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Why can't I see my post? If your account is under 72 hours old or has less than -50 karma AutoModerator will automatically remove your post. Please wait until your account has reached the age/karma limit and then try to post again. Today was the end of my OChem II summer semester, and the day of the ACS final exam. Leading up to this, I was doing fine grade-wise at a 90% average in the class.but all of the information had been thrown at me very fast (a 5-week course), with little time to sink in. I'm just grateful I understood enough to score decently. I'm learning to study, but I'm ADHD, and even with medicine time management/studying is a challenge.
This is no excuse, of course. I did my best with the ACS study guide as soon as I got it (2.5 weeks before exam), but all I ended up doing was overwhelming myself. When that happens, my brain just.tunes to white noise. Which means I'm screwed. I don't absorb anything else, test anxiety takes over. It all amounted to a significant lack of studying and lack of preparedness.
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Compared to a majority of the class, I had no clue what I was doing. I've never had an anxiety attack before, but going to the test this morning was probably the closest I think I've ever come.
My heart was racing, breathing was hard, my head was fogged to the point that I misspelled my own goddamn name on the scantron. I was running on hopes and prayers, but really just preparing myself for inevitable failure. My school re-uses old ACS exams. When I got mine, the anxiety only got worse, and my hands were shaking. When we were told to start, I opened my exam.
I received an exam that had already been filled out by another student before me. All the 'wrong' choices crossed out, the answers circled neatly. Bendix king kap 150 autopilot manual. It couldn't have been the answer key, it was like any other exam and obviously a student exam. Sure, of course some of their selections could have been wrong.
But at this point, it was highly probable that whoever had filled this out knew what they were doing better than I did. Imagine being given a gift like that, after all that hell. All I'd have to do is erase the marks on the test at the end, and continue on my way, no one the wiser. I didn't look at any of the questions or answers. I gave it back to the professor, told him that it was already filled out, and got a new exam. I kind of want to cry right now, because it was the hardest exam I've ever taken.
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I know I doomed myself and I know I failed. I wanted to tell someone, because despite probably having to re-take this class, I'm proud of myself.
Maybe this time around I was a bad student. But I'm a good person, I'm an honest person, and that's more important to me than this class and that grade. I'll probably have to take the class over again.
It'll probably ruin my GPA I've worked so hard to recover. A GPA that, probably, will never be good enough to be accepted to any medical school. That scares me. But if I'm going to be an MD, I'm going to do it right. Edit:Holy crap guys, I didn't expect for this thread to get as big as it did.I was just hoping for a few people to talk with since I don't have many in real life. You have all been very kind in lifting my spirits.
Thank you all so much for believing in me, reminding me to believe in myself, and for being an amazing community. I hope you all make your dreams a reality, you're wonderful people. Edit 2:Finally got grades back.I totally tanked the ACS. But with the curve, my final grade for the class barely scraped by as an A. I seriously teared up. Stay with it man, you're clearly a very genuine and kindhearted person who deserves to be in the field! Honest too-we need more physicians like you.
You could've cheated and filled everything out but chose not to. I see a metric shitton of premeds who honestly should never be anywhere near a patient, much less practicing as a professional?
It's a damn shame there aren't greater restrictions against this besides the interview and whatever is on that meaningless application. Numbers don't dictate my personality. We're rooting for you. Very honest of you to do what you just did.
I would recommend you to keep this story in mind for secondaries. Some schools may ask you about an ethical dilemma you had during in a secondary and this will be a perfect example of that. It is much much easier to recover from a low GPA than possibly getting busted for cheating (not sure how risky your situation was). Also don't think about your GPA (3.0) is never good enough to be accepted into medical school.
You still have room to raise up that GPA, and you have a great story about going from a 1.8 to 3.0. Keep going at it and there will be a school that will accept you. Have you also considered DO as an option?
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