what are my chances to get in to med school

[elaineweiling]

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I am a High school graduate. I was in the dual enrollment program in my HS senior year, so I did full time CC for my senior year. I have this unrealistic dream hoping I can finish undergrad earlier. I moved to the States from China in my HS sophomore year, I had a 4.0 for freshmen year in China, and 3.67 for sophomore and junior year in the U.S. But for my senior year, I only got a 2.0 form the CC. Due to my language problem(still learning English) and not getting used to the fast pasting college course. I am planning to stay in the CC for another year, bring up my GPA and transfer to a undergrad school, probably ursinus or Drexel, some school in philly area. I am taking courses in the summer and also working, don't really have time to do EC and not sure what to do yet.

Do I still have a chance getting in med school with a low gpa in CC and a higher gpa in undergrad school? I still have not figure out what major I want to do yet, any advise?

 

[jmcsolido]

If I'm understanding this properly, you're going into your sophomore year, right? You have the potential, you just need to adjust. Honestly, if you need to take a year off from school to help the adjustment, seriously, do it. If that's not what you want to do, you still have plenty of time to make up your gpa; you'll do yourself some good to avoid getting another 2.0 year. If you were to get mostly As and Bs from this point on, you can still salvage out a 3.5/3.6 gpa (making you close to competitive, depending on MCAT and ECs). You're still early in the game.

 

[OneTwoThreeFour]

Medical schools won't look at your high school GPA.
And, assuming you can pull off 3+ years with a good GPA, you can mitigate a lot of that early damage.
Don't focus on ending undergrad early for multiple reasons: medical schools like maturity (that some argue only comes with age), your grades can suffer from cramming in courses, and you won't have time for any extracurriculars (a lack of which WILL keep you out of medical school).
It is a marathon, not a sprint. Slow down