<p>OR would an upwards trend in 14b and such actualy help?</p>
<p>You're pretty much done for.</p>
<p>You'll be fine. Just don't do it again, and yes, an upward trend helps a lot.</p>
<p>One C does not keep someone out of med school.</p>
<p>but two C's do! LOL</p>
<p>seriously though it's not the end of the world..study harder next quarter and improve in chem.</p>
<p>i've had.. 3 now. =[</p>
<p>how much do med schs consider the fact that you're a freshman during the first quarter if you get unsatisfactory grades?</p>
<p>Hoo boy.</p>
<p>Look guys, one C, two C's, or even three C's will not necessarily keep you out of medical school. NOTHING necessarily precludes you from admission. If your one or two or even three C's are balanced out by tons of A's and a satisfactory BCMP GPA and overall GPA, then you'll do fine. </p>
<p>Upward trends help, but keep in mind that most med schools get thousands of applications for dozens or hundreds (at the most) of spots. You have to expect that they'll do little more than look at your GPA and move on to the next indicator of success (the MCAT.)</p>
<p>One C, however, will not do anything BY ITSELF.</p>
<p>^ Especially in fall of your freshman year. A family friend is the dean of a admissions for a CA med school, and he told me explicitly that you get a slight pass on Freshman year grades (as long as they're not god-awful).</p>
<p>And, as UCLAri said, one C, hell several C's won't do much to your application.</p>
<p>Here's a decent rule of thumb to follow:</p>
<p>BCMP GPA -- GPA 3.6+ is satisfactory
Overall GPA -- GPA 3.5 or 3.6+ is satisfactory
MCAT -- 31/32+ is satisfactory</p>
<p>Then it comes down to what you do outside of class. Heck, you can even make up for one of the above if another one is amazing. A 3.3 BCMP will be less awful if you get a 35+ on the MCAT, for example. </p>
<p>Not that you should EVER bet on that. Ever.</p>
<p>UM... your applying to med school and you have a C in a science class... you tell me...</p>
<p>Yeah I definitely know what you mean. However, I'm not truly pre-med anymore (weeee). Looking toward a masters/Ph.D in engineering/nanotech along with an MBA to round out things. I had a pretty horrible first two quarters - 2.8, 3.1, then rebounded with a 3.5, and I might be able to get a 4.0 this quarter. The whole engineering curriculum takes its toll on you.</p>
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<p>Haven't we heard this as much as flong's Microsoft Internship? :rolleyes:</p>
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<p>Oh please. WOW A C YOU FAIL AT SCIENCE DON'T GO TO MED SCHOOL. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>looks like it may be two c's this first quarter. holly **** my grades r a disaster. maybe its time to switch to pre law</p>
<p>bannana_girl,</p>
<p>Don't fool yourself into thinking that it's "easier" to get into a good law school. Sure, mid- to bottom-tiers may be easier, but any decent law school will not be much easier.</p>
<p>one C won't hurt you too badly. keep in mind as you get deeper and deeper into the lower division life science courses, getting higher grades gets harder and harder.</p>