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Hello,
I’m a recent Grad from UVA with a passion for medicine, but far from accomplishing my dreams. I found my love for medicine when I underwent brain surgery my second year and discovered what medicine was really like. I graduated on time after missing time for surgery, but ended up with a poor transcript and GPA due to packing it all in to finish. I majored in Biology and completed some of my prerequisites in college, including Bio 1 and 2, Gen Chem 1 and 2, and Orgo 1 along with all associated labs. With that said I really need to retake all of my prereqs seeing how I got C/C- in all of the lecture portions. My final GPA was 2.7 with 121 credits. Since graduating I got married and my wife is currently pursing her masters in Occupational Therapy. I took a job as a project manager which was my field of study prior to having surgery. It gives me plenty of money and a good work life balance to support my wife while she is in school.
Now that I have provided background I can now explain my plan. I work 8-5pm in Richmond, VA and my plan is to retake all my prerequisites/ complete physics, biochem, and organic chemistry in the evenings at the local community college in their evening slot (6:30-9pm) and study for the MCAT over the next 3 years and apply in 2023. I also have my EMT and will continue to volunteer with it. Does anyone have any advice or knowledge that can make these next 3-4 year more productive along with maximizing my chances of success? I also wonder if anyone has any insight on other science courses that could be taken online and recognized as GPA boosters?
Thanks in advance!
I’m a recent Grad from UVA with a passion for medicine, but far from accomplishing my dreams. I found my love for medicine when I underwent brain surgery my second year and discovered what medicine was really like. I graduated on time after missing time for surgery, but ended up with a poor transcript and GPA due to packing it all in to finish. I majored in Biology and completed some of my prerequisites in college, including Bio 1 and 2, Gen Chem 1 and 2, and Orgo 1 along with all associated labs. With that said I really need to retake all of my prereqs seeing how I got C/C- in all of the lecture portions. My final GPA was 2.7 with 121 credits. Since graduating I got married and my wife is currently pursing her masters in Occupational Therapy. I took a job as a project manager which was my field of study prior to having surgery. It gives me plenty of money and a good work life balance to support my wife while she is in school.
Now that I have provided background I can now explain my plan. I work 8-5pm in Richmond, VA and my plan is to retake all my prerequisites/ complete physics, biochem, and organic chemistry in the evenings at the local community college in their evening slot (6:30-9pm) and study for the MCAT over the next 3 years and apply in 2023. I also have my EMT and will continue to volunteer with it. Does anyone have any advice or knowledge that can make these next 3-4 year more productive along with maximizing my chances of success? I also wonder if anyone has any insight on other science courses that could be taken online and recognized as GPA boosters?
Thanks in advance!