med school chances?

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    Considering med school, possible interest in academic medicine and psychiatry

    27 year old female, career-changer ORM CA resident Stats: overall gpa (ug + post-bacc) : 3.5 sgpa (ug + post-bacc): 3.3 post-bacc gpa: 3.5 post-bacc sgpa: 3.4 top 10 public undergrad w/ non STEM major - cgpa 3.4, sgpa: 3.25 haven't taken MCAT yet, practice MCAT score is not stellar: 500 -...
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    What are my chances of getting into MD, or MD/Phd program?

    Chemistry Major BCM Gpa 3.59 AO GPA: 3.88 I haven't taken the MCAT but what would be a good score for such GPA? I have one more year before I apply to medical school and I'm hoping to raise both GPA's by then. I have over +200 Hrs of volunteer work +3 Years of research ( working on my 3rd...
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    Psychiatry vs Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Route - Seeking Advice

    I'm having a lot of difficulty deciding whether I should pursue a career in Psychiatry (MD) or become a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (MHNP). Background: I'm 27 years old and have extensive background/publications in mental health research at various prestigious universities. I'd always...
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    Retaking courses at different university but online

    Hello, So I had some ouches in my sGPA and was wondering how do med school look at courses retaken at a different university? I found Oregan State University and some others that offers chem courses and bio courses online. I really need to retake gen chem; however, my UC school doesn't allow...
  5. wizarddoc2213

    3.7/511... FINAL SCHOOL LIST HELP

    Hi! I'm trying to finalize my list of schools to apply to this cycle... just looking for some advice/honest critique of my school list. 3.7 GPA (Biology major with Chemistry minor, Honors in Chemistry, science GPA is roughly the same as cum GPA) MCAT= 511 (86th percentile). Breakdown of...
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    How to improve my chances and fix my mistakes.

    Hello! This is my first time posting here and I was hoping you guys could give me some advice/input to help my predicament. So basically I'd like some advice on how I could recover from a low GPA after struggling through my junior year of university. I'm afraid that the damage might already be...
  7. Shay-

    Engineering

    Hi ! I'm a Montrealer and I just finished 2 years of Cegep in Health Sciences at Marianopolis so I basically have my pre-requisites for med school. However, I did not do good so I have no choice but to do undergrad. I'll be doing my UG in Civil Engineering at Concordia (it's my back up plan). I...
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    MD How do my credentials for applying to med school look?

    Hello all. I am needing some advice and/or constructive criticism on how I look so far for applying to med school? I switched my major the end of my freshman year so I am a year behind. So far, my GPA is 3.2, it has been rising since my sophomore year, I did not understand how to study for...
  9. jpaulmakeyafall

    Please help. Not sure if I started off too poorly. Need advice!

    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...
  10. jpaulmakeyafall

    Is this a bad start? Please help. Need advice!

    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...
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    Question about med school application

    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...
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    Low GPA/ High MCAT advice

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    Recovering from bad first semester (3.1 GPA)

    Hello, I am new to these forums so please bear with me as I write my first post on my situation. Before my spring semester, I wanted to determine my problem areas that plagued me my first semester and recover properly. Here's my situation: I took 14 credits my first semester and received a 3.1...
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