<p>I am a freshman in my second quarter. I recieved a 3.47 the first quarter with a B+ in chemistry and a B in calculus and an A in psychology. I have been planning to become a physician my whole life. My uncle, who is a surgeon, told me that only the kids with A’s in those classes advance to med school. Is this true? Do I no longer have a chance? I have no idea what I would do if I couldn’t go to med school…</p>
<p>that’s not true at all… you can always pick yourself up throughout the rest of your high school years. plus, if your goal is to become a doctor, then you don’t have to have PERFECT grades. the only reason people stress things like grades is that most people who aim for med school want to go to a super prestigious college. however, there have been many well paid physicians that have come out of small colleges (for pre-med) where they have been able to work closer to their professors and really harness their ability for medicine, and then move on to bigger universities for actual med school. so by no means are you not cut out for med school. for goodness sake, you’re only in your freshman year. but if you’re really serious about med school i wouldn’t worry so much about grades but more on really committing to your studies, because med school is not a walk in the park. you’ll see, once you put in maximum effort and buckle down in school, your grades will improve as well.</p>
<p>No, med school is not out of the question, but, if the MCAT2015 is as I think it is, aim for 45+ (which, in today’s terms, means 34+)</p>
<p>I think he’s in college and not high school.</p>
<p>It depends on a number of things. Is your school known for being hard? If so, you may get a little leeway, an A at some schools is a B at others. </p>
<p>When was the last time you saw your doctor doing an integration? Calculus isn’t too important for med school. </p>
<p>Your mistake was taking too many intensive courses in one semester.</p>
<p>Your uncle is wrong. Let’s say you finish college in 4 years. Since you’re on a quarter system that means 11 more quarters including current quarter but no summers. But if you are a typical med school applicant, you’ll probably apply after your third year, so you only have 8 more quarters before you apply (still with me?). The point is you still can pull your overall GPA and science GPAs up. Will you end up with a 3.95 overall/science GPA, I’ll guess not. But you certainly can pull your overall/science GPA up to a very competitive level. Furthermore, an upward trend in your overall/science GPA would be a positive. Good luck.</p>
<p>Med School is still possible. To be honest, you did pretty good for a first quarter. Lots of people have a rough transition to college, and don’t do well in there first quarter.</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/321520/data/2012factstable25-5.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/download/321520/data/2012factstable25-5.pdf</a></p>
<p>According to this data table from AAMC, you have roughly a 50% chance of getting admitted with a GPA of 3.4-3.6</p>