<p>Do you guys know any stories where a student does terrible in HS but does great in college and eventually moves on to med school?</p>
<p>What kind of standards for "doing horribly" did you have in mind?</p>
<p>Whatever standards anyone has. I know it's different from person to person.</p>
<p>I was definitely not in the top 30% of my high school, and probably not even in the top half.</p>
<p>I would really like to know if there are any stories out there too. It would be interesting.</p>
<p>And bluedevilmike, I thought you went to duke undergrad, you had to have done good to get in right?</p>
<p>My point was not that I did poorly in HS. My point was that he needs to be more specific about what he means, since everybody can pick something that they didn't do well in.</p>
<p>Um...I think you're overthinking this a little bit.</p>
<p>i had a 1.5 gpa in my first semester of high school, but i ended up with a 3.2 weighted by the end of high school, but it wasn't good enough to get into the only university I applied to, so I went to a community college for a semester, got a 4.0 gpa, transferred into the university. Actually most students who were accepted to the university were defered till spring so I got in when everyone was getting in even though I was denied the first time. But the bad thing about transferring rather than being defered is that I don't get housing since freshmans get priority. I had to drive 2 hours a day to get to school. I barley had time to do any homework and definitly didn't have time for research, and as you can imagine, after driving an hour to school, you really dont have the energy to pay attention to your cell bio lecture. Anyways, horrible year got a 3.285 gpa (3.44 if you recalculate grades with B+=3.3 quality points). But when life shoves @%$# in your face, you have to live with it. With my performance this semester, I think im screwed. I dont think an MD is an option anymore. Im just trying to make it as a DO.</p>
<p>I've got tons of examples. My fraternity chapter is among the best in the nation (we've got the trophies and awards to prove it) and because of our position, we could pretty much pick the best of the best. Didn't mean we got everyone, but we could be picky. Despite that, it seemed like every summer there would come a guy through rush who was a great kid, really social, and very outgoing, but didn't necessarily have the same caliber of grades or test scores as other guys we were looking at. This always generated a huge discussion/debate on what we were looking for and what we "needed" in a rush class. Because of the strength of our chapter, a lot of times we could afford the "risk" a certain rushee presented academically. And a lot of times those guys came through and ended up with grades that were higher than a lot of people expected. Of course there were a couple that didn't work out so hot and ended up not being able to maintain the GPA needed to either initiate or stay a member in the house. But there are plenty of guys I can point to who had 2.9's coming in from HS and ended up graduating with 3.5's or higher from college. Now, it's not like all these kids ended up getting into med school or law school, but they did have much more success than one would have originally guessed.</p>
<p>But the kids who did end up graduating with 3.5's or higher..do you think they might have had a shot at high school?</p>
<p>What do you mean? I'm really confused by that question. Obviously, if you're confusing both me and BDM, you just need to spit out what you're trying to ask as clearly as possible. Just lay it all out on the line.</p>
<p>Oh no, I'm not confusing both you guys. You mentioned there were plenty of guys who had 2.9s but managed 3.5s or higher in college. Do you think they were "med school material"?</p>
<p>There was a speaker that gave a talk at my school last year who said he barely graduated high school, but he finished his first year of college with a 4.0. I think he has a Ph D in Education. I know it's not the same thing as med school, but I still think it's a pretty amazing feat.</p>
<p>yeah, at this point at least, I'd consider myself a turnaround story. I consider myself fairly intelligent, but I was just bone lazy in high school, so I ended up w/ a 3.2 UW GPA in HS (w/ 12 APs). Despite this though, I somehow got into UC-Irvine, and since coming here, I've held a 3.97 cum GPA and a 4.0 BCPM. I'm going to be transferring into WashU next year. </p>
<p>But to be honest, I'm not sorry at all that I jacked around the way I did in high school; after I saw a lot of my friends, whom I had always considered (oh god, this is going to sound so conceited) at least as smart as me graduating with honors and packing off to the best universities in the nation, it gave me the motivation I needed to put in the time to work. With any luck, I'll continue this trend next year.</p>
<p>2.9 in HS, and 3.7 in college here. </p>
<p>Looking back, I think it was a blessing that I never worked in high school, seeing as how I ended up at a university that I love more than anything in thw world. I might have considered this school below me had I had a 3.7 in high school.</p>
<p>I ranged anywhere from a 2.75 to a 3.4 in HS. After one year at a decent state school, I transferred to U-M. I held a 3.95 for the first year, and my classes were math and business focused. Most of my second semester classes were higher level ones that I had to get permission to take. So... it's possible. Hopefully I'll repeat my success at U-M in their Pre Med program.</p>
<p>Well i don't think high school matters much. Did anyone do horribly in COLLEGE but got into medical school?</p>
<p>Again, I think people can give you clearer answers if you tell them what you have in mind when you say "horribly". For example, I think students who literally do so poorly as to flunk out of college very rarely go on to medical school. Students with C's on their transcripts do so quite routinely.</p>
<p>Well i don’t think high school matters much. Did anyone do horribly in COLLEGE but got into medical school? </p>
<p>Yes, but they tend to go to med school in the Caribbean…</p>
<p>Oh snap, that question asker may be in the Caribbean by now.</p>