I GOT A D AND A BUNCH OF C'S MY FIRST SEMESTER OF COLLEGE AND AM PREMED?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>PLEASE, I'M HYPERVENTILATING. Did I ruin my chances of getting into med school. I'm a freshman, and I did goof off. I got a D in my bio lab, which I am freaking out about. I have a 2.3 GPA, can I raise to competitive levels by my senior year, I AM TERRIFIED!</p>

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It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to make a simple spreadsheet, plug in some hypothetical grades over 4 years, and calculate a GPA.</p>

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<p>Others more knowledgeable than I will also weigh in, but in addition to doing the math(see above), if these are your final grades for the semester, now is a good time to reflect on why you got these grades. Knowing how you got to where you are now will help in planning for the future.</p>

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<p>"It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to make a simple spreadsheet, plug in some hypothetical grades over 4 years, and calculate a GPA. "
-It does not take a rocket scientist to see the obvious that “hypothetical grades” are not affordable at this point. If straight As over future cannot be achieved, then…make conclusion to yourself…</p>

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<p>Getting a D in Biology indicates that you don’t have the aptitude for Biology, are not good at memorizing, don’t care about Biology, don’t know how to focus on school work, don’t know how to see that your grades were going awry and not do anything about them, or are afraid to reach out for extra help.
Any or all of these do not bode well for going to Med School.</p>

<p>However, if you consider D.O. schools, you can do grade replacement. You can take Biology again.</p>

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<p>You’re in a deep hole. Can you stop digging? Med schools do like strong upward trends along with everything else they expect to see (e.g., MCAT, ECs, LORs, etc). I guess at this point straight As are possible, but every grade beneath an A will be just more digging. If you’re in a hurry, you might have more problems than say if you slow down. Consider your situation as being in a marathon as opposed to a sprint where you may have to not only complete college first, but some post grad before you apply to an MD school. Talk to your premed/college advisors ASAP. I think you’ll have to retake bio lab for MD school and DO option as suggested above should be a consideration. Good luck </p>

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<p>Here is some one who got into med school with a 2.4 gpa (copied from sdn)</p>

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<p>At the risk of sounding too negative, it’s important to note that the above applicant will begin medical school 14 years after obtaining his undergraduate degree. Further, the received conventional wisdom here on CC-and to a limited extent SND-is that most, if not all, medical schools use automatic screening programs to immediately reject applicants below certain numerical thresholds, and only a very large “hook” may get you past the screening; the above experience appears to refute both the auto screening and the need for a “hook.” That said, according to AAMC(see table 24 <a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/factstable24.pdf”>https://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/factstable24.pdf&lt;/a&gt;)
an applicant with a 2.4 GPA has a 6.1% chance of being accepted. In light of numbers so stark(I’d note in the above the writer states he’s got a 2.75 and a 29MCAT; with those numbers the chances of acceptance are significantly better-14.7%-but still pretty poor). It seems pretty clear that OP ought to take this time to explore several things-why he got the grades he did?; is it realistic to expect to do better? is he so directed to medicine that he’d follow the above path?
A lot of students start as pre-meds; a lot don’t end up there. It’s perfectly reasonable to assess and make changes in career goals, if necessary. But it’s important to do an honest assessment now.</p>

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Here is some one who got into med school with a 2.4 gpa (copied from sdn)
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<p>Actually, he had a 2.75…but that’s not that much better. </p>

<p>Again, he’s a non-trad with a lot of time between low grades and high grades…and he has lots of medically-related experiences. Some med schools seem to be very forgiving in regards to low grades that occurred when the student was still an immature young person. </p>

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<p>^^ I post this because I want to illustrate how can some one recover from a 2.4. It is not intended to encourage OP to follow this guy’s steps. </p>