<p>I really need help because my advisor does not seem to be doing much for me. I am a sophomore reaching the end of fall semester and i am basically doomed because i have a major in Psychology but i am doing premed. </p>
<p>I have a cumulative GPA of 2.286 right now from my 2.7 in spring semester because i took some summer classes and i failed them. Currently, i am struggling with my fall classes and i do not know what my faith will be. (I have been having a lot of personal issues). </p>
<p>Today, i sat down and calculated my GPA, if i get a 2.0 this semester, i'll have a 2.3 GPA not much bump and by the time i graduate,if i get 4.0s all through (which will be a lot of work) i'll have a 3.3 GPA and that will not take me past prescreening for medical school. </p>
<p>What should i do? Should i try a postbaccalaureate after graduation, do some master'd program, spend an extra year in college & pick a minor or did i do the GPA calculation wrong? </p>
<p>Medical school is my dream and if i do not get in, i don't know what else i can do with my life, i am ready for the work and commitment, i already have the passion. </p>
<p>As an advisor, I tell every single one of my students to have a plan B. This is especially true for aspiring med students. Each year, US med schools reject about 40% of their well qualified applicants. Why? Not enough seats, plain and simple. And while, yes, I am sure you will hear stories that will encourage and inspire you about people with less than ideal stats who found med school placements, you still need a plan B. Why? because if you are marginally qualified, you stand a much higher chance of winding up in that group of students who do not get in. </p>
<p>Stay the course and work hard at the MCAT prereqs. Do very well on the exam. But have a realistic plan B (and no, PA or PT is not a realistic B because the GPAs of admitted students for those professional schools are very similar to med schools). Visit your schools career office and ask about strengths assessments (not interest inventories). Your major is psych. Explore what you can do in that field. Maybe you’ll never need it, but you’ll be ready in case you do.</p>
<p>Cut and paste following link to AACOMAS application service instructions (Note p.24 Grade and Credit Hour Computation …Only the last instance of a repeated course is included in the GPA calculation.</p>
<p>Like others said, DO does allow grade replacement. That is a way to go.</p>
<p>But often people don’t want to straight out say that if your current GPA is 2.3 then perhaps med school is not in the cards for you. Yes, if you got all A’s you could get a 3.3…but how likely is that? What have you been doing to change the way you are studying to improve your grades?</p>
<p>I usually study by myself but now i try to study with people in my class and have more of a discussion which i think is helping me a lot. I have decided to change my major to public health so i can have a plan B. If i do not get into medical school i can go do my master’s in public health and still try to work with CDC or WHO like i wanted to with my medical degree. </p>
<p>You can get an MPH with a master’s in psychology, too, if you wanted. I majored in psychology in undergrad and I now have a PhD in public health & social psychology.</p>
<p>I also have a lot of friends who got an MPH and then headed to medical school after they finished. Many of them came to do the MPH because they didn’t get into medical school right out of undergrad, although I don’t know why they didn’t (for most it was probably MCAT scores; for some it may have been grades, and for others just bad luck).</p>