<p>Ok so heres the deal...</p>
<p>When i was in high school i had awesome grades. GPA of 3.8 with AP classes and college preparatory classes. I scored well on my ACT and was a involved in sports. Academic success has never been an issue for me. Although somewhere around the summer of my senior year of high school i got lazy with school and was more concerned with making money to buy toys (mainly because thats what all my friends were doing). when it came to applying to college i applied to a university close to home so i could commute (big mistake IMO) and didnt bother applying to some of the bigger universities of which at the time i could have easily been accepted to. So anyway i began my freshman year. Didnt know what to expect, what to do, or where i wanted to go with my life except that I knew i was interested in the med field. Well as an immature, illinformed, freshman with the freedom from attendance i didnt attend many lectures and had no clue what was going on. when my grades came it was like a slap in the face. i had never got grades this low. EVER. mostly C's and D's with a B or two. And like the idiot i was i brushed it off and thought ill do better next year. After my first year and little improvement in my attitude and maturity level i began my second year. Things did not change. After bombing a few tests i decided that im wasting my money and need some time to grow up before college. So i quit going. Little did i know i had to withdraw from my classes. I didnt and i failed every class the entire semester.
After quitting i got a job in a factory worked hard and saved some money and matured ALOT! I decided that i wanted to give school another shot and i was to smart to waste my talent on a factory line job. I applied to a different university away form home and my friends (who are going nowhere) and was rejected. My next option was to go to CC to improve my GPA. I enrolled in classes at CC, and pulled off a few A's and mostly B's while working third shift. it was very tough but i was determined. My second attempt at applying to this university was a success. i got in.
Since being at this school I have found an intrest in chemistry and decided i would go Pharmacy route since its big at my school. My first year at this college just ended and i have a 3.7 GPA (4 A's 2 A- and 2 B+) and top ten in my bio and chem classes.</p>
<p>my concern is that, even though i am basically starting my classes over following the pre pharm curriculum and am doing very well, my first year and a half of school will haunt me later when applying to pharm school.
There is no doubt in my mind that i can achieve competitive grades from here on out as i have already proven to myself but i get sick to my stomach thinking about the possibility of not getting in due to my immaturity of being a stupid freshman. Do i have a shot still???</p>
<p>Keep in mind my classes i took freshman year were all low level classes and there was only one science class (bio) that i took there, which i retook here and got an A in.</p>