<p>I'm a first year undergrad student and I'm really stressed out on whether or not I can make it to med school. I want to be a doctor more than anything, I can't see my future any other way. The reason why I'm stressed is because after doing some research, it becomes apparent that becoming a doctor does mean being a straight A student. The problem is, I took general chem (chem 221 and chem 222) and I am currently in chem 223. In both 221 and 222 I got a B, and I was wondering if medical schools would even consider me with grades like that. Chemistry is a challenge for me, which worries me. I pretty much made an account for this website just for this question.</p>
<p>-Thanks!</p>
<p>The average admitted GPA is somewhere around 3.7.</p>
<p>It is utterly ridiculous that you’re worrying about a B. Most applicants have a couple Bs on their transcripts, some have Cs, some even have a D or an F.</p>
<p>No single grade will keep you out of medical school.</p>
<p>Average overall acceptedl gpa is around a 3.66, average accepted science gpa is around a 3.6.</p>
<p>Remember this is an average. Half the students got into medical school with a gpa higher than that, and half got in with gpas lower than that.</p>
<p>K thanks! Yeah I’m taking biology next year and I think I’ll do better in that. Not sure how I would do in physics, but a lot of people say its easier than chem. As for ochem, I’m not too worried because I hear its more memorization, and less math. I am a visual learner so I think I’ll do okay in ochem.</p>
<p>If physics is taught properly, it is typically harder than chem. Orgo is memorization yes, but it’s more. Don’t just memorize to memorize, for orgo you need to understand the concepts of everything, especially how electrons interact with each other and such, and then you can apply it to hundreds of different reactions. On the other hand, if you don’t memorize the concepts, then you must memorize all the reactions, and there are simply too many.</p>