My Pre-Med Failure

My sophomore year through junior year in undergrad was a time I experienced failure. As a pre-med student, we are expected to have very high grades, stellar extracurriculars, and great MCAT scores in order to be competitive for medical schools. As a neurotic premed, my goal was to simply get into medical school. keeping my grades high and engaging in extracurricular activities were all I cared about during that time in college. This would prove to be a terrible mistake that would only make my goal that much difficult to achieve down the line.

I was going into my sophomore year with a 3.45 GPA and I intended to raise this to at least a 3.5 by my junior year right before medical school application cycle begins. To achieve this, I focused solely on this goal. It meant eliminating distractions from every source; hobbies, friends and even family. I was not keeping in touch with friends and family. I would intentionally not answer calls from them. When I do answer, I am constantly whining to them about my lack of time and how I need to focus and so on. Suffice to say, they stopped calling and I found myself alone. Meanwhile, I was also taking care of my ill mother which proved extremely difficult alone but I somehow managed to a certain extent. …show more content…
My grades were on a downward spiral as I could not focus on classes anymore. I needed help but I alienated everyone close to me at this