_45 on the MCATS, but only 3.98 GPA :(...worried stiff! Advice please!!!

[alicekinnian5]

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[yellowfeverdude]

are you a hot asian girl?

 

[Doctor Bagel]

One thing to note -- AMCAS is going to merge all your ugrad GPAs, so the Duke stuff with be mixed in with the fungus stuff. Consequently, the end gpa result will be the same if retake the classes at Duke or anywhere else. With that in mind, I'd vote for staying where you are and getting that 3.8. Also, retake any prereqs that you took at Duke at your current school and make As in them. So yeah, in sum, the specific Duke gpa doesn't matter -- what matters is your overall ugrad gpa.

 

[doinmybest5840]

I get the feeling this is a BS post...

 

[trichomoniasis]

I get the feeling this is a BS post...

does it matter? yellowfeverdude's reply made it completely worthwhile

 

[yellowfeverdude]

okay?

 

[trichomoniasis]

okay?

she's not answering. She's shy..... must be asian.

Go for it!

 

[Divine Furor]

What a great post! Drama aside, or included (eep!) you're going to have a lot of fun applying to medical school. Absolutely stay where you are and finish up and finish WELL--why go back into an environment, however famous, where you don't have support and have a combatative relationship with the authorities in general?

This is the best line ever: "But I'd still have the p-ss-poor Duke GPA riding on my back like Rosie O'Donnell. "

HAHAHAHAHAH. Seriously though, some things come to mind when I read it again:

1)Doc Bagel is right. All GPAs are one GPA, broken into sciences by AMCAS.
2)You should spend your time at no-name moss college forming excellent relationships with the premed committee and professors, and draw your LORs from there. A smart committee advisor will want you to garner some LOR from Duke, so if there's a relationship there you can patch up, do it.
3) Get ready to write one helluva PS in which you explain the thwarting nightmare that was Duke
4) Get ready to explain your choices to interviewers. Which isn't hard. I left a notable liberal arts college in a ruckus for several years and returned, although I did my postbacc elsewhere. I told them exactly why I felt said liberal arts college was not conducive to my personality, what I felt the real-world could offer instead, and how returning was a personal decision to complete what I had started. Granted, you aren't going back unless you feel you must....but the spin, it's all in the spin.

Good luck!

Edit: If this is a BS post, hahahahahahah. If it isn't, come to WSUB out in Ohio...you sound like fun and we could hang out.

 

[alicekinnian5]

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[trichomoniasis]

But of course I'm a hot Asian girl. After all, what other ethnicity of woman applies to med school, or more so, even EXISTS. All that diversity training for nothing. Hmph; what a sad, delusional world it is. Fie!

I'm just kinding. I'm caucasian...which, I guess could be abbreviated 'asian. Ahahaha...that's a good strategy now that I think of it...or maybe it would be better to say 'aucasian, and when they ask for clarification, I can explain that among us Australians, this is how we call ourselves. It might not even be lying if you think of it from certain vantage points. A very rare, but very misrepresented minority if you ask me.

Just teasing, just teasing....no offense intended to those hot asian babes and aspiring lovers of hot asian women.

Also no offense intended to the long persecuted 'aucasian dying breed.

there's a good chance the doctor screwed up your adderall prescription. It's supposed to be 60mg not 600.

 

[Divine Furor]

there's a good chance the doctor screwed up your adderall prescription. It's supposed to be 60mg not 600.

 

[yellowfeverdude]

no offense intended to those hot asian babes and aspiring lovers of hot asian women.

I was surprised to find out from the Tyra Banks show how so many guys dig asian girls. Those guys check out asian porns though. I don't

 

[trichomoniasis]

I was surprised to find out from the Tyra Banks show how so many guys dig asian girls. Those guys check out asian porns though. I don't

not a big fan of tentacles?

 

[yellowfeverdude]

not a big fan of tentacles?

what? I think you are somewhat wrong. You seem to imply that asian girls are shy and obedient, but other girls are loud and rude. But who is the naughtiest?
By the way, isn't trachomonaisis a some sort of STD?

 

[alicekinnian5]

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[Divine Furor]

Is it me or you who needs it my friend...me for my incessantly reconsidering my thwarted options, or you for the charming alacrity with which you hounding me like a pleasant mosquito.

Well, goodness, we only need a moment to reflect that this woman, troll or no, scored a T on her written portion of that dread examination. Save that her tense on "hounding" was incorrect, and should have merely been "hound."

