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Hello. Any advice / comments welcome.
Here's my situation:
I received a bfa from a small liberal arts college about 5 years ago. I've been working in the creative field since then.
I recently decided to go back to school and pursue medicine. Reasons for this are deep, solid, and varied. I've taken some initial steps:
volunteer at a clinic near me - love it
enrolled in pre-req bio/chem/math courses at local state uni - love them as well
I am a good student, I have a's in the recent coursework Ive taken so far, and expect to continue this way through all of them. (please understand - more determination than arrogance in this statement)
Here's where it gets sketchy.
I have no gpa up to this point. My undergrad was completely pass/fail. While the college is nationally/regionally accredited, and I have a "real" bachelors degree, I would not know where to begin to calculate my gpa. It is nonexistent.
Setting aside mcat scores, supporting experiences, and other parts of an application, assuming for the sake of argument that those are great -
how would this be viewed? if the gpa was high, but calculated only from 2 years of science/math post-bacc courses?
1. Am I not even a viable candidate because of this?
2. Are there ways to rectify this, without simply starting over?
thanks for reading
Here's my situation:
I received a bfa from a small liberal arts college about 5 years ago. I've been working in the creative field since then.
I recently decided to go back to school and pursue medicine. Reasons for this are deep, solid, and varied. I've taken some initial steps:
volunteer at a clinic near me - love it
enrolled in pre-req bio/chem/math courses at local state uni - love them as well
I am a good student, I have a's in the recent coursework Ive taken so far, and expect to continue this way through all of them. (please understand - more determination than arrogance in this statement)
Here's where it gets sketchy.
I have no gpa up to this point. My undergrad was completely pass/fail. While the college is nationally/regionally accredited, and I have a "real" bachelors degree, I would not know where to begin to calculate my gpa. It is nonexistent.
Setting aside mcat scores, supporting experiences, and other parts of an application, assuming for the sake of argument that those are great -
how would this be viewed? if the gpa was high, but calculated only from 2 years of science/math post-bacc courses?
1. Am I not even a viable candidate because of this?
2. Are there ways to rectify this, without simply starting over?
thanks for reading