What freshman year GPA would you say basically eliminates med school chances

[Protagonistic]

For most applicants.

I read about people getting 2.5s their first year and getting into med school. I also read posts from people saying they had a 2.8 GPA their first year but managed to make it into med school.

What freshman year GPA would you say eliminates a person's med school chances? I would think anything below a 2.5.

Also: How much does the strength of the school matter? I am assuming anything below a 3.0 at a school not ranked in the top 100 will basically kill med school chances.

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[ilovelanguages]

For most applicants.

I read about people getting 2.5s their first year and getting into med school. I also read posts from people saying they had a 2.8 GPA their first year but managed to make it into med school.

What freshman year GPA would you say eliminates a person's med school chances? I would think anything below a 2.5.

Also: How much does the strength of the school matter? I am assuming anything below a 3.0 at a school not ranked in the top 100 will basically kill med school chances.

No.

With last-chance opportunities like post-bacc years and SMP's, there is no freshman GPA that can not be overcome. Including failing out. At that point it becomes a "use your personal statement to address your previous immaturity" issue.

 

[AnotherBioMajor]

No.

With last-chance opportunities like post-bacc years and SMP's, there is no freshman GPA that can not be overcome. Including failing out. At that point it becomes a "use your personal statement to address your previous immaturity" issue.

This.

 

[rls303]

Exactly! Never give up hope and improve grades! If you want it bad enough....it will happen! The opposite is a tough battle to fight (the hole I am in)....getting poor Senior grades after such an upward trend! It's biting me in the @ss and will necessitate an SMP of some sort.

 

[thomprya]

I would say a negative 4.0. If you get a -4.0 then the best your gpa could possible be would be 2.0. I have heard med school is tough to get into with a 2.0 so try hard to avoid getting that gpa first year.

 

[Protagonistic]

I would say a negative 4.0. If you get a -4.0 then the best your gpa could possible be would be 2.0. I have heard med school is tough to get into with a 2.0 so try hard to avoid getting that gpa first year.

Oh man, -4.0 is a rough GPA to get. I had a -1.9 my first semester, med school may still be in my future if I get 4.0s from here on out.

 

[AsianPersuasion]

How do you get negative?? 😕 call me naive but is that like F- - - - - on all subjects?? I thought each college/uni had a certain gpa requirement that if you fall below say for example 2.0 you get kicked out of your major no or even the school?

 

[Protagonistic]

How do you get negative?? 😕 call me naive but is that like F- - - - - on all subjects?? I thought each college/uni had a certain gpa requirement that if you fall below say for example 2.0 you get kicked out of your major no or even the school?

We are just joking around bro.


MAYBE NOT!

 

[slatermd]

NOT SRS

 

[Kevin Baker]

None. I have a friend who failed out of community college, became a hippie for a year, reenrolled at a state undergrad that takes anyone, and is now starting his or her ROAD specialty. Quite the motivational story.

 

[Protagonistic]

None. I have a friend who failed out of community college, became a hippie for a year, reenrolled at a state undergrad that takes anyone, and is now starting his or her ROAD specialty. Quite the motivational story.

Inspirational story indeed.

 

[AsianPersuasion]

We are just joking around bro.


MAYBE NOT!

oh lol 😳

 

[Geneticist]

Anything below a 3.8 your freshman year will screw you. Luckily I made the cut. *phew*

 

[Protagonistic]

Anything below a 3.8 your freshman year will screw you. Luckily I made the cut. *phew*

OMG you got a 3.8 first year? Dude you are going to be so successful in life!

 

[Geneticist]

omg you got a 3.8 first year? Dude you are going to be so successful in life!

i knwo right! Iz so happeh! I rock hrdcre, brah!

 

[Evil_Abed]

I ended freshman year with a GPA of approximately 1.7. Got kicked out of college after second semester of freshman year, but successfully appealed the decision and returned to school. Continued to do terrible during first semester of sophomore year too, but managed to not get kicked out this time. For the next 2.5 years, I worked my butt off with overloaded semesters (20 credit hours/semester), took summer courses, etc, and got nearly straight 4.0s and pulled up my GPA to a 3.56 (3.5ish sGPA). Words can't describe how ridiculously hard I had to work to have a fighting chance at med school and how much pressure each semester (and the MCAT!) placed on me. Not complaining though; I have only myself to blame for freshman year.

Did not do a post-bacc or SMP or anything. Applied this cycle (after finishing senior year, so I'm taking a year between college and med school) and received 10 interview offers, went to 5, got accepted at 2 (including one of my top choices). MD only, btw. Every single interviewer commented on how I climbed out of the hole I dug myself in.

Doing terrible freshman year is a bad thing, yes. But, in my experience, what you do afterward is really what dictates how successful you'll be in applying to med school. Best of luck to anyone else finding themselves in the position I was in 3 years ago.

