What do You Think?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>What's upeverybody! So, here's the deal:</p>

<p>Junior at Vandy and my GPA is 3.6</p>

<p>I got a C in gen chem and a C in calculus first semester freshman year. I was a total idiot and simply did not care about my grades. Since then, in my pre-med classes, I have all A's, A-'s, and a B+ in second semester orgo. Extracurriculars and research are fine, nothing special.</p>

<p>So what do you think about my chances of getting in to a US med school? Anyone with experience with admissions have any thoughts? I am KICKING myself for being so stupid freshman year but whatever... you live you learn. The pre-med advisor told me I can get into a school but at the end of the day my science GPA is pretty low because of those two crappy grades.</p>

<p>Word. Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>Kill the MCAT. Get great rec’s. Have something to say in the essays and app and do a good job of saying it. But the biggest thing now is to destroy the MCAT.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the quick response curmudgeon. Yeah I [somewhat confidently] think I’ll do pretty well on the MCAT based on how I’ve done since the beerfest that was first semester freshman year… good to know that I have a chance.</p>

<p>Somewhat off topic, but while I’m up, how do schools view science classes that were not core sciences (i.e. a-chem)?</p>