun, because every other person on here has a 5.0 and 50Z MCAT. Do I really need to be reminded of how dumb I am?

Seriously.

 

[Electronegative]

In high school I had 3.2 GPA, and didn't know what the hell I was going to be until middle of my senior year.
That's when I decided to become a doctor(before that I always thought i'd be a fighter pilot 😳), although a little late for SATs and college applications, I did 3 semesters of community college with 3.6 gpa and now I'm in university with 3.3 gpa trying to bring it up by the time I submit my applications to med school.