My school is trying to force me to graduate. help!

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My premed advisor made me to fill out degree application and it is submitted. They were saying that the school is not going to let me register for classes because I am a senior with 134 credits and fulfilled every course requirement. But I think this is a lie because I heard the same thing back in Spring 2010.

If I graduate, then I cannot get anymore premed advising, recommendation saving service, writing help from english department (for personal statement correction), library privileges and gym. What should I do? I also wanted to take some upper bio classes to increase the number of my As in upper bio.
 
Hire a premed advisor, sign up for interfolio, find a HS English teacher for hire to review your essays, get a public library card, join a gym. All in all the cost of the above should be less than tuition/fees. Oh, and get a job. Time to launch yourself into the real world. And all that will be more impressive than getting more As in upper level Bio courses.
 
The premed advising at my school, including PS and CV revising, is open to alumni as well. You should check if it is at your school too.
 
LizzyM said:
Hire a premed advisor, sign up for interfolio, find a HS English teacher for hire to review your essays, get a public library card, join a gym. All in all the cost of the above should be less than tuition/fees. Oh, and get a job. Time to launch yourself into the real world. And all that will be more impressive than getting more As in upper level Bio courses.
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hilarious. I thought OP needed to take more classes or something, but he just wants support, lol.

I bet your premed advisor won't cut you off either. Ive never heard of a college that won't let its alumni in the library. you may have to pay for the gym now, but u can probably still sign up.
 
goldnuts13 said:
The premed advising at my school, including PS and CV revising, is open to alumni as well. You should check if it is at your school too.
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Hopefully this is true for my school. Then why would I stay? no.
 
You can usually graduate and then still register for classes next semester like nothing happened. At least I did at my school and I graduated with 161 credit hours. If they don't let you do this i would be really surprised. What university doesn't want to take your tuition?
 
Heed LizzyM's advice. Is your premed advisor really that big of a help? Mine were always friendly and able to answer a few logistic questions, but it was honestly never anything that I couldn't find out on SDN or through some google research. There are also a lot of other sources (family, friends, members of this board, etc.) who can review your PS, even if you don't want to hire outside help. Have your letters uploaded directly to AMCAS by your writers if you don't want to mess with interfolio...it's extremely simple. You can also probably find a gym for <$20/mo, or a free/nominal fee community rec center somewhere.

I've never heard of anyone trying to pay tuition and refusing to graduate just for the 'perks'. Why do you want to take more upper-division courses? Is it a GPA issue, or just out of interest?
 
its whats normally called a victory lap esp where i am from
 
Lizzy I somewhat question your point that having a real job will be more impressive than more upper biology A's. That's definitely not what we see in the application process as a student. The student with a higher GPA and more A's in classes are frequently taken instead of the student with a lower GPA but worked for a year or two after college.

With that said, I do agree with you that the services school provides can be obtained at a fraction of the cost of tuition.
 
with 132 credits, any additional As will make a miniscule impact on gpa and gpa is 9/10th of what the adcom will look at. Maturity is a big deal and having a year of work experience, particularly in a lab, clinical research or patient care setting is going to be helpful.
 
If you are in a public college, its time to get out to make room for others behind you (and get off the tax payer's dime). Good for them!
 
I believe he's made his decision, but if still in doubt you should definitely graduate.
 
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