Edit: And in the breath of the instant, the mistake has been rectified.

 

[trichomoniasis]

Is it me or you who needs it my friend...me for my incessantly reconsidering my thwarted options, or you for the charming alacrity with which you hound me like a pleasant mosquito.

I only hope you're as fun in bed as you are on the internet

 

[mongrel]

...you hound me like a pleasant mosquito.

This is a new simile for me.

 

[trichomoniasis]

what? I think you are somewhat wrong. You seem to imply that asian girls are shy and obedient, but other girls are loud and rude. But who is the naughtiest?
By the way, isn't trachomonaisis a some sort of STD?

first rule of asian porn: the more shy and obedient the asian girl is, the greater her chance of being violated by some sort of gigantic tentacle.

I don't make the movies, man, i just download them.

 

[alicekinnian5]

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[trichomoniasis]

And by the way, the verbal was not my forte.

big fan of all things physical?

 

[Divine Furor]

The irony that I had already corrected before you finished posting! But then again, why be so hard on me? I'm clearly not perfect, especially at this level of adderall deprivation. And by the way, the verbal was not my forte.

Edit: Oh and by the way...I'm a perfect 45-20-3 in bed. Oh yeah, you know it! Teeh! Pretty good for a non-asian applicant.

I'm so going to get "flamed" for this.

Awww, I'm not being hard on you...go get a room with Trich...I'm sure he can "unthwart" your plans.

 

[doinmybest5840]

big fan of all things physical?

This has to be one of the most entertaining posts I've read here in a while.

 

[alicekinnian5]

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[realitybias]

Your MCAT score is amazing. You've obviously got charm and wit, and can write very well. You're showing improvement by making good grades (Although you need to do better than a 3.5). I hope to god you are getting involved in something and have some pretty impressive extracurriculars. Lastly, try to take classes as much as possible... take extra classes over the summer, get as many CLASSES as possible to raise your GPA (its kind of like taking postbac classes to raise your GPA, but you don't want that gem of an MCAT to go away before you finish college).

Once you've got your average GPA above a 3.1, apply broadly, to many schools, and be ready to defend everything in your PS and interviews. If you are as charming as you are now and show a genuine interest, you shouldnt have trouble getting in places.

 

[trichomoniasis]

By whatever insinuation I supposedly inadvertantly appended by including forte instead of some other term. Hey, hours of word-teacher only takes you so far...as I painfully learned during one horrible speech team competition.

hmm, well there goes my erection.

 

[alicekinnian5]

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[alicekinnian5]

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[yellowfeverdude]

The above post is exactly why I prefer asians over whites

 

[Doctor Bagel]

The above post is exactly why I prefer asians over whites

I think you have a point.

 

[Divine Furor]

That was like a drive-by hit from a gang of leprechauns and sprites from the 1800s. What WAS that?

 

[mms2k7]

verbose. Thats what im thinking right now haha

 

[Divine Furor]

verbose. Thats what im thinking right now haha

possibly one of those genius-when-drunk eruptions? The world may never know.

 

[notevenpremed]

The above post is exactly why I prefer asians over whites

I love you, in a manly way thought ........

 

[josh999123]

I think you have a point.

 

[alicekinnian5]

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[mms2k7]

ok...well..first you should go dig canals for an entire section of india.
then, you should single handedly vaccinate ethiopian children, while simultaneously solving the problem of starvation in those countries and others surrounding. That would PROBABLY get you into medschool, but u can never be too sure with the picky adcoms these days...they might say "well...you didn't come up with a clear-cut scheme for reducing inflation in Russia"...in which case your f*cked

To be honest, I think if you finish strong, and write a good PS, you will have no problem gaining acceptance. Just don't get hooked on getting in to "name-brand" medschools. Your MCAT score offsets the GPA issues. You seem to have an interesting past/background (barring the issues you disclosed). You should probably work them in to your PS..maybe bring it up during interviews (in a way that is constructive to your application).

 

[Meatwad]

Score of 39 + saving lots of DABs in Africa = Harvard

 

[alwaysaangel]

I think your biggest problem is going to be explaining away the Duke grades. You will need to address it either in your PS or interviews (or both) and if you say what you just said to us...they will probably toss your file into the reject pile for being a high maintenance applicant. So start thinking about how you're going to explain it without sounding like a spoiled brat that the medical school isn't going to want to deal with. I mean if you "didn't like the way the classes were taught at Duke" then what makes you think you'll like the way your med school classes are taught? Thats what will go through the adcomms minds.

