<p>How difficult would it be to have a serious relationship and still maintain a very good GPA (good enough for med school)? Would it be better just to wait till I'm out of med school, at which time I'll 27 or 28 years old? I'm afraid to get too serious with anyone because I feel it could be a major distraction. </p>
<p>I'm a guy, by the way.</p>
<p>How the **** are we supposed to know? Depends on you and the girl.</p>
<p>Totally depends on you. Some completely disregard their grades and want to spend EVERY MOMENT with their gf/bf and some don’t. </p>
<p>If you’ve never been in a relationship, I’m going to just take a wild guess and say unless you are highly motivated and put studying above everything (including your significant other), you will probably suffer a grade hit. Honeymoon phase = ouch :(.</p>
<p>RageKage: Thanks for the advice bro…
Was just wondering if anyone has pulled off getting good grades while dating, or if its generally a death sentence to your GPA.</p>
<p>Altema: Agreed. So what percentage of pre-meds would you say are in a relationship? LOL.</p>
<p>you can…if you’re pro</p>
<p>you’re obviously not prepared to handle a relationship. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>i doubt youll even have a high gpa to begin with. those pre-meds will chop you up.</p>
<p>HAH you havent started studying yet? ive been studying for the past WEEK!</p>
<p>Its like a nice car… if you have to ask the price, you can’t afford it.</p>
<p>If you have to ask if its possible to get good grades and be in a seriuos relationship, you can’t.</p>
<p>Give me a break - You can do both! </p>
<p>In my opinoin, you’re more likely to maintain a good GPA while in a long term relationship, as opposed to trying to get a different girl every month going out (and maybe getting drunk) every weekend…</p>
<p>ucla_ftw: hehe sorry… the question is kinda worded badly, IMO.</p>
<p>I’ve been in 2 since I’ve been at UCLA. The first one was when I first got there, I still had a girlfriend back home. I visited every other weekend and it ended about 1-1.5 months into the quarter. It wasn’t that hard to do.</p>
<p>My 2nd one was with a girl at UCLA. We dated a few months and it didn’t affect too much stuff. It is when the break up happens that really gets ya :P.</p>
<p>All in all, if it is a happy relationship, you’ll be fine. If you guys are having problems, it’ll probably affect your grades a bit.</p>
<p>I think it’s okay unless your girlfriend is too clingy. My sister goes to a UC, has a bf at UCLA. Both are pre-med and they have a fine relationship and my sister is #1 in her class.</p>
<p>LOL…what a weird questions</p>
<p>When you guys get into fights, arguments, or simply have a miscommunication, you’re going to have an extremely difficult time trying to focus/study. If you’re looking to seriously date, I wouldn’t worry about it until your 3rd or 4th year. 1st and 2nd year is way too early for anything serious.</p>
<p>If you chop off your balls, you won’t care about girls anymore. You’ll get straight As and go to Harvard Medical School.
In an ironic twist, you’ll become so successful that girls will THROW themselves at you, but you won’t care, because you are sans nuts. Ignorance is bliss.</p>
<p>Relationships have messed up lots of my friends and family members’ grades.</p>
<p>Especially the breakups before midterms, finals etc. You’d cry in your exam room because one you know you’re failing the exam and two you’re losing ur bf/gf.
What’s worse is when you get back together after the exams. Your grades are ruined.
Don’t know about other people, but i think staying single is the probably safer than having to go through fights during ur stressful time in school. But of course, some people can handle those things. Maybe easier for guys to deal with it than us girls. </p>
<p>ps. I was in a 3-year relationship and my grades turned out okay, but I know some of stuff I could have done better if I didn’t have to think about our fights and problems. And after all we been through, we still don’t end up together. =</p>
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<p>relationships are not for the weak. :rolleyes:</p>
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<p>Not always true.</p>
<p>Two nights before my Econ 101 Final (and you KNOW how important 101 is), girlfriend calls me, says let’s break up. I was like **** *** not now. </p>
<p>Pretty much <strong><em>ed up mood, spent most of my days in the gym sprinting like a madman while screaming "</em></strong> the world".</p>
<p>Walked out in the middle of the Final, got F for my 101 class. A week after my final, gf calls me back says sorry let’s get together again. I was like “*** u srs” but we got back. But then we eventually broke up.</p>
<p>Fortunately I retook the class again, but my transcript looks butt ugly now. Deeply regret what I did back then, so now i’m like “**** all college relationship”. </p>
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<p>Very true. but relationship can also be for the weak. Strong ones don’t need others to depend on. :P</p>
<p>is she hot?</p>
<p>is she hot?</p>
<p>Why does Bmop always seem to speak the truth? Always so truthful! Awesome!</p>