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Pretty sure that in neither case would these count toward your undergrad GPA.Hi everyone, I have recently graduated from my undergraduate with the intention of taking a gap year to build up my extracurriculars. However, receiving my grades for my final classes has made me begin to wonder if I should consider a post-bacc.
Here's my stats for academia:
Biology and Psychology Double Major
1st year sGPA and cGPA: 4.00/4.00
2nd year sGPA and cGPA: 3.82/3.83
3rd year: 3.18/3.15
4th year: 3.03/3.21
Final cGPA: 3.53
Final sGPA: 3.61
I am worried that the downward trend in my GPA will be a problem in the future. I will be taking the MCAT in January (then again in March if necessary) and I intend to apply in the 2022 application cycle. I have read previous posts that are similar to my situation and your advice for them has been reinvention via diy post-baccs or SMP. The only difference in my situation is that I am in the final steps of being accepted into an Americorp program. Considering the time commitment that the Americorp program will have, I am seeking advice on if a master/post-bacc/SMP would be beneficial for my application.
If you do think that a postgraduate program would be beneficial, what are your thoughts on an online masters in medical sciences with a biopsychology specialization versus a more common in-person masters in biomedical science? I am more interested in the online masters because of my undergraduate background, but the only 2 of the 12 courses fall under the BCPM category that we use for undergraduate. The in-person program's courses all fall under that BCPM however enrolling would require me to pass on the opportunity to do Americorp. Thank you for any advice you may have.
Americorp is a great opportunity, and if you were intending to use it as your primary clinical experience then I think you should keep it. And if you apply broadly and include DO, I think you can get it. But if you're really aiming for MD then a strong MCAT and possibly at least a semester of DIY post-bacc might be helpful.