For reference’s sake I got a 3.775 this first semester and I’m wondering if it’s still possible to get into medical school. I’ve heard the average GPA is extremely high, other people’s responses have varied from ~3.8 to something above 4.0 (weighted? not sure how that works but okay.) I’m probably being melodramatic, but do I need to step up my game next semester?
https://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/factstablea23.pdf can show you what kind of GPA and MCAT score you need to stay in the game of medical school admissions (which requires other stuff like pre-med extracurriculars, interview, etc.).
More tables: https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/
You are being melodramatic. 3.775 is great…and particularly great for the first semester! There is no weighting of grades in college. Keep it up! You are doing great!!
It depends on what classes you took in your first semester - if your course load includes typical weeder classes for pre-med (such as Gen. Chem with lab, Bio with lab, …) the 3.775 (that’s A- average) is great. If they are all the easy ones, then prepare yourself for the weeder classes.
You’re fine. Relax (a bit).
Of course it depends what classes you took.
Ideally you took Calculus1 or Precalculus, General Biology 1, and English composition, plus other gen eds (Freshman Seminar?)
@Andorvw @MYOS1634 My classes were Calc2, Gen Chem with lab, Intro to Computing, and a mandatory English class.
I took Computing sort of as a self-exploration class, and though that actually ended up being my best grade I was extremely stressed out by the fact that computing just… did not come naturally to me?
I’ll be taking Gen Chem, Gen Bio, Intro to Stats, and either an art or PE class in the second semester for college requirement fulfilling/schedule balancing.
Ok then, you’re doing very well! Keep up the good work, and don’t overly stress out if your grades slip a bit. The big wall to climb over is Organic Chem, and no matter what you think you know, expect this to be super hard, so plan for an easier semester then. Your GPA will likely take a little(?) dive then, but once you’ve passed than hurdle, you should be able to get back up. Therefore, you need to be above 3.5/3.6 before OChem, in order to climb back up afterwards and still keep a med school worthy GPA. If not, it’s just harder to “climb back up”, but not unfeasible.
In short: GOOD JOB 
Where do you go? ive been looking at chance me’s from this time last year to see how accurate they are so I’m trying to figure out where you got in OP
@MYOS1634 thank you so much for the support/advice/forewarning!! I’ll keep it in mind come next year. ngl, I’m pretty scared about orgo… OTL
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