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Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Hi. I’m a freshman, doing pre-med. I recently moved to America on a ‘lucky’ green card. I am 20 years old, and I had taken a 3 year break after graduating early from high school. Just before I started college, I lost my only place to live, and went through hell. Started the semester great, all perfect scores, but then my situations caught up with me and i went from As to very low Bs. Coming to the end of my semester, I got back to the all A streak. Right now, providing I do well (being a bit harsh) on my finals this next week, I should have grades like:</p>

<p>Calc 1: A
Eng- A
Gen Bio: B or B+
Gen Chem B or A(provided I ace my replacement exam in the morning)</p>

<p>My gen bio lab killed me, so that’s why I don’t see an A. Am i being to harsh on myself by saying I’ve done poorly and damaged my chances at Med School? Next semester I’ll be taking 18 credit hours (all of the above, just the 2nd course to them- calc2, genchem2…) plus history(gen ed req). Thus far, i have about 40 hours volunteer work, and unofficial shadowing(from back home).
Am I on the right track? Providing I’ve learnt from my mistakes, and I maintain a 3.9-4.0 gpa from now on, would i stand a chance? Or would those B(s), been scrutinized? I do struggle with gen sciences, but organic and upperlevel courses are easier to me</p>

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<p>Yes you are, you’ve had to get adjusted to college and deal with personal issues and have managed to get a 3.5-3.8 your first semester and have several years to raise it. Take a look at the gpa/MCAT data here:</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/157998/mcat-gpa-grid-by-selected-race-ethnicity.html[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/157998/mcat-gpa-grid-by-selected-race-ethnicity.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Could you have done better? Perhaps, see this thread for some good advice for fr:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1331981-new-pre-med-students.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1331981-new-pre-med-students.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;