I am a 23 year old college graduate. I obtained a bachelors degree 2 years ago and had a 2.8 gpa. I pretty much wasted my college degree. I started when I was 16 and coasted through with little effort and a degree that I don’t plan on using. Since graduation I have been a professional musician and toured the country, but I am finally ready and mature enough to fulfill my life long dream of becoming a physician. I have always got a’s or b’s in science classes with little effort so my science gpa is good.
I am currently going into another bachelors degree program to finish my pre med pre reqs. I am curious what my chances are of getting into a US med school are if I do exceptionally well in these science classes. Will my younger years and decisions haunt me in the quest to get into a US school? I do not want to go to a Caribbean school because I have a fiancée here in MN. I am looking for advice and wondering if I am wasting my time, is this possible if I spend 2 years doing pre reqs and get a great gpa and mcat or will my previous gpa destroy my chances. I appreciate any input.
Did you read about Old Man Dave (who created Old Pre Meds), and his story? If not, go to the archives and track it down. 
You are not yet dead in the water.
Cheers,
Judy
fear not. I graduated college with a 2.7
2.78 Ugrad GPA here. Now almost at the end of my first year of residency . . .