med application

I retract my question, thanks for everyones help :)

So I understand this topic may have been talked about on SDN forums but I wanted to make sure based on my situation. I'm a nontraditional and I volunteered at this hospital in high school about 7 years ago. I got around 50 hours from that. Fast forward to now, I finished college and I just...

I audited a class at another school and the grade I received technically did not count toward my GPA at my base school because my base school does not accept outside credits. I had a family emergency and had to drop the class thereby giving me a W. Will med schools factor in and/or care about...

Hey guys! So I am a white female and a Florida resident who has taken the mcat twice and received scores of a 495 both times. I am taking my mcat a week from now and expect to apply to all florida schools. I would like a 510 as I have been taking a Kaplan mcat course with tutoring for 6 months...

Hello, I am confused and do not know what my next steps should be. I have made so many mistakes on my journey to be a doctor, partly due to lack of knowledge and guidance. Here are my stats if anyone can tell me what to do next. I know my MCAT needs work and I am preparing to find a tutor, but...

GPA 3.93 MCAT 506 C/P: 26 CARS: 23 BIO: 27 Pysch: 30 White, California The rest of my application is pretty solid in terms of leadership, clinical and non clinical volunteering. Should I retake the MCAT? and if not what would be my target schools?

Hey guys, I am actually really confused any i needed some sort of guidance if someone can help me. I got a bachelors and graduated in 2015 and i have been studying for my MCAT for the last year and i just got my grades back and i got a 480 on it. i have been meaning to apply to med school this...

Hi all, I am just coming to the end of my freshman year and I have had an extremely rough time. Just before school started I had mono which lasted most of the first semester, at the beginning of second semester I had to have my tonsils taken out, and now between April/May I have had two family...

Hey, so I am a 26 year old non-trad hispanic male. I have a 3.65 cGPA and a 3.9 sGPA. My MCAT is a 512. I am a father of three children, have about 100 hours of shadowing, and countless hours of tutoring for my school and privately. I also have about 50-100 volunteering hours, some pertaining to...

Hi guys - just sitting and pre-writing secondaries and just thought I would give this a shot. - cGPA - 3.55 sGPA - 3.45ish (maybe lower) - MCAT 517 - Texas residency - mixed - undergrad - washington university in st louis - clinical experience: i worked for a non profit hiv homeless rehab...

Hey Everyone! I asked a few people for LOR's and the ones I have narrowed it down to, are all very strong. Help me decide which I should use! Academic: -Ochem Professor -Sociology of Health Professor -Calculus Professor -Biochemistry Professor EC: -ER Doctor I scribe for -Neurologist I do...

Hi, I currently a student in grade 9, for all my life I have wanted to go to med school, and become a doctor. Not because of the benefits that come with it, but because I am just generally interested in how the human body works and I am fascinated about it. I really want to go to med school, but...

Hey guys, I'm looking for some advice. I knew I wanted to be a physician for a while, and I go to the 4th best community college in the country and they still have terrible health advisors that never told me how important A's and GPA were to getting into med school. Ive done some research and...

I am a senior in my last semester. At the moment I have a 3.0 gpa (upward trend). I haven't taken the MCAT yet but will be after studying over the summer. I have done research, volunteered, and shadowed. I know my GPA isn't great, but I want to apply. I'm hoping I do well on the MCAT. I plan on...

I have been a mess and I admit that, but I recently changed my ways and I have been working my butt off. Graduated HS in 2010, went to CC for financial reasons, graduated in 2014 and honestly regret it as I feel it was a waste of time, just spent 4 years trying different things, started at a...

So I am a TN resident and I know that Texas med schools have separate applications. Do Texas schools primarily accept in state students? As in if I have a competitive application, is it worth also applying to Texas schools and having to fill out the separate application?

What are some character traits that a medical student should possess?

Hi :). I have a question specifically about the addendum you can submit with explaining a lower GPA. I was thinking of talking about how I have a disability so that made it a lot more difficult for me. There's more to it, I also had to change my major from humanities to science focuses because...

So here are the facts: I'm a senior majoring in biochemistry. I always wanted to apply to med school but my hesitation is my GPA. Right now I have a 3.65 overall. The reason that it's so low is because I was originally majoring in biomedical engineering. Fall semester of my sophomore year, I...

