<p>I am a 21 year old who is in predicament and hopes to find information on how to resolve it. When in high school I did not have the best grades. I graduated from this average high school with a 2.0 and at the top half of my class. My ACT score was 24. I have gone to a city college for two years and I am again at a 2.0 average. I really do not know what to do. I have failed two important classes last semester and I do not have the required number of hours to have a Associate degree in Science. My plan had been to be entering a university by now. More than two years in a city college is depressing. I want to go into the medical field. Pharmacy more precisely. I consider myself an intelligent girl who just cannot study. Should I go back to the city college for one more year? How and when should I apply for university with my current G.P.A? If someone may tell me who I may ask to consult about my situation or has an information and advice to provide me with I would greatly appreciate it.</p>
<p>I suggest that you check out the counseling and/or learning center at your college. Advice from them about study habits, and perhaps testing to see if you have an LD could help. If you have an LD, the counseling/learning center could help you learn to compensate for that.</p>
<p>You also may benefit from doing an assessment at your career or counseling center to find out what kind of careers are good fits for you. Since you have a 2.0 average, it seems like pharmacy may be an unrealistic goal for you since high grades appear to be a must for that field. Perhaps, however, there is another medical field that you could enter and enjoy.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>I knew someone would respond that way. Guess I should have wrote a little more. You see the college advisors at my college are not the most informed people in the world and I mostly end up knowing more than they do. </p>
<p>Do you consider laziness a Learning Disorder? When I was a child I was often told I got distracted frequently but was otherwise very bright. In high school I was in many academic,speech and musical clubs. A.P. and honors classes. </p>
<p>I believe it is realistic if I change my lazy ways and began to work hard and pick up those scores I truly believe I can change them, but it will take time and I am a very impatient person.</p>
<p>Any website recommendations where I may consult someone with experience. The last time I looked I asked The Dean at this site actually (a completely distinct question back then), but he did not ever respond. So someone more accessible would be great.</p>
<p>i think Northstarmom gave you some really practical information to look into. Not everyone's cut out to be a pharmacist. If you really want it you should work hard. I'm one of the most laziest students i know but I'm always at around the top of my class, while I may have some innate ability to do well in high school (this attitude never works in college, i've see), I believe that you should try your hardest to study and do well.</p>
<p>Yes, I'd echo what others have said. As you have stated, you just cannot study. Medical students need a LOT of studying, no matter what field. Perhaps.. you should reconsider your career.</p>
<p>You should read my last post then. The advisors are not good at all.</p>
<p>True... I have always had an ability to be able to score high on exams throughout high school and college yet not ever do quite well. I believe I have Attention Deficient Disorder or simply luck for no good teachers, but that should not be my excuse for not studying as well.</p>
<p>I guess I should look elsewhere for more solid information. Reconsider once I have decided on something finally I will not. </p>
<p>This thread may be closed thank you.</p>
<p>Well, if you believe you have ADD you should get tested for it. Why haven't you?</p>
<p>Based on what you gave, I was just giving my opinion that medicine might not be the best career for you. As you've said, you're a lazy person. (And no I wouldn't consider laziness a learning disorder). You're also impatient, which isn't exactly the best thing to be while operating on something. (Oh #$@#@!! This is taking too long! <em>Yank</em> Uh, I just broke their windpipe). Something like that lol.</p>
<p>Doctors can't be lazy, that's how people die and fatal mistakes made. They also can't be impatient, patience is one of the things I feel that makes a doctor. If a patient asks you the same question for the fifth time because they're worried about their terminally ill child, you can't snap at them going "Listen, I've already answered it FOUR TIMES. Stop asking me that! I have other things to do." Ouchie. Ever see a doctor act like that?</p>
<p>Plus the fact you describe yourself like this at 21 years old, it doesn't seem you'll change very quickly. You asked for our opinions, we gave it. =)</p>