Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to put my own story out here and say hello!
I am 32 and just barely hitting my sophomore year of my undergrad. I keep trying to get through it, but have run into some roadblocks along the way. I started at 18, and my first semester ended up missing finals (at my current CC) because my Father in Law died and we inherited a mess of a situation so I never made it back. Went from A's to a big fat zero. I then attempted again about 4 and a half years ago and was making good progress, but my second marriage fell apart (long story, but not a pretty situation) and had a similar situation happen. At that time I was pursuing pre reqs for an ASN, as my then husband was not at all willing to make the sacrifices medical school would have required.
So here I am now. I have a 2.795 GPA after two quarters, I am normally a straight A student (I have one B+, darn college algebra anyway) except for my mess ups, which total about 13 hours. I have retaken all of the 13 hours except my physical geology class, which I will take with Chem II next quarter, and have A's in all of those. The only pre reqs I have out of the way are Biology (A+) and Stats (A). I have Chem I this quarter. I'm still trying to pick a 4 year to transfer to at this point, mainly because I am still trying to decide on a major. So many things intrigue me, from psychology to biochemistry, and each college offers varied degrees, so I can't decide. I'm lucky to live in a state with so many choices so close.
I am attempting to get some volunteer hours in, especially with the Nebraska Aids Project or with Boys Town... both are places that have special meaning to me in their missions. I have a few physicians I would like to shadow, once we get into 2012. I have also spent the past 10 years in medical billing/customer service/financial counseling for a hospital and a cancer clinic, which I loved because of my patients and their families, but did not love because it wasn't medicine in the true sense (I no longer work, I take care of my SO's kids part time and school full time). I'm still far from the MCAT, but I keep studying with Wikipremed so I don't lose what I already know, and stay a little ahead of the game in my classes. I've also had a lot of experience with family members being ill, which has just made me that much more driven.
So that's me. Any hints you all have discovered or words of advice would be appreciated, but mainly I just wanted to share my story. Thanks for reading, I can be a little long winded sometimes.
PS. I'm fine with DO or MD, I just want to stay in the middle of the country, from the northern border to the southern. Preferably here in Nebraska or Texas, or somewhere in between.
I just wanted to put my own story out here and say hello!
I am 32 and just barely hitting my sophomore year of my undergrad. I keep trying to get through it, but have run into some roadblocks along the way. I started at 18, and my first semester ended up missing finals (at my current CC) because my Father in Law died and we inherited a mess of a situation so I never made it back. Went from A's to a big fat zero. I then attempted again about 4 and a half years ago and was making good progress, but my second marriage fell apart (long story, but not a pretty situation) and had a similar situation happen. At that time I was pursuing pre reqs for an ASN, as my then husband was not at all willing to make the sacrifices medical school would have required.
So here I am now. I have a 2.795 GPA after two quarters, I am normally a straight A student (I have one B+, darn college algebra anyway) except for my mess ups, which total about 13 hours. I have retaken all of the 13 hours except my physical geology class, which I will take with Chem II next quarter, and have A's in all of those. The only pre reqs I have out of the way are Biology (A+) and Stats (A). I have Chem I this quarter. I'm still trying to pick a 4 year to transfer to at this point, mainly because I am still trying to decide on a major. So many things intrigue me, from psychology to biochemistry, and each college offers varied degrees, so I can't decide. I'm lucky to live in a state with so many choices so close.
I am attempting to get some volunteer hours in, especially with the Nebraska Aids Project or with Boys Town... both are places that have special meaning to me in their missions. I have a few physicians I would like to shadow, once we get into 2012. I have also spent the past 10 years in medical billing/customer service/financial counseling for a hospital and a cancer clinic, which I loved because of my patients and their families, but did not love because it wasn't medicine in the true sense (I no longer work, I take care of my SO's kids part time and school full time). I'm still far from the MCAT, but I keep studying with Wikipremed so I don't lose what I already know, and stay a little ahead of the game in my classes. I've also had a lot of experience with family members being ill, which has just made me that much more driven.
So that's me. Any hints you all have discovered or words of advice would be appreciated, but mainly I just wanted to share my story. Thanks for reading, I can be a little long winded sometimes.
PS. I'm fine with DO or MD, I just want to stay in the middle of the country, from the northern border to the southern. Preferably here in Nebraska or Texas, or somewhere in between.
