<p>I am a Chemistry major, first year at UCSD. I received my grades just a few days ago. I got a B- for MCWP 40 (Muir writing), a C+ for Chem 4, a Pass for Phil 13, but an F in Math 4C which is a prerequisite for Math 20A. I know I should have taken Math 10A, because one of my friends told me it was a lot easier than going back to Math 4C before taking 20A. I made a huge mistake, and now I have an F in my academic record :( I am also a pre-med student. I messed up a lot this quarter, and I regret it. I learned from this, and now I can't wait to go back to school, retake the class, and just study at Geisel. </p>
<p>Will my F really hurt my chances of getting into medschool now? What can I do to make up for it?</p>
<p>Many threads exist for problems like this. Unfortunately, with the competition today, Medical schools see no excuse for getting an F in undergrad. If you think about it. Medical schools only accept 1-5% of students. An admissions officer from UCLA said it’s like trying to get into a top Ivy league undergrad coming out of HS. Unless you have a spectacular MCAT score and close to a 4.0, that F will raise a flag.</p>
<p>Actually, now that I remember, you can avoid the F if you transfer to another school but refuse to transfer the class with the F over.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t think about med school for now. Since your gpa has put you on academic probation, you need to concentrate on getting a C+ average next quarter; otherwise, you’ll be expelled.
Also, you may want to think about whether chemistry is the right major as it’s fairly heavy duty science wise.
Work harder and best of luck next quarter.</p>
<p>I know a guy who got into med schools with Fs, however, that guy had serious family emergencies that took away from his academics. After that lone quarter, he had 4.0s.</p>
<p>However, since you dont seem to have any reason why you did poorly, i cant predict your chances (the guy wrote his entire personal statement about his experiences during the crisis).</p>
<p>Youre best bet would be to talk to an academic advisor at school (which you’ll have to do since you’re on academic probo)</p>
What you said may be appropriate for someone with a 3.0 gpa, if only for motivational purposes. But it’s entirely inappropriate for someone with a 1.67 gpa who struggled with pre-chem and pre-calc, and at risk of academic disqualification after next quarter.</p>
<p>^That is true. Perhaps the OP should try a different major? Chem6A and Math10A are going to be harder, shall I also mention they are the easiest pre-med classes as well?</p>