Hi guys, I haven't really found many people on here that have as many W's as I have...most people seem to have a consensus that 2 W's are even a lot.
Anyway..here's my backstory:
I started college up north in Fall 2009 after taking a year off after highschool for research in my hometown. I was immature and really didn't know myself of course because I was so young. I had an ok first semester, pulling a 3.5..but during January I began to get sick...very sick. I was admitted to the hospital and they told me I had pneumonia. I couldn't really get around easily for a couple of months, I lost a significant amount of weight and wasn't eating. It was all very scary and I had little to no help from the doctors/nurses as it was a very small town and the college was not well equipped to handle this. My teachers did not know the extent of my sickness..I felt guilty, that I caused this upon myself. I missed my calculus final because I slept through it and remember dragging myself out of my bed, my bones aching and remember the look of disdain from my teacher as he unwillingly allowed me to take the exam. Sigh.
I ended up dropping one of my courses because I missed too many classes and ended up with a 2.5 GPA for that semester (roughly) and had an overall 3.05 gpa.
I made the decision to move back to my hometown and continue school so that I could get better physically and emotionally. I tried to take classes for the summer but ended up having to drop the classes because issues with financial aid. I wasn't ready to take classes again obviously looking back, but I trudged on because I felt like I had to fix my errors of the past. I felt immensely guilty for getting sick..this weighed heavily on my mental state. Fall 2010 I ended up getting a couple C's and B's and Spring 2011 I enrolled and had to withdraw the whole semester because I was pushing myself into classes when I wasn't ready. During Summer I did some soul searching, coming to grips with reality and working on bettering my mental/physical state. Fastforward to Fall 2011-Fall 2012 and I have received 3.8-4.0 each semester maintaining an overall gpa of 3.56 and a BCPM gpa of 3.5.
I am so worried that my past slips are going to bar me from going to medical school. Even writing this has me a bit emotional. But in the end I've grown from it IMMENSELY. I have great EC's (research, leadership positions, my own org that I've had since freshman year that I'm dedicated to). I've yet to take the MCAT.
Not that race matters but I am AA.
Do you guys think that it's over for me? I plan to stay in school until next year and try to raise my gpa to a 3.7 overall.
Thanks guys.
Anyway..here's my backstory:
I started college up north in Fall 2009 after taking a year off after highschool for research in my hometown. I was immature and really didn't know myself of course because I was so young. I had an ok first semester, pulling a 3.5..but during January I began to get sick...very sick. I was admitted to the hospital and they told me I had pneumonia. I couldn't really get around easily for a couple of months, I lost a significant amount of weight and wasn't eating. It was all very scary and I had little to no help from the doctors/nurses as it was a very small town and the college was not well equipped to handle this. My teachers did not know the extent of my sickness..I felt guilty, that I caused this upon myself. I missed my calculus final because I slept through it and remember dragging myself out of my bed, my bones aching and remember the look of disdain from my teacher as he unwillingly allowed me to take the exam. Sigh.
I ended up dropping one of my courses because I missed too many classes and ended up with a 2.5 GPA for that semester (roughly) and had an overall 3.05 gpa.
I made the decision to move back to my hometown and continue school so that I could get better physically and emotionally. I tried to take classes for the summer but ended up having to drop the classes because issues with financial aid. I wasn't ready to take classes again obviously looking back, but I trudged on because I felt like I had to fix my errors of the past. I felt immensely guilty for getting sick..this weighed heavily on my mental state. Fall 2010 I ended up getting a couple C's and B's and Spring 2011 I enrolled and had to withdraw the whole semester because I was pushing myself into classes when I wasn't ready. During Summer I did some soul searching, coming to grips with reality and working on bettering my mental/physical state. Fastforward to Fall 2011-Fall 2012 and I have received 3.8-4.0 each semester maintaining an overall gpa of 3.56 and a BCPM gpa of 3.5.
I am so worried that my past slips are going to bar me from going to medical school. Even writing this has me a bit emotional. But in the end I've grown from it IMMENSELY. I have great EC's (research, leadership positions, my own org that I've had since freshman year that I'm dedicated to). I've yet to take the MCAT.
Not that race matters but I am AA.
Do you guys think that it's over for me? I plan to stay in school until next year and try to raise my gpa to a 3.7 overall.
Thanks guys.