<p>DD has started a facebook page for accepted students to her school of choice, they are planning their own accepted students get together for the holidays ;)</p>
<p>eadad, I guess my DS will probably give me the same excuse… but a Mom can hope. 8-)</p>
<p>Dating classmates can be dangerous, you will be with them for four years even if it doesn’t work out. The nice thing about new york is that there are plenty of other medical schools in the area, so the level of dating among first years year is very low at my school. Thank God for interschool and health professions mixers. Breakups among people in close situations always spill over into the group:P</p>
<p>I have a question. I’m currently at a CC in California. My dream is to go to med school and become a child psychiatrist. At the end of spring 2009, I should have a cumulative UC GPA of 3.81 (if all goes according to plan). However, my first semester at my CC I was really depressed and unmotivated.</p>
<p>Consequently, I recieved 2 F’s and 1 D. The “D” grade I am retaking in the spring, so I am wondering if my new grade will be the grade which affects my med school app and hopefully not the old one (D). Also, at my CC there is an Academic Renewal policy which negates the 2 F grades in my GPA. In other words, they’re still there, but they don’t affect my GPA.</p>
<p>When applying to med school, do those 2 F’s (which I got Academic Renewal for) and the D (the class I am retaking) kill my chances of being accepted into good/great med schools? </p>
<p>I’m really serious about school now, and am committed to doing my best. Thanks any/everyone for replies.</p>
<p>In general, all grades will be counted, that is, both the old grade (D in your case) and the new grade will be taken into consideration.</p>
<p>I do not know anything about “Academic Renewal”, but I heard that, at least for some state (and its public medical schools), there is some “academic restart” or “second chance” policy, which means that they will forgive any poor grades that an applicant received over ten years ago.</p>
<p>This reminds me of something: At one particular private college in the south, freshmen are allowed to drop one class without leaving a “W” on the transcript very very late in the fall semester (maybe even after the final). There is some fairness issue about this policy, as most other colleges will not allow this to happen. If this is allowed to happen at one college, it should be allowed at all other colleges, IMHO. But even MIT masks all grades in the fall (or both?) semester of freshmen year. (but I heard medical schools can request the school to unmask the grades.)</p>
<p>OTOH, the students at these high power privates where there are an army of premeds (at least in the freshman year), the students have to compete with arguably a higher percentage of high achieving students, and it is rumored that the compensation factor in GPA between a top school and a non-top school is only 0.1 or so. So it is hard to define the word “fairness” here.</p>
<p>mmmcdove,
Thanks for your thoughts. I understand the reasoning you and eadad have both expressed.
It’s good to know that there are such inter-med school mixers in this NE area.
Could you provide me some more info on these mixers? How does a student find out more info on these? Any info from you would be great. I will forward on to DS.</p>
<p>Although he says he is too busy with his career to worry about girls… I would still like him to have a life outside of his med school pursuits if possible. How cool would it be if he can meet someone who is like-minded?Less for us Moms to worry about. 8-)</p>
<p>mcat2,
is your S applying summer of 2010? My D. is applying this summer.</p>
<p>MiamiDAP, All I can say at this point is that he MAY apply – if he does not change his mind again from now till then. (He changed his mind a few times in the past. One of his close friends is a prelaw now, and he might influence him. That friend said to my S at one time that he thinks the typical premed’s life “sucks”, e.g. no time for relationship.)</p>
<p>We always said to him that he could change his mind to pursue other career path any time. But he said that so far the only thing he is sort of OK at is premed stuff.</p>
<p>Your D is lucky in that she seems to have found her career path early in college or even at the end of high school (She is in the combined program, isn’t she?!)</p>
<p>^Yes, she is, but the program is very flexible, she could be any major, she has 2 minors anyway. She had her doubts, but she seems not to fit anywhere else. We went thru that several times. She seems to be more stable in her plans lately. Good luck no matter what your S decides.</p>
<p>My kid actually found her path in middle school since she was at the point already volunteering at hospitals.</p>
<p>Pharmagal</p>
<p>At my S’s school for first years they had regularly scheduled/organized parties after exams where they literally took over a bar or club. Many of these were with MS-2s when their exam schedules coincided. They also have a number of coed intramural activities at the student center.</p>
<p>They changed the MS-2 curriculum this year so their exam schedule is different and they seem to be holding their own get-togethers as friendships have settled in. His group has seemed to mix well with a number of Physical Therapy students and a few relationships (including one of his housemates) have blossomed.</p>
<p>My advice would be for him to try to make an effort to find a healthy mix of studies and relaxation (read: time to de-stress and decompress) which can be done. From what I can surmise, there are a lot more casual relationships than serious ones unless they predated enrollment in Med school. </p>
<p>I’m not worried, he had several girlfriends as an undergrad including one that we (Eamom and me) both thought he had met his foil/match but he doesn’t want to be encumbered right now and as long as he is healthy (both physically AND mentally) and happy I’m not going to push it. I know he doesn’t lack for female friends and/or company so I just don’t ask anymore.</p>
<p>It will all work out.</p>
<p>Pharm, there isn’t a website or anything. Medical school student governments in NY have just been communication back and forth in order to get classes together. We’ve had 2-3 this year.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your input eadad and mmmc. It’s such an exciting time when they start med school, isn’t it? There are so many books on preparation to get into med schools. I gotta check if there are any good guides on life within med schools themselves.</p>
<p>By the way, DS will be at UMDNJ. Not quite within NY but 30 mins train ride away to NY from Newark.</p>
<p>Woo-hoo! DS got an admission offer today from one of his top choices. He is thrilled and mom is dancing around. So now he has 2 offers and he feels good that he has a choice. He said it will probably come down to finances on where he decides to go.</p>
<p>^ Congrats to your S. It must be a very desirable one as he is thrilled!</p>
<p>Many congrats. And yea to choices.</p>
<p>Congrats mom and boy!</p>
<p>congrats mom2boys & son! Great news.</p>
<p>Bumping this up for any last pre holiday updates</p>
<p>D is finished with her semester and will head home tomorrow. One more acceptance to report (and it will stay until FA makes it officially ignorant). One very small school (Cleveland Clinic) starts acceptances tomorrow or Thursday. She’ll now add “looking for a Cleveland area code” on her phone to her “looking for a Minnesota area code”. ;)</p>
<p>She hopes to do some re-visits to Baylor and Southwestern over the break.</p>
<p>I just stumbled across this site and I have to ask: Do your children know that you’re posting their every move on a public internet forum? It seems to me that this entire thread/forum is mostly parents living vicariously through their children. What do you all do during the day? I’m especially astounded at parental requests for DATING ADVICE for their children. Are you serious? These are 21-25 year-old ADULTS that we are talking about. Do you really think they’d be OK with you posting this stuff about them?</p>