With this GPA, What can I get into?

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Hi everyone! 😀

I am a college student majoring in Psychology and minoring in Chemistry. My guess is that by the time I graduate I will get a 3.2 GPA. This is so because my first semester of freshman year I got terrible 1.97 GPA. My other semester grades have been around 3.4 GPA. I did bad my first year because my Grandmother died a couple months before I entered college my freshman year. I was really depressed about her death and I wasn't thinking clearly during my first semester. My other reasons are because I was stuck with a crappy roommate who just wanted to party and not study. After second semester I smarten up and ended up with a 3.1 GPA. After that, so far I just received a 3.45 GPA. And my guess is that I will end up with a 3.4 GPA every semester by the time I graduate, whic leads to a 3.2 GPA Overall(Cummulative).

Now my question is because I did horribly my first semester of my freshman year, will I be able to get into Medical school as I've planned all along or can I still get into Graduate school or Law school? Can you please give me some advice on what I should do after graduation.

Thanks!

 

[Ryo-Ohki]

They like upward trends.

Score great on the MCAT and you have a pretty good chance at lower mid, mid-mid tier schools.

Don't expect to get into Harvard, of course.

 

[DW]

you still have a chance. med schools can be somewhat forgiving of a slow start or bad performance due to family matters, if you show a "upward trend" in your gpa. if you really want to go into medicine, you can overcome a not so hot undergrad if you're able to explain why it didn't go well and show you're willing to compensate for it to the admissions committees. its not going to be easy, but with some work its doable

while your undergrad gpa is a big factor in your app, you can balance it out with other things: getting good extracurricular experience (research, clinical work, etc), rocking the great equalizer in the MCAT, and presenting yourself well in interviews and essays, etc

you also might want to consider a bunch of post baccaluareate programs, do a search, they're been discussed ad nauseam.

and, welcome to sdn

 

[manicmaven]

Study hard for that MCAT. I think you have a good chance if you make sure that every other part of your application shines. And apply as early as you can. Get those LORs in order and ready to go before the application cycle summer starts.