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Hey everyone.
I graduated in 2008 with business and biology undergraduate degrees (senior business major before I decided Medicine was more of what I wanted to do). Anyways, my overall gpa was a 2.99 (2.93 in sciences). It might have been stupid, but I was working 60-70 hours/week while I was switching to medicine. Needless to say, it really hurt my gpa.
I really don't want to waste time by spending 2 years in a masters biology program when I know I won't be using the degree. If I took on a masters in public health or health administration and kept my gpa above 3.5, would this mitigate some of the damage of undergraduate studies? Or is getting a masters in biology unavoidable to make up for my low ugpa?
I have been scoring from 30-40 on practice AAMC mcats, but still very concerned about low ugpa. THanks for any advice.
I graduated in 2008 with business and biology undergraduate degrees (senior business major before I decided Medicine was more of what I wanted to do). Anyways, my overall gpa was a 2.99 (2.93 in sciences). It might have been stupid, but I was working 60-70 hours/week while I was switching to medicine. Needless to say, it really hurt my gpa.
I really don't want to waste time by spending 2 years in a masters biology program when I know I won't be using the degree. If I took on a masters in public health or health administration and kept my gpa above 3.5, would this mitigate some of the damage of undergraduate studies? Or is getting a masters in biology unavoidable to make up for my low ugpa?
I have been scoring from 30-40 on practice AAMC mcats, but still very concerned about low ugpa. THanks for any advice.