<p>I'm a junior in Canada, expecting to end this semester with a semester GPA of 3.4, which will drop my BCPM to 3.5. I'm just really sad....... My EC's aren't amazing either. I just want to abandon everything. I'm not motivated to do anything anymore.... I don't think I'm meant to get into med school, I'm too dumb. I want to get back to my normal self but I feel helpless.. I don't know what's wrong with me. Have any of you medical students ever felt really down, depressed or hopeless even once in your undergrad career? How did you overcome it?</p>
<p>Nothing is worth to lose your life over it. Seek professional help or at least call a hot line of some sort. Those people are trained to make you feel better. Do not hesitate. </p>
<p>The problem is NOT your GPA, the problem is how you feel about it. There will be much more gravely tragedies in life, it is unavoidable, you got to learn to deal with it without getting into major depression. Please, talk to somebody who can help you.</p>
<p>Your GPA’s probably fine.</p>
<p>But, you should examine why you are feeling unmotivated and why your EC’s suck. Is it because you’re stressed out or is it because you are losing interest in medicine?</p>
<p>When you are writing your med school essays, dont use this story since it is not nearly bad enough of a situation to be depressed over. Take a year off after your senior year to rack up some ECs. Trust me its not that bad. The class average for med school is generally 23 years + so if you take a year off you are fine.</p>
<p>Depression is a clinical illness. An understanding of this might well make an acceptable foundation for an essay, although I’m sure there might be other topics that would interest you more.</p>
<p>Becoming a physician is a great thing, but seriously, it shouldn’t lead to depression or thoughts of harming yourself or others. It’s just not worth it, it really isn’t. Please, take a step back and look at the bigger picture. If you really are depressed, you need to seek help. It’s okay to feel down everyone once in a while but if this is becoming your standard condition (you’ve felt this way more days than not over the last two weeks), you need to speak with someone about it as soon as you can.</p>
<p>Don’t lose hope; your GPA and ECs don’t define you. I think you need to take some personal time and truly reflect and reevaluate the source of your happiness. Maybe you just need some time to relax and regain energy. It’s natural to feel tired, but if you feel you have been depressed for a long time, seek help from a counselor. Don’t keep it inside thought, I’m sure you’ll do great. Just take some to figure yourself out and remain positive. Seek God for help. :).I wish u best of luck!</p>
<p>my sister was accepted to a top 10 medical school with a 3.4 and 1 internship + 1 big EC…
this internship was done summer after junior year (through a SMALL private practice), and big EC directly after senior year.
this big EC im talking about was signing up for a medical help mission to a country in south america…lapply for one of these programs (dont be scared to apply…), shows a lot about your interests.</p>
<p>you say you are a junior, you are still on track.</p>
<p>and i forgot to mention, her test scores weren’t amazing, if anything only slightly above the avg.</p>
<p>Sounds like your sister had something else going for her.</p>
<p>I haven’t gone to college yet so I haven’t been through the same challenges that you’ve faced. Still, I experienced depression before so I can relate a little to what you’re feeling. Maybe you’ve found yourself in a hole and you feel like incapable of climbing out and moving forward, or see little purpose in doing so. But at the end of the day, please remember that you still have control over what you can do the next day. Re-evaluate things. Do what makes you happy whether it means continuing to pursue medicine or choosing an alternative, less obvious but maybe more suited path. But whatever you choose, just make sure it fulfill that one prerequisite: your happiness. </p>
<p>I think that maybe the end goal you should seek, not med school or a high GPA and good ECs. It could be the means to the end. But maybe not.</p>