I currently go to a collegiate high school and quite frankly, I am terrified of my past two semester grades. Basically I am the equivalent of a junior in high school and a freshmen in college and will graduate with both my high school diploma and associates degree. I went into the program with an unimpressive GPA (about 3.1), but did fairly well my first semester of the program. My second semester, things began to go downhill. In my second semester, I received C’s in gen chem 1, spanish 1, and college algebra and received B’s in my history and literature classes, bringing my GPA down to a 2.99. I am just finishing up with my first summer term and I received an A in total wellness (a fluff fitness class required to earn an associates) and am going to be LUCKY to get a B in my economics class and a C in my pre-cal class. I am terrified of what this will do to my GPA. I am not one for excuses, but I will say that these past couple months have been extremely difficult (family, money, deaths) and I am very sure that these things have affected my overall performance in school. Additionally, the blend of high school and college is proving extremely difficult as they are both entirely different styles of teaching and learning. If it weren’t so late, I would really consider returning to my standard high school and graduating the normal way. If I increase my GPA (I know I can) to a more respectable level by the time I graduate from this program (if I’m not kicked out for this terms grades), will Universities (I am interested in UCF) consider the fact that i was in college two years earlier than the average student and possibly show some forgiveness? Will med schools? Because I am two years ahead of the game, would I be able to study an additional year or so to possibly retake some of the classes I got C’s in(making it 5 years of undergrad)? Or would medical schools frown upon Post-Baccalaureate semesters? As much as I’d hate doing it, could I make a case of why my grades suffered in an essay? My absolute dream is to go to medical school and become a doctor. I have never been so set on anything in my life. I currently volunteer in an ER and have amassed over 300 hours of service, all of which I enjoyed providing.
P.S. I am diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder and was prescribed medicine that truly helped me. Due to financial problems, I was unable to continue using the medicine.
P.S.S. I am an excellent writer, please do not judge my intelligence by the overall lack of grammar in this inquiry. I am typing frantically lol!
-Thank you