School: The University of Texas at Austin Major: Biology 3rd year Background: Latino, 1st generation, low income cGPA: 3.21 sciGPA: 3.0 MCAT: taking it in Summer I have one semester left until I apply to med schools in TX. I am a first generation college student from a low-income family who...

I am a first generation college student from a low-income family who lives in south TX. I started off my first semester not even knowing basic chemistry due to my high school's lack of decent teachers... I've struggled a lot to adapt to college not only academically, but mentally. Ive also...

Hey guys! I'm currently a sophomore in college and had some doubts on when to take the MCAT. My pre-health adviser told me to start studying over winter break my junior year, then take an intensive course (i.e Kaplan or Princeton) over summer break and take it in July/August. She failed to...

My end goal here is to eventually end up in medical school at some point. As of now, I've been looking into different post-bacc programs, as I'm looking to graduate in May 2017 with probably around a 3.2 and maybe like a 2.9 science GPA. Im from the NYC area and every post bacc program I've...

I got a 4.0 (mix of A's and A+'s) first semester of freshman year, a 3.471 (B+'s and A's) second semester, and a 3.33 (B+) in the summer for a final cumulative gpa of 3.688 my first year of college. In my first semester of sophomore year, I'll end up with a C+ in bio 2 (A- in lab), a B in ochem...

I got Cs in gen chem I & II, a D in bio I and this semester I got a C in Ochem and Bio II. Do I have any chance, my gpa is at a 2.3 right now. Help me please, do I drop pre-med, I don't have a chance?

Hello ! I've been on my journey to med school for quite some time; and fortunately, medical schools in my area accept online pre-req. my heart is Stanford, however, I'm open to which medical school accepts me and have broaden my horizons to going after DO and not just MD. Does anyone know of any...

So... anyone know anything about Canadian medical schools? Like how to apply (from the US), which to apply to, admissions and like any and all pertinent information? Just asking for a friend ahahahahaha (cries internally). -This may or may not have been inspired by recent events.

I'm currently taking a gap year (or two) and applying to medical school in June 2017 for admission in the Fall of 2018. I am a full-time researcher at a top 5 medical university and am looking to supplement my extracurriculars. I have a 3.95 cGPA and 3.996 sGPA and a 517 MCAT (130, 129, 130...

This is a long post but thank you for your time! My current GPA is 3.67 with an MCAT score of 510. :) Freshman Year: Leadership Program (ELP) Revelle Programming Board Research Summer Intern Sophomore Year: Varsity Rowing Team Hospital Volunteer Revelle Programming Board Shadowed an oncologist...

This is a long post but thank you for your time! My current GPA is 3.67 with an MCAT score of 31. :) Freshman Year: Leadership Program (ELP) Revelle Programming Board Research Summer Intern Sophomore Year: Varsity Rowing Team Hospital Volunteer Revelle Programming Board Shadowed an oncologist...

Hello everyone! This is my first post on SDN. I'm just curious what you think my chances are for medical school.. I have been an active duty medic in the army for 4 years now. I have a BA in psychology, an AA in general science and an AAS in paramedicine. I am a certified paramedic through the...

So I'm in the AFROTC program at my university. I want to go to medical school, but I wanted to serve my four year commitment before hand. I'm currently a biology major, and hoping to work as a laboratory technician or scientist of some sort. Would I be at a disadvantage going to medical school...

I love science and I find myself understanding the material clearly, but my science GPA in college is pretty bad. Here's how: In my 1st semester of freshmen year I took nursing courses (I've always wanted to become a physician, I went into nursing because I got accepted immediately into my...

I am in the middle of my med school applications and just got back a disappointing MCAT. I got a 498. 122 on chem/phys, 124 on bio, 124 on psych and 128 on c/r. My gpa is a 3.5 and I'm an emt with a background in reporting and community health outreach. I want to say I'm a good candidate besides...

So I screwed up and did really bad in some of my classes. I made the mistake of doing a business major and pre-med and the dual degrees just screwed me over. I have 4 D's, 2 F's and 3 W's on my transcript. Im just a sophomore right now. Should I give up my path to applying to med school? Should...

Here are my stats: cgpa: 3.26, sgpa: 3 I'm an international student, studying my undergrad in biology here and graduating in 3 weeks. Since it's hard to foreign students to get into med school, I applied to pharmacy school and I already got accepted for fall. but i don't wanna regret that i...