<p>I just finished my freshman year at Notre Dame. I am a mechanical engineering major (don't necessarily want to be an engineer, but I know this degree will set me up for a multitude of future careers that fit my interests, including engineering, business, and medicine). My freshman year cumulative GPA is not so good. I am wondering if I should bother filling my future electives with premed prerequisites, on top of an already rigorous engineering curriculum--or if my poor grades this year have already basically excluded me from being accepted into a decent med school, and I should just focus on doing well in my engineering courses.</p>
<p>Freshman GPA: 2.82</p>
<p>Foundations of Theology: A-
Intro to Engineering I: B
Honors Seminar I: B-
Calculus III: B-
Intro to Chemistry: C+</p>
<p>Physics I: B+
Intro to Engineering II: C+
Honors Seminar II: B
Intro to Linear Algebra/Diff Equations: C</p>
<p>...Not my best work. However, I am not an idiot and I am well aware that I didn't put nearly enough effort into my studies this year. </p>
<p>Assume I actually put in the time & effort, and get good grades (mostly A's) in my classes from here on out (coincidentally, this is the same exact thing that happened to me in high school, and I managed to succeed at pulling up my grades)...do I have a chance of being accepted into a good med school?</p>
<p>I am in a special engineering honors program that only 20 engineering students from my class were accepted into (based on high school performance). I currently work at an on-campus caf</p>