Would you restart undergrad if you could? Reasons why and reasons why not?

[Dreamstoo]

Just a little bored and realizing I would if I could.

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[happypremed1]

For academic reasons, no way I would repeat undergraduate. I studied hard and got good GPA and did everything academically.

For social reasons, I would. I feel like I didn't go out enough nor had enough fun being young.

 

[Roxas]

For academic reasons, no way I would repeat undergraduate. I studied hard and got good GPA and did everything academically.

For social reasons, I would. I feel like I didn't go out enough nor had enough fun being young.

This as well

 

[medickdb]

Time to continue to miss out on your 20s...

 

[CircadianRhythm]

I would start over in a heartbeat. I was a complete asshat at 18, I drank constantly and spent way too much time at basement shows and chasing silly girls and my transcript reflects that. I will never be able to attend my states MD school which would have saved me a fortune. But hey, atleast with DO you can restart if you have the willpower too.

I try not to live with too many regrets. Just push forward.

 

[Dreamstoo]

I would start over in a heartbeat. I was a complete asshat at 18, I drank constantly and spent way too much time at basement shows and chasing silly girls and my transcript reflects that. I will never be able to attend my states MD school which would have saved me a fortune. But hey, atleast with DO you can restart if you have the willpower too.

I try not to live with too many regrets. Just push forward.

Something I hope I can embrace. I do admit I enjoyed the social scene a little too much as a freshman. The bizarre part of that is the one term I went out every weekend, I had a 3.6cgpa/3.6sgpa for a very difficult course load. It was also one of the only few terms I was able to consistently knock out all my work by Friday afternoon so I could have most of the weekends to myself. I still remember getting back my grades that term and was surprised how well I did in classes that were notorious for weeding out pre meds and engineers.

For me, I wish I wasn't so complacent with getting Bs in the past especially in some freshman science courses.

 

[coolingglasses]

For academic reasons, no way I would repeat undergraduate. I studied hard and got good GPA and did everything academically.

For social reasons, I would. I feel like I didn't go out enough nor had enough fun being young.

Opposite here.

But then again, with the way my story played out I never would've entered medicine had I hit the ground running . I'm not even sure I'd redo my post-bac... maybe a few nights.

 

[Vanity&Ecstasy]

Definitely, I suffered from Anthropophobia while in my freshman year. Grades suffered, relationships not continued through text conversations were left to die, neuroticism, et cetera.

It's better now but, I'm still taking a lot of my classes either blended or one day a week style.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

A better question is how I would redo undergrad while not being premed. That's more an interesting situation to be completely honest.

Personally my biggest thing is that I was so caught up in playing the game that I had no ability to be interested in other things that may have been challenging. I

And honestly generally while college was amazing I could have honestly learned more and I could have done more.

So in short no, I would never do college over again as a premed because I probably in the end did everything correctly and as best as I could to make myself competitive.
But if I could go back and go to college solely for the experience of enriching myself and exploring areas that I was weak in. Then sure.

 

[Dreamstoo]

A better question is how I would redo undergrad while not being premed. That's more an interesting situation to be completely honest.

Personally my biggest thing is that I was so caught up in playing the game that I had no ability to be interested in other things that may have been challenging. I

And honestly generally while college was amazing I could have honestly learned more and I could have done more.

So in short no, I would never do college over again as a premed because I probably in the end did everything correctly and as best as I could to make myself competitive.
But if I could go back and go to college solely for the experience of enriching myself and exploring areas that I was weak in. Then sure.

That was like me, I really enjoyed mathematics but struggled in it. I was heavily considering pursuing a double major in a physical science along with Biomedical Engineering but I knew my GPA probably would barely fluctuate around a 3.0 which I knew would be risky if I was considering pre med.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

That was like me, I really enjoyed mathematics but struggled in it. I was heavily considering pursuing a double major in a physical science along with Biomedical Engineering but I knew my GPA probably would barely fluctuate around a 3.0 which I knew would be risky if I was considering pre med.

Admittedly I wish I had taken calc and programming. Been more involved in mathematical biology and worked more in labs.
Admittedly while right now I think I don't like the idea of research career I could have gone either way by sophomore had the right circumstances arisen.

 

[Dreamstoo]

Admittedly I wish I had taken calc and programming. Been more involved in mathematical biology and worked more in labs.
Admittedly while right now I think I don't like the idea of research career I could have gone either way by sophomore had the right circumstances arisen.

For me, I was contemplating doing biomedical engineering with a focus on human performance biomechanics out of high school. I got into a then top 10 biomedical program but the school was far too expensive.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

For me, I was contemplating doing biomedical engineering with a focus on human performance biomechanics out of high school. I got into a then top 10 biomedical program but the school was far too expensive.

