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Hello,
I am currently in my 3rd year of UG. I am a pre-med hopeful but definitely unsure but still very much wanna be a doctor.
I was a great student in high school in the top 5% of my class and a great SAT score. However,
I came into college as an engineering major and took core engineering/coding classes. It was a trimester school and unfortunately I finished with a GPA around 3.0 (I kind of blew off certain important classes, as my mental health was not good that year). After that year, I withdrew from the university and took a year off to volunteer in India.
I came back for my sophomore year as I transferred to a different college, (a year behind the rest of my classmates) but unfortunately, forgot how school was and did not do so well. I earned a C+ in Organic Chemistry, a C in Biology, and C in Calculus, all in one semester. My overall GPA was 2.6 that semester. Next semester, however I worked hard but only managed a 3.4 semester GPA, I have brought this GPA up to 3.0 overall now. (as I earned a C in OChem II). Now that my work ethic is a lot better and I have finished oChem (albeit poorly, as it is the hardest class at my university). Also, I transferred so I have two GPAs.
Now, as I am entering my junior year, I am very much concerned on what my options are. I would like to be a doctor no matter what and will do anything necessary (very much do NOT want to go to the islands though, so please don't just say go to the islands, I'm aware of that option). What should I do? How do I proceed from here? I am planning to take my MCAT after junior year.
I am currently in my 3rd year of UG. I am a pre-med hopeful but definitely unsure but still very much wanna be a doctor.
I was a great student in high school in the top 5% of my class and a great SAT score. However,
I came into college as an engineering major and took core engineering/coding classes. It was a trimester school and unfortunately I finished with a GPA around 3.0 (I kind of blew off certain important classes, as my mental health was not good that year). After that year, I withdrew from the university and took a year off to volunteer in India.
I came back for my sophomore year as I transferred to a different college, (a year behind the rest of my classmates) but unfortunately, forgot how school was and did not do so well. I earned a C+ in Organic Chemistry, a C in Biology, and C in Calculus, all in one semester. My overall GPA was 2.6 that semester. Next semester, however I worked hard but only managed a 3.4 semester GPA, I have brought this GPA up to 3.0 overall now. (as I earned a C in OChem II). Now that my work ethic is a lot better and I have finished oChem (albeit poorly, as it is the hardest class at my university). Also, I transferred so I have two GPAs.
Now, as I am entering my junior year, I am very much concerned on what my options are. I would like to be a doctor no matter what and will do anything necessary (very much do NOT want to go to the islands though, so please don't just say go to the islands, I'm aware of that option). What should I do? How do I proceed from here? I am planning to take my MCAT after junior year.