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Med school

Since my first pass is at 11 am, and I need to confirm I need/don’t need to take 30CL, I’ve been Googling medical schools in the country.

The results have not been optimistic.

This is the first time in my life where I’m actually not sure if I’ll get in anywhere. Applying for colleges, I knew I had to get in somewhere. In my mind, UCSD was as about as bad as I could go. It was cocky, but it was the truth.

Fast forward to today.

My GPA is so low, it doesn’t even make the lower 10% GPA mark for Georgetown, and let’s not even mention what my chances are of going to Harvard or Columbia. At the rate at which my GPA is plummeting, I will either not be going to med school, because my GPA is so low that no one wants me, or I’ll be in one of those really boring states between California and New England.

It’s a sobering thought, knowing that I’ll probably not get into a school I really want. Sometimes I wonder if I should go to grad school, but then I look at everyone in my lab, and I realize that grad school is just as tough as medical school. 

I mean, to be honest, I just want another shot at getting my mom another Harvard/other Ivy diploma to have at home. When I was applying for college, she made a comment about how cool it’d be to have two Ivy League diplomas at home, and it just made her so freaking happy, and as much as I criticize other people for doing things just to make others happy, I’m kind of in the same boat.

One of my biggest reasons for wanting to go to an Ivy was to make my parents happy. Yes, I wanted to get out of California and experience some actual weather, but it was also a matter of having bragging rights. If my entire family in China knew I was going to an Ivy, I’d be a freaking goddess in their eyes.

And I can’t do that if the Ivies don’t want me to go to their medical school because my GPA is so laughably low. 

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Tuesday Feb 2 @ 09:44am
tagged as: personal life.

  1. stquan said: Trust me, you’re at okay chances still. From reading your posts, you have the clinical experience, the research, you’ll get the LORs & I’m sure you are hella smart & will study hard & test well & get that MCAT score.
  2. ohnoesitsnidia said: To make you feel better, I think my GPA is shit too. Pretty low at the moment for pharm school T_T
  3. fightingawinningbattle said: I love you <3<3<3 hang in there <3
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