I have sophomore standing at a community college right now - I have about 90 quarter credits, which translates to about 60 semester credits. A few events in the past few weeks have started to lead me to medical school potentially in the future. However...my cumulative GPA is 3.01 WITH repeated classes. I have no idea what my sGPA is, to be honest - probably not very pretty. I would like to go to an allopathic med school if at all possible, someday in the future.
My current plans are to get my ADN in nursing (duh) and work to support myself. Yeah, it's not typical, but my family life is hell and I need to get out of here/there and be dependent on myself sometime ASAP. Nursing is the quickest way to do that. Afterwards...I plan to get my bachelor's in something while completing pre-med requirements. I'm in Washington, so the only med school is UW. I admit I'm a bit clueless about all of this, so I just wanted to ask...
With a cGPA of barely 3.0 (2.94 w/o repeats), and a dismal science GPA (2.7, but As in my last five science/math classes), is there any hope for me to ever be able to get into an allopathic medschool? I plan to start volunteering 8hrs a week at two different places (hospital and another) and potentially may pick up a per-diem job as a CNA. I also plan to shadow a physician...what other kinds of "ECs" should I be looking for if this goes through at all?
Thanks all of you in advance, and I apologize for my cluelessness. I am currently working my way through a copy of "Med School Confidential", which has helped quite a bit - among surfing these forums.
My current plans are to get my ADN in nursing (duh) and work to support myself. Yeah, it's not typical, but my family life is hell and I need to get out of here/there and be dependent on myself sometime ASAP. Nursing is the quickest way to do that. Afterwards...I plan to get my bachelor's in something while completing pre-med requirements. I'm in Washington, so the only med school is UW. I admit I'm a bit clueless about all of this, so I just wanted to ask...
With a cGPA of barely 3.0 (2.94 w/o repeats), and a dismal science GPA (2.7, but As in my last five science/math classes), is there any hope for me to ever be able to get into an allopathic medschool? I plan to start volunteering 8hrs a week at two different places (hospital and another) and potentially may pick up a per-diem job as a CNA. I also plan to shadow a physician...what other kinds of "ECs" should I be looking for if this goes through at all?
Thanks all of you in advance, and I apologize for my cluelessness. I am currently working my way through a copy of "Med School Confidential", which has helped quite a bit - among surfing these forums.