<p>My dream is to become a doctor. Thankfully, I love/ am good at science. My classes and grades so far:</p>
<p>9th: Frosh English: A
Frosh History: A
Advanced Bio: A
french 1/2: A
Honors Algebra 2: A
Chamber Orchestra: A
Jazz Ensemble: A</p>
<p>10th:
World History: A
Soph Composition: A
French 3/4: A
Chemistry: A
Honors Pre-Calc: B
Jazz ensemble: A
Chamber Orchestra: A
My unweighted gpa is 3.95, 4.0 unweighted. My school doesn't let sophmores take any AP courses...... I'm just wondering if that B in precalc will screw me over. Algebra was really easy but pre-calc is not great...... However I have over 100 percent in chem. Have I ruined my chances at being pre-med?
I expect to take AP chem, AP physics, AP Calc BC, and Honors anatomy for my math/science classes in the future.</p>
<p>I hope to make this very clear. You could get all C’s, end up at what you might see as the worst possible school choice ever and your chances at medical school still wouldn’t be ruined. In the long run, high school grades have very little of an effect on you attending medical school. A lot of PreCalc is entirely new, especially if you didn’t take Geometry (at least in my school, we did some trig at the end of it), and a B is nothing to stress about. Right now your chances at a good college are looking great. You seem driven and have the grades to show it. If you keep up this work ethic in college, there’s definitely a good chance of your dreams coming true. </p>
<p>Also if the trigonometric part of PreCalc is what messed you up, make sure you familiarize yourself with it again going into calc. Even doing something as simple as reviewing domains, ranges and graphs of trig functions will help out as you get into Integrals in AB.</p>
<p>edit: As far as what courses to take, try and delve as much into the sciences as you can. Although you probably won’t even near the level that you do them in college (even with AP Classes), a strong foundation always helps.</p>
<p>I’m a junior in high school and there’s a teacher in my school who just got her BA, but took a year off for med school applications. She is very smart, did well on the MCAT’s and had an excellent GPA, but didn’t attend a good undergrad. One B doesn’t mean anything. Nor does two, or three or even four. Med schools don’t care about high school as much as they care about college. As long as you maintain a relatively high GPA in college, do well on the MCAT’s and preferably do some research work, you have a pretty good chance of getting into med school. Of course, nothing is guaranteed though! Good luck!</p>