I feel so bad – I feel like I have failed my family and myself. I have been accepted into the biochemistry program, but I have done bad at the community college level. I would have online homework for organic chemistry and run back and forth between the solutions manual and just plug in the answers there. That is not learning, and it is a waste of college tuition. My grades are all in the 2s and upper 2s, some 3s. All of my humanities courses (history, literature, composition, etc. are upper 3s to 4.0). I find the sciences have more substance to them. I also am finding my calculus class very hard right now. I am retaking it, but I blew my chance the first time at the university, where note sheets were even allowed on tests. Now, professors I have talked to do admit that the high percentage on a physics test is a 50-60% (low!). So it can be outrageous sometimes. Even so, I feel like I did not pay close enough attention in organic chemistry, which is in my major. I read the book for hours on end, but that does no good for the grade. This time I am skimming the main points and getting much more out of it. It is all strategy for studying that one learns. But I wake up in my bed staring at all the scholarship placards hanging on my wall and I regret not listening to a student who pulled me aside before a biology test one time (last minute request for study material) telling me to get my act together and study ahead of time. I am premed, but my GPA hangs at a 2.7~2.8. My university gpa has just been screwed by a 0.0 in calculus. I have just lost it. I waste time fiddle fadling and not enough studying.

What do you think?
I have nothing else going on in my life but this right now. And I have no "extra" money for other things/recreation that often. So when I lose in school I lose everything.
I do admit that I kinda suck at the sciences/just doesn’t click in my head. However, I have a determination that stems from my father to prove myself. Sometimes I am a bit cocky and think I know more than I do
I have matured a LOT in the past year alone. By going to the university where I finally wanted to go, but failing some, I am facing in a new, more mature direction. I was told it would be harder. But I did not take it to heart then.
yah man. Well I should mention that I also have aspergers disorder. Not sure if that really contributes here though or not.

Okay, so I am a freshman in high school and i have huge aspirations. I tend to set goals for myself that others see as impossible… but that’s just the way I am. i have put a lot of dedication into school and I am hoping to one day go to a great college to get a great education.
So, first semester my GPA was a 4.75. I took three honors courses, and gym (required).
English 1- 100
Geometry- 98
World History- 100
Gym- 100

(as of first semester, im ranked one out of 468 in my class)

Now I am taking three honors courses and an elective medical science course (prerequisite)
So far, here are my courses-
Biology- 100
Medical Science-100
Algebra 2- 100
French1- 100

My school is the second in the state out of publicschools academically, so it isn’t easy!

I tookthe SAT in 7th grade for a talent search program and got a 590 in math, 625 in reading, 620 in writing and did very well on the essay (idk the exactscore)
Then I participated in DUKE TIP that summer and took Anatomy and Physiology online. I got a 95% in the end. The following summer, I went to Duke Marine Lab and took Ecology, and this summer I was accepted to take Marine Biology.

Through middle school I was top of the class and went to various academic ceremonies.

I am a competitive figure skater and hope to be nationally ranked before graduation.

I am in International Club, Science Olympiad, Operation Smile and various service clubs.

I have a ton of community service… and I go on mission trips about once a year.

I am white… and American… so no advantage there.

I am also going to Boston for a medical camp this summer where I will visit and work at HarvardMedical School.

I also do an internship at the hospital during the school year where I help out around the hospital…

I come from a low income family, because my parents are divorced and I liveONLY with my mom, who makes verylittle money… (my dad is a doctor though)

I also work sometimes at the ice rink coaching… sometimes, and will take it moreseriously as I get older.

I will take either like all AP or do IB when I am a junior/senior (im undecided on which one)

I also go to math state competitions, this year I went for algebra 2 and did very well and will progress hopefully onto nationals…

On my PSAT i got a 190 (like a 1900 for sat?)

I really am hoping to get to a good school… my dream is Harvard or John’s Hopkins, I want to be some sort of doctor… maybe an internist or neonatalogist.

Any tips? What else can I do? Do you think I will have a shot?

Honestly, I have to be one of the hardest workers in my family. I did college (a program to get 2 years ahead) starting my junior year in high school. I earned multiple scholarships and had a 3.6 GPA. Until I took pre-med courses and sciences. I have been accepted to the University of Washington. I have my associate degree before my bachelors of science in biochemistry. My family is proud of me…indeed, wow, yes.

