THE SECOND SEMESTER OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: my foe, arch nemesis, enemy, adversary... you get the point.
I had all As and a couple of Bs prior to the previously mentioned mishap. I don't really even have an excuse or compelling reason for why it happened. It was the spring semester of my Junior year and if I'm being honest, I was feeling lazy. Being the professional procrastinator that I am, I let things slip too far out of my control. Obviously, I hadn't mastered the art of procrastinating... yet.
This didn't have a devastating effect on my application process. As far as I'm aware, it didn't effect my application process at all. I chose not to mention it my personal statement. I felt like it wasn't deserving of the characters because I didn't have a concrete reason for why it happened. I received an interview invite to my top PA program. During my interview, my program director said, "I see you got a C+ in organic chemistry. I'm not too worried about it."
𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘: 𝘗𝘈 𝘚𝘊𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘓𝘚 𝘋𝘖 𝘕𝘖𝘛 𝘌𝘟𝘗𝘌𝘊𝘛 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘛𝘖 𝘉𝘌 𝘗𝘌𝘙𝘍𝘌𝘊𝘛, 𝘜𝘕𝘍𝘓𝘈𝘞𝘌𝘋 𝘏𝘜𝘔𝘈𝘕 𝘉𝘌𝘐𝘕𝘎𝘚.
They simply want applicants who are dedicated and determined to be successful PA students and eventually, physician assistants. If you have a solid application aside from one or two "oops" grades as I like to call them, don't stress too much about it. Focus on strengthening the other portions of your application and show yourself a little grace.
Alright, someone back me up. Who else despises ochem?
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