Can you become a doctor with bad grades?

Medical schools expect high grades because they show you can handle the work. If your college grades are low, that does not mean you can’t make it in medical school—but you need to consider why your grades are low. You will need to develop better study habits when you do start medical school.

Does med school look at high school grades?

Medical schools look at every grade since high school, so not only are your science grades important, but so are your grades in every class you’ve taken. There’s no grade replacement for medical school, either, so any goof up will show up on your record. Every grade on your record will count.

Do colleges care if you didn’t do well in high school?

If you didn’t do great in high school due to these circumstances, colleges may be willing to overlook some poor performance if you can point out the challenges you’ve faced and the measures you’ve taken to help overcome them.

Can a dropout get into medical school?

If a dropout like me can do it, you certainly can. Just work hard, study as if your life depends on it (because truthfully, your future does), and don’t ever get behind. When it comes to medical school, what happened in high school is meaningless.

Will bad grades stop you from going to college?

When I ask my colleagues the same question about their high school teachers from one or two generations ago, virtually none can recall such tears. This is not a systematic survey, but it suggests a big change. Today, nearly all high school seniors believe that they are going to college—and that bad grades won’t stop them.

Is it true that poor students can go to college?

They are right: With the dramatic increase in open admissions colleges, it is true that they can go. But as I report in my recent book Beyond College for All, students who perform poorly in high school probably won’t graduate from college—many won’t even make it beyond remedial courses.