<p>I'm 30. I started college again with the intent to go to med school. So far I have a science GPA of just over 3.6 and a regular GPA of about the same. </p>
<p>This semester was rough. I have been borderline A/B in Calc and Genetics. I took physics I as well. The physics class is graded on the average, so no one really knows what you get until the end. I was sitting about average, C throughout the entire semester because I chose to take the Calc based physics, which is the requirement for engineers. Most of the other pre meds take the algebra based physics, which is in most consideration at my school, (U of I), the calc based is harder. </p>
<p>During finals week, my mom had what was thought to be either a heart attack or a stroke. The day before my physics final she was admitted to a hospital. I chose to get my finals over with so I could go home. </p>
<p>I ended up with an A in Gen, a B in Calc, and an F in physics. That final was the next day after it happened. </p>
<p>I couldn't concentrate and knew I did horrible on the final. Two days later were my other finals, but like I said, I was not really dependent on the final like I was in Physics. </p>
<p>With all this, grades finally come out and I see that grade. I've never failed anything before in my life. I don't even know what to do now. I can't even look at myself in the mirror. </p>
<p>Should I give up on med school now? I don't really have any connections that I could use to help me get in, like a lot of people do. I was trying to depend on grades and MCAT, but it seems that this is done now. I don't think I can get it waived, had I known this would have happened I would have tried to ask for an Incomplete and make it up later. But I wasn't thinking. The only thing I can think of that would help is that to take the physics I was in, you are supposed to have completed Calc I first, it's a pre-req. But I chose to register for it concurrently via the web, thinking that I could manage it. </p>
<p>I'm just not sure what to do now. I don't even feel I can go see my counselor as I know she will say that there are other options besides medical school. Anyone else have any advice. I'm a BIO major, and I can't see myself sitting in a lab doing research for the next 30, so there would be no point to continue in the BIOS field. </p>
<p>I feel completely lost and distraught.</p>