 

[mms2k7]

you can just explain it saying that the Duke environment was not conducive to your academic and personal goals. You dont have to point to personal faults. You dont WANT to point to personal faults. It is quite possible for a place to be the totally wrong fit for a person. Tell them the problem was simply exacerbated and you decided to leave Duke in pursuit of education @ a more fitting school. You dont need to tel ladcoms what you told us, just give them a nice cleaned up version.

 

[Cirrus83]

But of course I'm a hot Asian girl. After all, what other ethnicity of woman applies to med school, or more so, even EXISTS. All that diversity training for nothing. Hmph; what a sad, delusional world it is. Fie!

I'm just kinding. I'm caucasian...which, I guess could be abbreviated 'asian. Ahahaha...that's a good strategy now that I think of it...or maybe it would be better to say 'aucasian, and when they ask for clarification, I can explain that among us Australians, this is how we call ourselves. It might not even be lying if you think of it from certain vantage points. A very rare, but very misrepresented minority if you ask me.

Just teasing, just teasing....no offense intended to those hot asian babes and aspiring lovers of hot asian women.

Also no offense intended to the long persecuted 'aucasian dying breed.

Are you a hot 'aucasian girl?
Because I love those hot 'aucasian girls with aussie accents

 

[Cirrus83]

The above post is exactly why I prefer asians over whites

I dunno man...if you hang out with sufficient asian people you'll soon find that there are plenty of...uhh...unique individuals of the female gender.

 

[Cirrus83]

BTW the people saying the OP needs Adderall are wrong...taking speed when your posts are already quite speedy is probably a lousy idea.

Valium I say, valium.

 

[Divine Furor]

you can just explain it saying that the Duke environment was not conducive to your academic and personal goals. You dont have to point to personal faults. You dont WANT to point to personal faults. It is quite possible for a place to be the totally wrong fit for a person. Tell them the problem was simply exacerbated and you decided to leave Duke in pursuit of education @ a more fitting school. You dont need to tel ladcoms what you told us, just give them a nice cleaned up version.

Err, clean AND calm...seriously though, this is the best advice. I took time off from my undergrad for various reasons, and certainly one of them was a lack of "fit" with the school. That's almost to be expected--how can anyone know what school is good for them at 17-18?

 

[doinmybest5840]

Err, clean AND calm...seriously though, this is the best advice. I took time off from my undergrad for various reasons, and certainly one of them was a lack of "fit" with the school. That's almost to be expected--how can anyone know what school is good for them at 17-18?

The same way they know what med school is good for them at 21-22 or whenever they apply. You research schools you might like, figure out their mission statement, programs, location, fees, etc. There are a whole lot of people who don't have to drop out of undergrad because they don't "fit" in at their school.

 

[alicekinnian5]

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[Divine Furor]

The same way they know what med school is good for them at 21-22 or whenever they apply. You research schools you might like, figure out their mission statement, programs, location, fees, etc. There are a whole lot of people who don't have to drop out of undergrad because they don't "fit" in at their school.

Right, but there are people who DO discover their environment in undergrad is a bad fit--and I'm not sure that's so easily predictable with mission statements and fees? I guess what I meant is that the OP should feel confident explaining the nature of a poor fit, since it's a legitimate occurence.

 

[alicekinnian5]

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[SunshineNYC]

.... because if you are being totally serious and you really write like that and think that way, then I think you have some personality/behavioral issues, and personally, I wouldn't want you to be my doctor. Maybe you could become a medical researcher, but as far as patient contact goes, you sound way too erratic and like a liability for any school that would think of accepting you.

 

[Divine Furor]

.... because if you are being totally serious and you really write like that and think that way, then I think you have some personality/behavioral issues, and personally, I wouldn't want you to be my doctor. Maybe you could become a medical researcher, but as far as patient contact goes, you sound way too erratic and like a liability for any school that would think of accepting you.

Scrap the leprechauns...I feel like this OP is straight out of a drug-induced rant by W. Somerset Maugham. Listen, alice...you started this thread to ask whether it would be more intelligent to return to Duke or stay at your "no-name" school. You've received both good-natured teasing and some decent advice, and have responded with, like Sunshine said, erratic nonsense. If you're serious about medical school, you really need to sober up. The process is long, detailed, and requires considerable emotional strength/psychological attention to complete...and that's even if you get accepted in your first cycle.