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Good job, keep up the good work!
Appreciate the kind words more than you know. Thank you!
Good job, keep up the good work!
No problem! I was motivated by your hard work to do better myself as a post-bacc, so I wanted to return the favor!Appreciate the kind words more than you know. Thank you!
No problem! I was motivated by your hard work to do better myself as a post-bacc, so I wanted to return the favor!
With your current AACOMAS GPA I believe you are set for DO, although MD is still a long shot. However, with another solid semester it might be worth applying for both because your ending is so much stronger than your beginning, especially if you get a solid MCAT score.
Btw, have you taken it already or are you waiting for your last semester to finish? I took mine last April two days after graduating and got a 28, which is fine for DO. It was nice because I could focus solely on my application during the summer.
Anyway, good luck for you! An A in biochem is incredible, rock these last 16 weeks and you won't look back with regrets on your undergrad days, especially after getting your acceptance(s)!
You bet! Apply to both if you can afford it, it will only increase your acceptance chances. If you go to LizziM's most recent Q & A session she shared several documents from AMCAS that gives us an insight on how adcoms judge applicants based on their GPAs and MCATs. The documents are on the very last pages of the posts and may be useful for you to determine what MCAT score you should shoot for to improve your chances the most.it really does feel great to turn it around and, despite the despicable start, I'm happy with the lessons I've learned through this journey so far.
Also, I agree my MD GPA is still too low to expect anything there, but I'm also a URM, so with a good mcat score who knows what could happen.
I'm taking my MCAT in March after studying this whole break and the beginning of next semester, so I can focus solely on getting my app together from there, just like you did. can't wait for that first acceptance so I can finally put the regret of my first couple undergrad years behind me. what a glorious day it'll be haha!
Just stumbled upon this thread. Holy sh** dude, what a comeback! I started reading from the beginning and as I went on and on I got more into it and excited haha. Your story's amazing, congrats man! You absolutely killed it in the final stretch and have a great upward trend.
Good luck this cycle!
Hi! Just stumbled upon this. Good job with the increased grades! I have question though, since it looks like you're taking 5-7 classes per semester... How are you doing this?!? I have heard of 4 classes per semester being average, 5 if you really want to push and really, really challenge yourself. How did you manage to take so many classes??
Also, I'm interested in NYCOM too! Good luck with your app
wow that's crazy! but how did you manage to take like 7 classes and work at the same time? i think that alone is going to give you several interviews because they will be curious, just as i am, at how you did it!!! please tell scheduling wise... HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?? would you mind posting like a brief day-to-day or weekly schedule? perhaps it can help me with my own scheduling. i do tend to waste a lot of time....and maybe seeing your schedule will help me eliminate all the time wasted!
Well, I tried to roughly calculate it.
So in a week there are 168 hours.
So 5 for research and 2 for volunteering. That leaves 161 hours left. Assuming you slept on average 7 hours a day, that's 161-49, or 112 hours left.
Assuming each class was about 3 hours/week, that's 112-3*8 (using the semester where you took the Islam class), 88 hours left. Giving you about 2 hours everyday to get to and come back from class/relax, shower, eat, or whatnot, that gives 74 hours left. Now if you have all that tim left over to study, that's about 9.25 hours of study time per class per week. I guess it really can work out But damn! if that isn't crazy. Now if I were you I would be ordering take out all the time so that I wouldn't waste time cooking..
that is so awesome! also about the all nighters, i know them all too well. that is why i avoid caffeine so that it works to my advantage in staying up. i always found i did better staying up and studying rather than giving up and sleeping..
home cooked meals are definitely the best... what do you do for work if you don't mind me asking?
lastly, and i do apologize for all of my badgering/pestering , do you have tips on avoiding burnout? i usually have a burnout spell for my second set of exams or if i can make it through that, then i burn out just before finals which sucks majorly.
also seeing as how you want to go to nycom, you didn't do this at a cuny did you?
I just stumbled upon this thread while I was on break at work (yep, I peruse SDN for fun as an applicant lol) and got super excited at your semester GPA jumps haha. So I just wanted to say a huge Congrats!! I have a MCAT retake coming up in Sept so people turning things around is always super inspirational and exciting to hear! Internet high-five at your come-back for all of your grades, and wishing you great luck with this cycle! Keep us updated!
LOVE this thread! Nice work. I was in the same position as you (I went to an Ivy League and completely botched my science classes) and got a 4.0 in my postbacc program. Boosted my MCAT from a 26 last year to a 30 this year and hoping for a better outcome! I don't know you, but I'm proud of you! LOL
Congrats! You're gonna do great!
Congrats! The sky is the limit with your resolve and determination, feel confident about your accomplishments at your interview!
After yesterday it's up to 3 interviews! but I can't thank you guys enough for the supportive words
Congratulations!! Super excited for you! Your story is truly inspirational and shows that nothing is impossible with a little courage and determination!! I got a 26 on my MCAT, and as expected, 0 ii. Would you mind sharing where you received ii? If you don't want to share, no worries. Good luck and Congrats!!
OMFG Share your ways though. Congrats! I am in a similar boat. Started with a 2.6 sGPA at the end of sophomore year. Now up to ~2.85, hopefully 3.0 after this first quarter.
awesome story, with 3 interviews you should be fine, you'll probably get more. I screwed off big time in undergrad for similar "did nothing in high school and aced it anyway" and other reasons, except I didn't turn it around as an undergrad really, rather I didn't really pay that much attention to grades, but was studying art & lit and mainly writing papers so I could get by. I did really turn it around in my post-bacc the last two years and got 9 interviews so far this cycle and just got accepted to two md schools on wednesday. Nobody cared at all about my earlier gpa because I had shown so much improvement. In some interviews I was asked about the weakest part of my application and I mentioned my undergrad gpa and the ADCOM guy said, "that's really no biggie bc your most recent grades show your present commitment etc" and then moved on to other things. As an URM too you'll crush it. Amazing comeback! Here's to second winds and second acts!
I bet you get at least 1, but also D.O. is great, the best Doctor I shadowed by far was a D.O. Pulmonologist, clearly brilliant and the medical education director of his hospital, watching him with patients was like watching an artist at work, and he credits his approach to his Osteopathic training.
I'm definitely making one of these threads after first quarter. I hope it'll motivate me more.
any updates for you??
have actually been waiting on an acceptance to update the thread, but no luck on that end so far
I am up to 6 MD and 2 DO interviews so far though, so I really can't complain. I'm blessed and extremely thankful to even have this many chances. hopefully one of these amazing MD programs takes a chance on me. time will tell, but remaining realistic until then!
omg that's sooooo awesome dude!!! So happy for you!!
I'm a girl, no worries lolthanks a lot my man (assuming you're a guy idk why lol). feels surreal to be this close to the goal. just need one
I'm a girl, no worries lol
Your a legend dude
Great job—really. You're definitely doing the inspirational thing right.