I just finished my first semester with mostly B's and C's and I have a GPA of 2.75. I know this is terrible, especially for someone interested in specializing, so I'm working on grinding HARD to get this GPA as high as possible. Do you think getting into a peds or ortho residency at this rate is still possible? I'm aware that class rank is often a strong factor for programs but is it a deal breaker? I'm also curious for anyone who may be in between specialties, when or what did you do to decide on a specialty? I still feel like I'm figuring things out and a lot of the D3's I've talked to happen to have already started shadowing or looking into externs during their D1 year and I'm feeling behind. How should I go about this?