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failing community college
hello :) im new to this..
i'm wondering if you can help me with mt question since you are a medical student! I have attended community college for about 3 years now. During those three years i have accomplished nothing. My transcript consist of horrible grades and a couple of "w"s (withdrawals).. and since my major was undecided for 3 years, i have taken classes from all sorts of major (got bad grades in most of them) im 20 now and have finally decided i want to get into the medical field as a nurse or a doctor. since i cant retake classes i got a "c" in, im wondering if my chances of getting into a medical school is screwed because of the many "c"s?
ps. not worried about d's and f's since i can retake them... if i do, it wont show up on my transcript though right?
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Nursing and medicine are really competitive. Most BSN nursing programs (4 year RN) nowadays require at least a 3.5 GPA. However, you will probably have a better chance of getting into a 2-year nursing program at a community college (you get your RN still but just an associate degree). Depending on how many classes you need to re-take if you manage to really make a turn-around it can still be possible to get into a school. You cacn declare your undergrad as a pre-med at anytime. You just need to make sure you are able to get into med school in the end. But you really need to be committed and know that this is what you want to do because most of the classes are not easy. Nursing and med schools mainly look at your science courses (biology, chemistry, anatomy & physiology and sometimes physics) so make sure you do especially well in them. Depending on how many C's you have though, and if they are in the sciences, you will probably have a difficult time getting in. Definitely give it a shot though, but make sure you have a back-up plan.
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