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I've been a longtime SDN lurker, and gained a lot of motivation from the imo, too few success stories. But the ones that are posted are usually awesome.
I'll start by saying I was always a pre-med student, I knew I wanted to be a doctor since like age 5. I graduated high school with a 4.0 GPA and went to a state college on scholarship. At University, I maintained a 3.77 the first two years, and was admitted to a BS/MD Program with a great MD school in my state. Then, what often happens in college, happened! I fell in love with a wonderful guy, and after a year, we broke up. My life was at a standstill and I stopped caring about anything. I was seriously depressed.
To activate my BS/MD program I had to score a 26 on my MCAT. I didn't study and stayed in bed for honestly the entire summer and scored a 23, was kicked out of the program. Junior year, I got C's in mostly all of my science classes. I think if I mapped it my depression, it lasted about a year. Junior year, I also dropped my microbiology concentration.
Senior year, I finally woke up after my parents talked to me over and over and over and over (I ended up moving back in with them during senior year). And then I realized I was in deep ****! I quickly realized I'd have to have at least 1 post-bacc year, maybe 2. I picked up a concentration in Education, and entered teacher's college. I started teaching Biology at a local school, earned a 3.8 my senior year, gave the graduation speech, and graduated with an overall of 3.6 and a science of 3.4.
After I graduated, I got involved very heavily with research, during a summer program, and then a two-year long longitudinal neuroscience study. I completed a post-bacc in the sciences (32 credits at 4.0), and a Master's in History (also a 4.0), because I ended up getting a job teaching History at a Parochial School. In all, I will have taken 2 years between graduating College, and entering Medical School as I am matriculating this fall.
I applied to Medical School with a 3.72 cGPA, 3.60 sGPA, and a 35 MCAT (11/11/13). The MCAT was a hard earned 4 months worth of studying after teaching. I'd teach and grade all day, and study for the MCAT all night. It was without a doubt the toughest time of my life.
During this time, I also overcame a lifelong battle with being overweight. I went from running only 30 seconds at a time, to finishing a Marathon this past fall. Running has honestly been my saving grace as far as sanity is concerned. I'm glad I'll be at my physical best when in Medical School. Being a hypocrite was always something that haunted me when I was overweight.
What I'm trying to say is.....I thought I lost my shot at an MD. Now I'm going to one of my #1 choice MD schools. Don't give up. It might take a year....or two...or three. This is your path!
I'll start by saying I was always a pre-med student, I knew I wanted to be a doctor since like age 5. I graduated high school with a 4.0 GPA and went to a state college on scholarship. At University, I maintained a 3.77 the first two years, and was admitted to a BS/MD Program with a great MD school in my state. Then, what often happens in college, happened! I fell in love with a wonderful guy, and after a year, we broke up. My life was at a standstill and I stopped caring about anything. I was seriously depressed.
To activate my BS/MD program I had to score a 26 on my MCAT. I didn't study and stayed in bed for honestly the entire summer and scored a 23, was kicked out of the program. Junior year, I got C's in mostly all of my science classes. I think if I mapped it my depression, it lasted about a year. Junior year, I also dropped my microbiology concentration.
Senior year, I finally woke up after my parents talked to me over and over and over and over (I ended up moving back in with them during senior year). And then I realized I was in deep ****! I quickly realized I'd have to have at least 1 post-bacc year, maybe 2. I picked up a concentration in Education, and entered teacher's college. I started teaching Biology at a local school, earned a 3.8 my senior year, gave the graduation speech, and graduated with an overall of 3.6 and a science of 3.4.
After I graduated, I got involved very heavily with research, during a summer program, and then a two-year long longitudinal neuroscience study. I completed a post-bacc in the sciences (32 credits at 4.0), and a Master's in History (also a 4.0), because I ended up getting a job teaching History at a Parochial School. In all, I will have taken 2 years between graduating College, and entering Medical School as I am matriculating this fall.
I applied to Medical School with a 3.72 cGPA, 3.60 sGPA, and a 35 MCAT (11/11/13). The MCAT was a hard earned 4 months worth of studying after teaching. I'd teach and grade all day, and study for the MCAT all night. It was without a doubt the toughest time of my life.
During this time, I also overcame a lifelong battle with being overweight. I went from running only 30 seconds at a time, to finishing a Marathon this past fall. Running has honestly been my saving grace as far as sanity is concerned. I'm glad I'll be at my physical best when in Medical School. Being a hypocrite was always something that haunted me when I was overweight.
What I'm trying to say is.....I thought I lost my shot at an MD. Now I'm going to one of my #1 choice MD schools. Don't give up. It might take a year....or two...or three. This is your path!
