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Long story short: I dug myself into a hole when it comes to applying as a pre-med student and I just need some advice on what I should do now.
My story is pretty unconventional when it comes to pre-med or any career in health care.
I first started my health care career at the age of 17 when I attended a pre-pharmacy program. After two years of attending I decided I did not want to become a pharmacist because I initially had no interest in pharmacy since I was doing this more for my parents, money, and job stability rather than for genuine reasons.
After dropping out, I decided to go into Art for the following two years and I have grown and learned a lot about more about myself within those two years. These two years really made me grounded in the sense that I started viewing each individual with more awe and inspiration. Before, as a pre-pharmacy student, my ego was way over my head, I was young, selfish, stupid, and too immature for my own good. After dropping out, I became severely depressed and art was the stepping stone in changing how I viewed myself and others. Recently my interest in science reignited with a genuine interest and goal to help those in need and to truly give myself to others through healing them. I will always love art and it will always have a place in my life, but I want to be able to help people in a more direct way through medicine.
I am currently 22 years old and this change in career is making me very anxious and nervous and so I just want some advice.
GPA wise, my prerequisite classes are not the best, in fact they are actually pretty bad.
The science classes I took during pre-pharmacy are my general chemistry classes, general biology classes, physics 1, and microbiology.
After at community college, I took Anatomy and psychology which were the only other science classes I took there.
My main issue is with my general chemistry classes, long story short I really really messed those up.
I withdrew from Chem 1 and then got a C-
In chem 2 I got a D+ and retook it and got a D+ again. This is what I am very worried about. I know this red flag is going to be very detrimental and will stick with me forever. I have no excuse as to why I did so bad the second time around other than my lack of interest at the time and just plain stupidity.
My bio grades are a lot better than my chem classes since I always enjoyed biology more, however my gen bio 1 grade is still bad since I again, I did not take it seriously especially during my freshman year of college.
My gen bio 1 score is a C-
My gen bio 2 score is a B+
My microbiology score is a B
My Anatomy score is a A
Also For my Physics 1 score i got a B
And my Psychology score is a A
I also have not taken any science classes in two years, but I know if I review the material they will be easier to relearn.
Using these marks, I am wondering what you guys think my chances are and if I even have a slight bit of chance of going into medicine. I know that if I do decide to take this leap, I will have to Ace all of my future science classes and that is something I am willing to do. I know I will be a very late applicant and will not be an attending doctor until I am well into my late 30's but I just need some advice for now as to what I should do.
My story is pretty unconventional when it comes to pre-med or any career in health care.
I first started my health care career at the age of 17 when I attended a pre-pharmacy program. After two years of attending I decided I did not want to become a pharmacist because I initially had no interest in pharmacy since I was doing this more for my parents, money, and job stability rather than for genuine reasons.
After dropping out, I decided to go into Art for the following two years and I have grown and learned a lot about more about myself within those two years. These two years really made me grounded in the sense that I started viewing each individual with more awe and inspiration. Before, as a pre-pharmacy student, my ego was way over my head, I was young, selfish, stupid, and too immature for my own good. After dropping out, I became severely depressed and art was the stepping stone in changing how I viewed myself and others. Recently my interest in science reignited with a genuine interest and goal to help those in need and to truly give myself to others through healing them. I will always love art and it will always have a place in my life, but I want to be able to help people in a more direct way through medicine.
I am currently 22 years old and this change in career is making me very anxious and nervous and so I just want some advice.
GPA wise, my prerequisite classes are not the best, in fact they are actually pretty bad.
The science classes I took during pre-pharmacy are my general chemistry classes, general biology classes, physics 1, and microbiology.
After at community college, I took Anatomy and psychology which were the only other science classes I took there.
My main issue is with my general chemistry classes, long story short I really really messed those up.
I withdrew from Chem 1 and then got a C-
In chem 2 I got a D+ and retook it and got a D+ again. This is what I am very worried about. I know this red flag is going to be very detrimental and will stick with me forever. I have no excuse as to why I did so bad the second time around other than my lack of interest at the time and just plain stupidity.
My bio grades are a lot better than my chem classes since I always enjoyed biology more, however my gen bio 1 grade is still bad since I again, I did not take it seriously especially during my freshman year of college.
My gen bio 1 score is a C-
My gen bio 2 score is a B+
My microbiology score is a B
My Anatomy score is a A
Also For my Physics 1 score i got a B
And my Psychology score is a A
I also have not taken any science classes in two years, but I know if I review the material they will be easier to relearn.
Using these marks, I am wondering what you guys think my chances are and if I even have a slight bit of chance of going into medicine. I know that if I do decide to take this leap, I will have to Ace all of my future science classes and that is something I am willing to do. I know I will be a very late applicant and will not be an attending doctor until I am well into my late 30's but I just need some advice for now as to what I should do.
