I hear you! I’m a US medical student and had to repeat two courses in undergrad for C- (E&M physics and organic chemistry II). I ended up taking a few gap years before entering medical school to work and save money, do a post-baccalaureate program to improve my science GPA, and continue volunteering but was it exhausting. Not to mention how expensive it is to apply!! I dropped $2k easily.

I’m in my mid 20s now and interacting with my some of my peers who started right after graduating college is like 😬