Here is the important blabber:

Here’s the twist — on my online graded chemistry homework, I often went into the bookstore (this is for organic chemistry btw) and looked at the solutions manual. So then I would run back and forth between the computer and the bookstore and get the answers and just plug them in. No effort put in. I would just look at one sample problem from each section and understand it, call it good. Read the book like heck, but forgot it all shortly after. Did some reviewing, but I suck as testing, so my GPA is now a 2.7-2.8 overall. These courses are hard, yes. BUT, I was on a scholarship donated by a man who worked very hard in his lifetime at a shipyard NEAR the community college (how ironic) and commuted publicly like I did. I worked part time, volunteered at a hospital part time, and took biology, calculus and organic chemistry. Overloaded, yes. I basically wasted this scholarship worth over 00 by retaking biology once because I did not read the book (should have read this book and just glanced at the reactions for organic chemistry!!! because bio REQUIRES reading). I failed organic III also — 1.6. Recently at the university I failed calculus III w/ analytical geometry – 0.0 grade. PHYS II – 1.6. I have mostly mid-upper 2s and 3s grades in other sciences. I have retaken everything below a 2. My mom sees me working all of the time and thinks I am working — and I am — but not in the right way. What motivates me to work like this? To cheat my family and myself and others???? I am wasting my OWN savings money now and am almost broke, with nothing to show for it. I am soooo lazy, geeessh. I guy pulled me aside one time when I asked for a biology exam study guide merely HOURS beforehand and he got ticked at me. He said — man, that’s studying hard, but that’s not studying smart. You’re spending all this money (I was on scholarship, yikes!) and not doing it right. I should have listened. I was 18 and stupid at the time. I am 20 now, but still I guess I am learning the hard way.
Help me here please, I am doing my homework as we speak
I mean, biochemistry is a HARD degree. Let’s not mistake that. It’s kind of ironic that I may actually have an excuse for doing poorly SOMETIMES because it’s just plain hard. But…I want to get this degree and perhaps I am not willing to EARN it. Hmmm? I have already screwed up my dreams of grades for medical school. I wasn’t completely shooting for med school, but grad school is outta the picture mostly too with below a 3.0 GPA. I am not completely stupid. I understand the sciences well. But when it comes to cumulative problems in chemistry I just can’t put the whole picture together in my head. I am bad at that.

I need to raise my GPA, so I decided to online courses over the summer. In 9th, I took Spanish II, English I, Biology I, Algebra II. Now, I’m in the 10th grade, and I take AP English, AP US History, AP Government, Spanish III, Pre-Calculus, I took Physics I during 1st, and now I take Chemistry I.

Of these courses:http://www.flvs.net/areas/flvscourses/Pages/Course%20Catalog/CourseListing.aspx#high
Which should I take to raise my GPA.

The movie made it seem like the white family taught him how to play football but he’d already started playing football before they took him in and was nationally ranked.

The movie also didn’t mention Oher had to take online courses at BYU to graduate high school with a high enough GPA to go to college.

On the other end, the movie didn’t mention that Oher’s IQ jumped 20-30 points in college and he did in fact graduate Ole Miss, making the honor roll twice. I think that’s a bigger accomplishment than playing football in many ways.

I hate it when "true" films are anything but, don’t you?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Oher

Any suggestions on a accredited University that won’t hurt my pockets to much?
Also a school that does not require taking the GRE would be a great plus.
undergrad GPA 2.9

Well i have to take an online chem. class and I’m so nervous has anyone ever taken a science online. I have to take this class online due to this class only being offered at schools that are really far away from me. i have taken biology courses in person and even did well in microbiology. I’m just not sure if this is something that’s impossible or rare for people to do well in online science classes. I have an 3.4 gpa but for some reason I always afraid of screwing it all up. It’s kinda hard when I don’t really have anyone to talk to about college, i’m first in my family to go on my mom’s side and dad’s side. my boyfriend is the only I talk with most about school but he’s in education courses….I don’t know i’m just looking for some words of advice, thoughts, something……

I’m 15 years old and I don’t know what kind of career I should pursue. And I’m starting to panic about it.

I’m not really expecting anyone to read the ridiculously huge chunks of text coming up. I’m just trying to sort out the mess in my brain by putting it into words. (Last time I put this question in the career section and got a ton of advertising people, so…I’m not sure which section belongs in)

I’m in 9th grade, taking all Honors classes. My GPA is a 3.8. I’m taking the SAT II Subject test for Biology this June. I plan to take other AP tests, like AP Chinese, later in high school. My annual standarized test scores (STAR test scores, dunno if it’s different in other states) are usually good, I often get 600s. I’m a GATE1 student, meaning my IQ is supposedly over 140.

But I hate school…My school is suffocatingly competitive. I’m tired of competing with the girl who plays the piano and violin, is on the Debate and Badminton team, volunteers at a local museum, speaks 4 languages, and still manages a 4.0 GPA (I’m not exaggerating!). I routinely fall asleep studying…None of the subject matter is even remotely interesting to me. To get the grades I have, I have to try so hard I’m stressed out all the time.

People, teachers, classmates, parents volunteering, have been telling me since preschool that I should become an artist when I grow up. From a ridiculously young age I’ve been associating drawing with pleasure and praise. I don’t just like drawing…I feel like I’d die if I couldn’t. It’s like a stress reliever for me.