I was honestly contemplating everything. I was consider behavioral neuroscience while also considering clinical psychology. I became interested in the application of biological paradigms like evolution and animal behavior to clinical human examples. But it becomes too hard to do so I decided that doing medical school and doing psychiatry would be much better a match.
But who knows, maybe I could have reconciled it but at the same time I'll be happy to never need to write 10 pages of methods.

 

[crazy87]

I might re-do it (was non-pre med at the time). Since I can't, I rationalize and believe that I couldn't have come to the decision to pursue medicine any other way. I had to get everything else out of the way first. It is a process and a journey and although there have been rough patches, I've overall enjoyed it a lot. Had some truly fantastic and fun experiences in the past (extensive travel comes to mind). If I was as serious then as I am now about my future career, things would have gone down differently. I was almost like a different person back then. But I would have picked a better major that I would have enjoyed more (like psychology) and gotten better grades.

 

[doctruopa]

I would not redo undergrad. I think I did everything I needed to do to get me here today and my professors were very helpful throughout the process, which lead me too become premed.

 

[techiewizz]

Hell yeah I would, and I would get a better GPA! And I would start my ECS sooner.

 

[Dreamstoo]

Hell yeah I would, and I would get a better GPA! And I would start my ECS sooner.

+1

 

[Dreamstoo]

I used to have a lot of trouble falling asleep as a freshman even when I may have just one lecture for an hour the next day. I think a lot of it had to do with nerves and excitement. I made the huge mistake in my first few terms of cramming for exams and staying up very late on normal days that I just had labs and lectures. Compared to now as a junior though, I had plenty of more time as a freshman. Freshman year I also made the bad habit of rushing my assignments so I can go hang out with friends at night. The floor I lived on usually hung out and ate dinner, played video games, played pranks on each other from like 8-11 PM everyday. After everyone went to bed, I used to make a bad habit of playing xbox live (NBA 2k or Call of Duty). Then realize it's 4:30am. Go to sleep and wake up by 8:30 for my 9 am classes. I do remember coming back after my last final and staying up all night talking to my roommate. I slept for about 14 hours that first night back from my freshman year. I've started savoring my weekends because I usually get only 5 hours a night during the school week (can be less depending on midterms and papers). I sleep around 2 am on weekend nights and wake up around 10-10:30am.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Hard to say tbh. I think my college experience was a very enrich

I used to have a lot of trouble falling asleep as a freshman even when I may have just one lecture for an hour the next day. I think a lot of it had to do with nerves and excitement. I made the huge mistake in my first few terms of cramming for exams and staying up very late on normal days that I just had labs and lectures. Compared to now as a junior though, I had plenty of more time as a freshman. Freshman year I also made the bad habit of rushing my assignments so I can go hang out with friends at night. The floor I lived on usually hung out and ate dinner, played video games, played pranks on each other from like 8-11 PM everyday. After everyone went to bed, I used to make a bad habit of playing xbox live (NBA 2k or Call of Duty). Then realize it's 4:30am. Go to sleep and wake up by 8:30 for my 9 am classes. I do remember coming back after my last final and staying up all night talking to my roommate. I slept for about 14 hours that first night back from my freshman year. I've started savoring my weekends because I usually get only 5 hours a night during the school week (can be less depending on midterms and papers). I sleep around 2 am on weekend nights and wake up around 10-10:30am.

Your freshman year was my senior year. Staying up til 4 watching anime is kinda a sweet deal yo.

 

[Dreamstoo]

Hard to say tbh. I think my college experience was a very enrich


Your freshman year was my senior year. Staying up til 4 watching anime is kinda a sweet deal yo.

My neighbor freshman year used to watch anime very loud. I would have an exam at 8am and I would have to bang on his door at 4am to tell him to be quiet. He was a comp sci major I think. Used to do this every night and skipped class almost everyday. He ended up dropping out by the end of the year.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

My neighbor freshman year used to watch anime very loud. I would have an exam at 8am and I would have to bang on his door at 4am to tell him to be quiet. He was a comp sci major I think. Used to do this every night and skipped class almost everyday. He ended up dropping out by the end of the year.

Adventure > career

 

[AlbinoHawk DO]

I think the only reason it is tempting for me is because as a non-trad I could do everything in one run. Otherwise, no. It is tempting to say I could fix all my problems, but the truth is I could end up causing others. I'm in a good place in life right now. I'm happy. It's all that counts. No going back for me.

 

[TheWeeIceMan]

Very little responsibility, summers off, friends, and parties? Yeah, I would sign up for that again.

