Terrible 1st year due to personal/family issues- no chance at competitive specialties?

Hi all, Was hoping I could get some advice here. I'm a really good student actually at med school on a scholarship and had the worst first year. Had a lot of health problems in my fam including autoimmune diseases, stroke, yada yada Actually just had my first exam of second year and failed it which I've never done in my life. So far almost all my grades are B's so I'm sitting at an abysmal 3.3 GPA or something thereabouts I'm wondering if I've basically destroyed any chance to get into a... Read more
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