Quick Question

[kmm5117]

Hello,

I'm currently a student at Penn State University. My first two semesters of college I screwed up, I ended up with an incredibly low GPA (mainly from not concentrating I suppose). I decided to transfer to a different schhol which is where I am at now. I'm not far off from completing a ** in science and have maintained a near perfect 4.0 at PSU.

The question I was wondering is, was the two semesters I screwed up going to hurt me from getting into any type of professional/graduate school ?

Thanks

[Compassion MD]

Yes, it will hurt you. It doesn't matter if you transffered to another school or not but they will see a huge (dramatic) improvement since you said that your GPA at PSU is 4.0. I just hope that when you said your first two years were horrible, it doesn't not include the premed sciences.

[stateofequilibrium]

Of course it won't look good. But they will take into account your huge improvement, if you did good on the MCAT, extracurriculars, etc etc. There have been many a med student who royally screwed up their first year. I know one that did and went on to be a neurosurgeon, so don't fret.

[DRDRWMD]

Sounds like a great story for the "personal statement" on how you saw what was wrong, fixed the problem, and then were successful. A way to explain the negative.