 

[Dreamstoo]

Adventure > career

I still my freshman roommate was an athlete. He just worked out and slept, never went to class unless it was a lab. But when it came to midterms, he would be studying all night (which I only did for like two finals only for all of freshman year). He ended up killing it despite never going to class. I was always jealous of that lol

 

[GypsyHummus]

If I had the chance to re do my undergrad, I would have done a ton of things differently. For one, I would have gone away to college instead of staying at home. Very little debt is nice, but I want to live on my own, have that "college experience", and travel abroad. Now, I go to school and just come back to my parents house.

I would have also told myself not to date my ex

I also would have taken my studies far more seriously. I screw myself over and now my science GPA is complete stink. I honestly don't know what I would have done without the knowledge of DO schools and the retake policy.....prolly go into podiatry. God bless osteopathy.

I would have also told myself that heartbreaks are not the end of the world and also to not eating your feelings after a breakup, post breakup weight is a chore to get rid of.

I also wish I would have been calmer and more mature as a 19 year old. Age has mellowed me out over the last three years, and I look back at the interactions that I had when I was 19 and 20 and just shake my head. I guess thats what it is meant by "growing up".

I feel like I wasted my youth years, and now I am super sad.

 

[Dreamstoo]

If I had the chance to re do my undergrad, I would have done a ton of things differently. For one, I would have gone away to college instead of staying at home. Very little debt is nice, but I want to live on my own, have that "college experience", and travel abroad. Now, I go to school and just come back to my parents house.

I would have also told myself not to date my ex

I also would have taken my studies far more seriously. I screw myself over and now my science GPA is complete stink. I honestly don't know what I would have done without the knowledge of DO schools and the retake policy.....prolly go into podiatry. God bless osteopathy.

I would have also told myself that heartbreaks are not the end of the world and also to not eating your feelings after a breakup, post breakup weight is a chore to get rid of.

I also wish I would have been calmer and more mature as a 19 year old. Age has mellowed me out over the last three years, and I look back at the interactions that I had when I was 19 and 20 and just shake my head. I guess thats what it is meant by "growing up".

I feel like I wasted my youth years, and now I am super sad.

I actually moved to a college far from my home mostly cause I Wanted to become more independent and have the "college experience." I do get home sick and usually go home maybe every other 5th weekend of the term. During freshman year, for the 4 weeks in a month, 3 of them I went back home. This was a huge regret, I used to make the mistake of saving all my work on the weekends and I was never productive on campus during weekends (the guys on my floor were silly on the weekends . I did stay one long weekend and it was just three of us, we ended up just doing homework in the lounge until 7 pm and play around with netflix and just talk). I still keep in touch with high school friends who went to schools near by. They are still pretty immature and haven't changed a bit since high school. I've also met my best friend in college, if I went to school near my home, I probably would have hung out with the same kids I hung out with in high school.

 

[Starry]

I wouldn't redo it. I'm anxious enough to graduate. This is my last semester...Senioritis has really settled in.

 

[LaughingMan]

In a heartbeat. I slacked off a lot in college. Despite having my last 65/68 hours be A in my undergrad, my sGPA is 3.4 and cGPA is 3.5 w/o grade replacement.

 

[Mehd School]

My only regret is not knowing I wanted to do medicine earlier. I'm happy with the school I'm going to and likely wouldn't have had much trouble going to a lowish tier MD program if I wasn't applying alongside my SO. I'm perfectly happy and proud to be a future DO*



*opinion subject to change once residency becomes a reality.

 

[prettyNURSEtoMD]

Absolutely. Most definitely. I would have focused more on school, than "learning how not to be sheltered". I was an undergrad nursing major, and the required grade was a "C" in our sciences. So I got those, and maintained a "social life".. and now I'm paying for it. I had to retake those anyways to be "competitive" for nursing school applications. I would have never taken any of those "intro" classes, now knowing that I could have went to a different university and wouldn't have had to take them. I would have pledged a sorority but that may have not ended well. That's completely off topic, but I would have.

 

[abolt18]

Never. Undergrad was just a means to an end. A series of hoops to get me into med school.

 

[Escape_Goat]

I wouldn't want to go back and change anything because I have absolutely zero regrets in my life since every choice I have made has helped me become who I am and created the life I have now.

I generally find counter-factual thinking to be a waste of time and far too many people spend far too much time wondering "what if".

 

[68quebec]

yes i enjoyed my organization life during undergrad. i really want to go back and have that time again . also, i will accelerate my subpar grade

 

[Telekinesis]

Well technically I did since I dropped out of college twice before accruing 0 credits hrs (the 2 classes I did take I bombed). But even still I would do it over and get better grades and be more social.