So when I graduate high school I didn’t know what I wanted to do but I knew I wanted something to do with healthcare, so I choose biology but then I had some problems and I had to stop going to classes but I never withdraw so that semesters I had all F, I took a semester off to think about what I wanted and I enrolled in another university in an engineering major but those health problems returned and I had to withdraw from that semester, the next semester I tried again, but then the pandemic started and I couldn’t communicate with my professors or university and I had all F again, so in the end I had 8 F and 2 W, now I’m studying nursing and everything is going súper but I was wondering if a medical school will even consider me with not only the bad grades at the beggining but the career switch, thank you!
Will I be even be considered?
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I wouldn't trust any school that entertains you. Your best bet is to continue your nursing program, be a nurse for a number of years, and put distance and more education between you and those Fs. What is your GPA with all those Fs?
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I think that you have dug yourself too deep a hole for now.
A DIY postbac in the future might be the only salvation.
At least contact your school and ask if you can retroactively withdraw from the F courses. This IS a thing, and the worst thing they'd tell you is "no".
A DIY postbac in the future might be the only salvation.
At least contact your school and ask if you can retroactively withdraw from the F courses. This IS a thing, and the worst thing they'd tell you is "no".
My gpa is 3.62 and since I started my nursing degree I have gotten all A, also I’m from Puerto Rico which is a part is the United States but doesn’t have the stigma of Caribbean schools, so I could at least try that, but thank you for your advise
Thank you so much, I will go and do that as soon as possible, and couldn’t I take the classes I had F on while I’m doing my nursing degree and it would substitute the previous grade? Or will the previous F affect me anyways?
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Grade substitution isn't a thing anymore. The two grades will average out. BUT, you should retake all C- and lesser grades in the pre-reqs.
Read this:
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How could you possibly have a 3.6 GPA with 8 Fs? 🤔There is no grade replacement in figuring your GPAs for med school applications. So do what @Goro suggested and try to get rid of those Fs. See where you are after you graduate and work as a nurse for a few years. .
How could you possibly have a 3.6 GPA with 8 Fs?There is no grade replacement in figuring your GPAs for med school applications. So do what @Goro suggested and try to get rid of those Fs. See where you are after you graduate and work as a nurse for a few years. .
There is no grade replacement in figuring your GPAs for med school applications. So do what I have taken 75 credits and gotten A in all of them, so unless I’m calculating wrong then I think that’s my current gpa, I will go to my university tomorrow and see what are my options, but thank you very much for your advice
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That's info that would have been helpful in your OP. It changes the calculus!
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Even if your school replaces a F with annA or whatever, when you apply to med school through the application services, you submit a transcript from every school you have ever attended. Whether it was during high school, college(dual enrollment), university or community college. And don’t think you can skip sending some. They’ll know,