When I can’t draw, I feel anxious and my hands start shaking. I can’t really suppress the impulse to draw, even in the middle of taking tests! Some of the answer sheets I get back are comical — There are beautifully detailed drawings in the margins — The world map in front of me, the trashcan in the corner, the guy who sits in front of me, all of my teachers. And then you look further down the paper, and I didn’t have time to finish the last few problems.

I learn by trial and error. But I always improve a lot when I have the time to practice, like over breaks, just sketching whatever comes to mind, copying pictures from magazines, or speed-drawing with 30-second online pose generators. I look at my drawings a month or two apart, and it looks like they were done by two different people. If I spent less time on my studies, I think I could easily be as good as a professional artist. It’s my dream to go to some sort of art school after graduating.

I know it’s a really, really bad idea to become an artist. I know probably 90% of them starve on the streets and die in misery. Even many great artists aren’t appreciated until they’re already dead. Then their works sell for millions, but of course it makes no difference to the already-dead artists. It’s a cruel world. Following my bliss could be the end of me.

But what discourages me even more than that is my dad.
He’s a Stanford graduate who makes missiles for the government. He tells me to study more or I’ll be like my older sister (who’s becoming a doctor) who "ONLY" got accepted my Berkeley, UCLA, and UC Davis. He made me study 4 hours a day on spring BREAK. Quote: "Good thing there’s Stress-free week, then you can study for the SAT." He gave me a lecture when I was in elementary school about how I should read nonfiction books instead of fiction because I’ll actually learn from them.

He’s threatened that if I don’t choose a career path soon, he’ll choose one for me himself. He will be REALLY angry if I say I want to be an artist. I’m afraid he’d hit me.

I don’t know what to do. It’s smartest for me to just forget about art and become an accountant or doctor or something…Maybe just a little art in my spare time, but definitely not for a living. But my heart isn’t attached to my brain. Irrationally, I still want to become an artist. I don’t know why I’m crying, this is stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, STUPID

If there’s still anyone who’s still there after reading my ridiculously long question, I would like some serious advice. Talk some sense into me. Please. I really don’t know what to do.

Thank you, and please have a nicer day than I did.
Yeah, as I stated from the beginning, I didn’t expect anyone to read all of that. And most of you didn’t. Thank you, the few of you who did!

And…I’m pretty amazed that someone thought my endless run-on question was INTERESTING o.o

Hmm…So I should either
a) become an artist and be poor but happy
or
b) don’t think about it because I’m young…

I don’t know if I have been getting good grades in my classes. i know others will think that they are good its just that I really dont think that they are really that good.

These are my grades from the first quater to now which is the first day of the fourth

Algebra I – 96, 100, 95
Biology – cant find the 1st quarter grade but here are the 2nd & 3rd, 94 & 96
Earth and Space – 94, 95, 88
Humanities (Honors Eng. & Hist.) – 86, 92, 93
Research Writing (Half year course) – 96, 98

I see my friends being in all honors classes (except for language) and having better grades then me.

What would be my GPA so far for the year because we get our report cards online now and it doesnt give us the GPA or class rank.

I’ve tried finding an online forum to post these in, but I can’t find one with enough relevant information and users….so I’m hoping someone on here can assist.

Alright, so I’m going to be blunt here….I was a pretty bad student for my first two years of college. I’m currently in my junior year now working on a degree in Liberal Arts (officially). I suppose I could change my major whenever I want…but that’s not really what this is about.

My current GPA is under 3.0. When I graduate, it MIGHT barely be at or above 3.0. this, of course, will make it difficult to be accepted into most medical schools from what I understand.

Now, the thing is, my grades over the summer and this semester have been impeccable…also, all my grades in health-related fields have been A’s (granted, its only Developmental Psychology and Biology 201 w/ lab). I am interested in the health field and already scheduled two classes that are considered prerequisites at most schools for next semester (Microbiology and Genetics).

My main issue is, I don’t really know how things are going to play out. I am a poor college student…and Medical school is EXTREMELY expensive. PA school is less expensive, but also less appealing to me. While I wouldn’t mind working under the supervision of a licensed physician, I would especially enjoy the more challenging cases associated with an MD or a DO.

I currently attend Penn State University. I am looking for guidance both on the application process:
Who should I get to write letters of recommendation?
For PA school, it normally lists 200-500 hours of patient-contact health care experience as a prerequisite for applying. How do you get that kind of experience?
What sorts of things are schools looking for in the essay? Like I’m assuming they don’t want to just read another well-written "I want to be a doctor to help people" essay.

…and on my abilities to get into a medical school or PA program. I’m looking for recommendations in or close to Pennsylvania of schools that would be reasonable for me to consider.

In addition, I’ve had the following questions:
How likely is it that a hard-working individual with a GPA <3.0 would even get an interview at a decent Medical School?
How difficult are the MCATs? What about the GREs? Some PA schools require the GRE.

Thanks for any help in advance!