Hi,
I am currently starting my senior year at a UC campus. Im looking to figure out what my options are. Currently not in a great place to be applying to med school at the end of my senior year but perhaps the year after. Here are my stats:
Physiology and Neuroscience major
cGPA 3.05
sGPA 3.0
Major GPA/upper div requirement classes: 3.5 (includes physiology 1-2, endocrinology, genetics, ochem 1-3)
I have about 100 hours of volunteer in hospital (will work on this year more)
I have about 200 hours of research for school credits over two quarters (no pubs only credits for school)
Involved in two social orgs on campus
So next year obviously I have to get straight As but this will only put me at 3.2-3.3 cGPA. Im going to be taking lots of hard upper div science classes and have been prepping for the MCAT this summer. I plan to take the MCAT in January this school year and again in Spring if necessary.
I want to know what I have the option to do next in order to help me get into med school. Is my only chance to get into a postbac first? if so which ones would u suggest for me? Do i have a chance at doing a postbac?
Also forgot to ask about a possible dilemma I have. I took calculus freshman year and in the third quarter i got a C-. Do i Have to retake a math course with c-? This is one grade that has held my GPA down a bit. I also have taken a quarter of stats, also did fine in calc for quarter 1 and 2. My school does not allow retakes of courses unless you failed them so I wouldn't really know what to do if I needed a better grade then c-.
thank you for your advice!
I am currently starting my senior year at a UC campus. Im looking to figure out what my options are. Currently not in a great place to be applying to med school at the end of my senior year but perhaps the year after. Here are my stats:
Physiology and Neuroscience major
cGPA 3.05
sGPA 3.0
Major GPA/upper div requirement classes: 3.5 (includes physiology 1-2, endocrinology, genetics, ochem 1-3)
I have about 100 hours of volunteer in hospital (will work on this year more)
I have about 200 hours of research for school credits over two quarters (no pubs only credits for school)
Involved in two social orgs on campus
So next year obviously I have to get straight As but this will only put me at 3.2-3.3 cGPA. Im going to be taking lots of hard upper div science classes and have been prepping for the MCAT this summer. I plan to take the MCAT in January this school year and again in Spring if necessary.
I want to know what I have the option to do next in order to help me get into med school. Is my only chance to get into a postbac first? if so which ones would u suggest for me? Do i have a chance at doing a postbac?
Also forgot to ask about a possible dilemma I have. I took calculus freshman year and in the third quarter i got a C-. Do i Have to retake a math course with c-? This is one grade that has held my GPA down a bit. I also have taken a quarter of stats, also did fine in calc for quarter 1 and 2. My school does not allow retakes of courses unless you failed them so I wouldn't really know what to do if I needed a better grade then c-.
thank you for your advice!
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