 

[echen]

I ended freshman year with a GPA of approximately 1.7. Got kicked out of college after second semester of freshman year, but successfully appealed the decision and returned to school. Continued to do terrible during first semester of sophomore year too, but managed to not get kicked out this time. For the next 2.5 years, I worked my butt off with overloaded semesters (20 credit hours/semester), took summer courses, etc, and got nearly straight 4.0s and pulled up my GPA to a 3.56 (3.5ish sGPA). Words can't describe how ridiculously hard I had to work to have a fighting chance at med school and how much pressure each semester (and the MCAT!) placed on me. Not complaining though; I have only myself to blame for freshman year.

Did not do a post-bacc or SMP or anything. Applied this cycle (after finishing senior year, so I'm taking a year between college and med school) and received 10 interview offers, went to 5, got accepted at 2 (including one of my top choices). MD only, btw. Every single interviewer commented on how I climbed out of the hole I dug myself in.

Doing terrible freshman year is a bad thing, yes. But, in my experience, what you do afterward is really what dictates how successful you'll be in applying to med school. Best of luck to anyone else finding themselves in the position I was in 3 years ago.

Would you mind sharing where you got accepted to?

 

[Protagonistic]

I ended freshman year with a GPA of approximately 1.7. Got kicked out of college after second semester of freshman year, but successfully appealed the decision and returned to school. Continued to do terrible during first semester of sophomore year too, but managed to not get kicked out this time. For the next 2.5 years, I worked my butt off with overloaded semesters (20 credit hours/semester), took summer courses, etc, and got nearly straight 4.0s and pulled up my GPA to a 3.56 (3.5ish sGPA). Words can't describe how ridiculously hard I had to work to have a fighting chance at med school and how much pressure each semester (and the MCAT!) placed on me. Not complaining though; I have only myself to blame for freshman year.

Did not do a post-bacc or SMP or anything. Applied this cycle (after finishing senior year, so I'm taking a year between college and med school) and received 10 interview offers, went to 5, got accepted at 2 (including one of my top choices). MD only, btw. Every single interviewer commented on how I climbed out of the hole I dug myself in.

Doing terrible freshman year is a bad thing, yes. But, in my experience, what you do afterward is really what dictates how successful you'll be in applying to med school. Best of luck to anyone else finding themselves in the position I was in 3 years ago.

How do you go from a 1.7 to a 3.5? I really want to know.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

But seriously.. the response hasn't changed in 2? months. You can get into medical school with a crappy start at arguably the most crappy school ever. I mean you have plenty of students on here who attended no names and community colleges and got accepted to great medical schools. So seriously.. enough with the pity parade..

 

[Evil_Abed]

How do you go from a 1.7 to a 3.5? I really want to know.

For the last 2.5 years of college, I took around 110 credit hours (overloaded semesters + some summer courses) and got A's or A+'s in every course with the exception of 2 or 3 where I got an A- or a B+. It was hard work, but I was in a situation where I had to get straight A's in order to have a competitive GPA by the time I was done with senior year. Fear of failure (aka. not getting accepted to med school) is a strong motivator.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

How do you go from a 1.7 to a 3.5? I really want to know.

You either stop screwing around... or start screwing around 😉.

 

[BDIX727]

How do you go from a 1.7 to a 3.5? I really want to know.

I'm conservatively going to be at a 3.11 CUM GPA in 5 weeks after having a 1.7GPA for my first 21 credit hours and have enough time to reasonably get a 3.4-3.5ish.

I used grade replacement though and plan on going the D.O. route.

 

[deleted357625]

None. I have a friend who failed out of community college, became a hippie for a year, reenrolled at a state undergrad that takes anyone, and is now starting his or her ROAD specialty. Quite the motivational story.

ima puke

 

[Protagonistic]

For the last 2.5 years of college, I took around 110 credit hours (overloaded semesters + some summer courses) and got A's or A+'s in every course with the exception of 2 or 3 where I got an A- or a B+. It was hard work, but I was in a situation where I had to get straight A's in order to have a competitive GPA by the time I was done with senior year. Fear of failure (aka. not getting accepted to med school) is a strong motivator.

that is hard work, congrats

PS: Don't remember ever posting a thread on this topic

 

[blackarrowmoose]

I ended freshman year with a GPA of approximately 1.7. Got kicked out of college after second semester of freshman year, but successfully appealed the decision and returned to school. Continued to do terrible during first semester of sophomore year too, but managed to not get kicked out this time. For the next 2.5 years, I worked my butt off with overloaded semesters (20 credit hours/semester), took summer courses, etc, and got nearly straight 4.0s and pulled up my GPA to a 3.56 (3.5ish sGPA). Words can't describe how ridiculously hard I had to work to have a fighting chance at med school and how much pressure each semester (and the MCAT!) placed on me. Not complaining though; I have only myself to blame for freshman year.

