<p>Ok so obviously your gpa is huge when it comes to the med school application, however I just finished my freshman year and I was murdered by general chemistry. I came to a humiliating 2.2 gpa. I know what I did wrong and im willing to make a come back, but can I achieve that 3.3 or 3.4 gpa by the end of junior year even taking 18 units/semester?</p>
<p>Just looking for guidance here..</p>
<p>3.3 or 3.4 is definitely possible. Just make sure you don’t screw up again.</p>
<p>If I screw up again, my mother is taking me out of college. Not really an option…</p>
<p>If I screw up again, my mother is taking me out of college. Not really an option…</p>
<p>Something to keep in mind - you need to get at least a C in all your pre-med required courses in order for medical schools to consider them as having fulfulled the requirements.</p>
<p>I was planning on re-taking chem again and just take other biology classes with it junior year.</p>
<p>I was planning on re-taking chem again and just take other biology classes with it junior year.</p>
<p>I heard that 3.4 will not cut it even if it is from Ivy - ?</p>
<p>highly unlikely…a 3.4 from an ivy plus an above average MCAT should be good enough to at least get an interview. i know kids with gpas around 3.4 getting into med schools, but they had 38+ mcat</p>
<p>So a 2.2 GPA freshman year is definitely not the end of the world, but it should serve as a HUGE wake-up call to make significant changes ASAP. My suggestion would be to perhaps (if you have the option) to retake the class over the summer, or another class to boost your GPA a bit. Summer classes tend to move really fast, but if you can handle the pace it will help out your GPA overall. Just retaking chem would give you 6 (or 8 if you include lab) hours of, hopefully, an A to override in your GPA for your current bad grade. That would help a lot.</p>
<p>I personally had the same situation. I was the best at my small town hick high school and went to a top 20 university and thought I had it down and really was in over my head. My freshman year I had a 2.5 GPA after first semester and it was a huge wake-up call. While I didn’t start making straight A’s by any means the next couple of semester, I did start making all A’s and B’s and learned how to study effectively instead of obsessively. My GPA is currently only a 3.2, but I have two more semesters (of like 18 hrs a semester too) to get it up to the 3.5 I need, plus I’m retaking my general chemistry I class which will replace my bad grade in my GPA with an A. You will have to work a little harder because your GPA is lower at the end of the year, but it is definitely do-able if you put in the work. Good luck!</p>
<p>Unfortunately, making an A in a course you retook does not replace whatever grade you got the first time around as far as MD admissions is concerned. What happens is that you then have an A and whatever grade you made the first time around, and both times count. For instance if you took Chem 1 twice and made a C the first time and an A the second time, for MD admissions you would have:
Chem 1: C
Chem 1: A
So your gpa (assuming Chem 1 is 3 hours)
GPA=[(2x3)+(4x3)]/6=3.0</p>
<p>For DO admissions, only the most recent grade counts.</p>
<p>Thanks guys for the info! Kepp the comments coming!!</p>
<p>Wow, mcat=38+ - they must be geniuses!! I cant belive there are not very many of mcat=38+ . If they could get that, how in a world they got GPA=3.4? Well, I am very happy for them anyway!</p>
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Maybe they weren’t motivated to pull off good grades during undergrad, their school was grade-deflated, or both.</p>
<p>they went to cornell, which is notorious for its grade deflation/anti-grade inflation
and a 38 doesnt require a genius; just a very motivated individual for a short period of time…</p>