Did not do a post-bacc or SMP or anything. Applied this cycle (after finishing senior year, so I'm taking a year between college and med school) and received 10 interview offers, went to 5, got accepted at 2 (including one of my top choices). MD only, btw. Every single interviewer commented on how I climbed out of the hole I dug myself in.

Doing terrible freshman year is a bad thing, yes. But, in my experience, what you do afterward is really what dictates how successful you'll be in applying to med school. Best of luck to anyone else finding themselves in the position I was in 3 years ago.

ah the beauty of human kind.

 

[rhcarolina]

I also read posts from people saying they had a 2.8 GPA their first year but managed to make it into med school.

I had below that I managed to get into two schools, it really matters how one does after that year, as krafty said.

Also: How much does the strength of the school matter? I am assuming anything below a 3.0 at a school not ranked in the top 100 will basically kill med school chances.

As for the strength of the school, some admissions committees do take into account where one attended. I know the Medical University of South Carolina adds a certain amount of grade points to an applicant's GPA, depending on the institution.

 

[gettheleadout]

Why isn't he banned already...

The answer to the "does institution matter?" question is always going to be the same.

 

[Protagonistic]

Why isn't he banned already...

The answer to the "does institution matter?" question is always going to be the same.

Uh, it is in a different format and it is a completely different question *****. Read it again. Also, banned?!

Seriously, you people sound like the type of kids who would snitch on anyone in real life or in the classroom.

Anyways to those that actually contributed, thank you.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Uh, it is in a different format and it is a completely different question *****. Read it again. Also, banned?!

Seriously, you people sound like the type of kids who would snitch on anyone in real life or in the classroom.

Anyways to those that actually contributed, thank you.

Honestly don't take it the wrong way. But try to understand that it gets really annoying and you need to admit that the majority of your threads basically the same question in a "different format." Either way the point is.. you can get into medical school at any school and with a bad start as long as you try to be your best and do the best in your studies of interest.

 

[Protagonistic]

Honestly don't take it the wrong way. But try to understand that it gets really annoying and you need to admit that the majority of your threads basically the same question in a "different format." Either way the point is.. you can get into medical school at any school and with a bad start as long as you try to be your best and do the best in your studies of interest.

No, on my other threads I asked how much strength of undergrad would matter when it comes to being admitted to a top medical school. On this thread I ask how a bad trend would look at a school that isn't even ranked.

So basically the students on here that did do bad were at UC Berkeley and University of Michigan their first year or so, would a student at a university not ranked have the same excuse if they were in the same shoes?

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

No, on my other threads I asked how much strength of undergrad would matter when it comes to being admitted to a top medical school. On this thread I ask how a bad trend would look at a school that isn't even ranked.

So basically the students on here that did do bad were at UC Berkeley and University of Michigan their first year or so, would a student at a university not ranked have the same excuse if they were in the same shoes?

But again.. this question is basically a rehash of the same question. Point is... there are a few people on here who were on academic prohibition at community colleges and got into medical school without an SMP. If you do better the following few years you'll be fine.

 

[Protagonistic]

But again.. this question is basically a rehash of the same question. Point is... there are a few people on here who were on academic prohibition at community colleges and got into medical school without an SMP. If you do better the following few years you'll be fine.

Elaborate, tell me how it is the rehash of my past questions which dealt exclusively with prestige and getting into the top med schools. This one deals with getting into A med school.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Because we told you that the prestige factor and what not is minimum in effective and thus you can still attend a non-ivy and still get into medical school. Thus you can through logic deduce that since school prestige doesn't matter this by association also has minimum effect and wouldn't change the fact too much had you gone to UCB or UM.

 

[Protagonistic]

Because we told you that the prestige factor and what not is minimum in effective and thus you can still attend a non-ivy and still get into medical school. Thus you can through logic deduce that since school prestige doesn't matter this by association also has minimum effect and wouldn't change the fact too much had you gone to UCB or UM.

Man but I have heard so much that a 3.6 at UCB is better than a 3.6 at a tier 2 school which is accredited but not ranked.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Man but I have heard so much that a 3.6 at UCB is better than a 3.6 at a tier 2 school which is accredited but not ranked.

In a magical world where all other variables are set to 0. Then yes a 3.6 at UCB will be better. However since we don't live in that magical world.. a lot of other things matter more and in the end.. the prestige you'd get from UCB will be minimum in propelling you to an acceptance. It's simply a statistical fact...

 

[Protagonistic]

In a magical world where all other variables are set to 0. Then yes a 3.6 at UCB will be better. However since we don't live in that magical world.. a lot of other things matter more and in the end.. the prestige you'd get from UCB will be minimum in propelling you to an acceptance. It's simply a statistical fact...

thanks, because I need to post another thread about a personal issue, maybe you can contribute, don't remember you but so far you have been a pretty solid guy