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Hi everybody - First post, forgive my ignorance. After being pre-med for my undergrad career, I decided to explore an alternate career path. I spent the last few years starting a career in business operations and management. I now want to apply in the 2018-2019 cycle to an (any) MD program in...

EDIT: POST MOVED to this link thanks to SDN'ers help: Non-trad, best way to prepare for next cycle?

Thank you all for taking the time to read this post and offer your advice and support. Am a 30yo non-traditional student. Completed most my pre-requisite courses about 10 years ago with the exception to organic chemistry and biochemistry last year (C & A respectively). My first mistake was...

I'm a nontraditional premed student (former music teacher) in my late twenties. I've been accepted to the University of Pittsburgh (College of General Studies) for the fall to complete the prerequisite courses I need to apply to medical school. However, I'm currently taking two prerequisites...

Hi everyone, I need some advice on my next plan of action. I am graduating this spring with a degree in chemistry and at this time I have an overall GPA of 2.96. This is unfortunate because I know it's not representative of what I know. When I went back to college at age 23 I had the I just...

Hi SDN, I decided that I was going to take a gap year after graduating to do a post bacc and then apply for medical school because I want to increase my undergrad gpa. However, with this plan I will have a year gone to waste just applying. I was thinking that instead I could do a post bacc...

Hey everyone, Trying out SDN since I have no one else to really talk to about this stuff... I graduated college 5 years ago, was premed and somehow got through with mediocre science grades, but now I really don't remember a lot of it. Recently applied to a few post-bacs that didn't require...

Hi! Would really love to hear some outside opinions on this. Feeling very unclear from my vantage... I should mention that I'm a non-traditional student and that I can work in either country. UCSF Pros: +California +Near my husband's family and friends +Great school with a lot of prestige...

Hi! I have until Thursday to decide between UCSF and Cornell, money and location aside, are there any compelling reasons that would lead you to definitively pick one over the other? Thanks so much for your thoughts!

Hello everyone! Here is my deal: I started college as per usual in 2013, although... I started at art college. I did two years there, transferred home for a year to do art at our state school, went back to the first art school this past fall for two more quarters, and then decided to transfer...

Hello All! This is my first post so I did my best to locate a thread before I posted but could not find anything. Let me know if this subject is located on another thread! So I was a collegiate football player and honestly only went to college because of this fact but was later injured and...

Let me start off by saying that I have read the past threads. However, they are a little outdated and I am not sure if things have changed since then. Also, I have more questions. Let me start off by saying that I applied for the voc reha online, TWICE. I applied in February and received no...

So I graduated in December 2015 from a University of California with a B.S. in Exercise Biology. Admittedly, I didn't have much of a direction and perhaps wasn't as motivated in regards to academics as I should have been. I finished with a cumulative uGPA of 3.32 and I estimate my sGPA to be...

My plans have recently changed and I am looking for some insight or advice. My husband and I are now seriously considering having a baby during my 20 month gap between graduating undergrad and starting medical school. He is in a field unrelated to medicine and is an extraordinarily supportive...

Hello all first time poster, long time lurker. I'm currently a LPN in the SouthEast I honestly do not know where to get started on this long road ahead of me. I will have all my prerequisites completed to gain entry to LPN to ADN program this summer. I basically do not have any of the science...

Hi all, I took the MCAT in the summer of 2014 with full intentions of applying in the 2015 application cycle, but life happened and here I am gearing up for the 2018 cycle. I have some general questions regarding retaking the MCAT and how it will look to medical schools considering that my old...

Hello, I will be a 2017 Spring Graduate with a B.A. in Music and Minor in Psychology. I have a 3.6 GPA, a full tuition ride through undergraduate, good leadership roles, plenty of general volunteer hours and tons extracurricular activities, but no science prerequisites. I have read the general...

Hey would someone be willing to look over and help me condense my personal statement? I'm a nontraditional student and I really want to make my personal statement as convincing as possible. I considered hiring a consultant but was told SDN forums are more helpful. I have a very first draft...

Hi there! I am a US citizen married to an NZ citizen who is currently doing his own PhD here in the US. I've been thinking about pursuing medicine for a while and have made some steps down that path: I finished my undergrad degree in philosophy in 2013, now work as a research assistant in a...

Hi all, I know that this has been a topic of conversation before, but the answers I have been looking at don't seem to fit my situation (in my opinion - I may be totally wrong, if so please point me in the right direction as I may have been looking in the wrong place). I have wanted to be a...

Hi! I have a 15-20 min. interview required for a school assignment. I personally do not know anyone in the medical profession and would like an interview.

Thought I would share this here in case it's helpful to anyone: https://www.reddit.com/r/premed/comments/5xcgmv/a_nonexhaustive_list_of_schools_that_will_accept/ I feel that there is an overwhelming consensus that the second semester of organic chemistry is required for admission to medical...

I'm a non-traditional application. 3.38 undergraduate, 3.1 science, 4.0 Masters (Health Care Administration), 501 MCAT, Teacher for 3 years, thousands of hours of health care experience as an student athletic trainer, hundreds of volunteer hours, etc. I have 3 Q drops on my transcript from...

I am a nontraditional applicant that will be beginning the application process in the fall. As an undergrad pre-med student I was diagnosed with Type-1 Diabetes. My grades took a slight hit after my diagnosis due to working full time and taking classes while trying to get my life back to normal...

Hello everyone, I am a nontraditional applicant- I graduated three years ago with a b.s. in biochem. I have worked in chemistry labs for two years (environmental and forensics). I now work as a research associate at Vanderbilt University. I am in the process of studying for the MCAT. My...

I would love to hear about the experience of some older students in medical school, particularly if there are not many other older students at your school. I'll be applying this spring and should I get accepted anywhere, I'll be 31 when I start. The info I have about the schools I'm applying...

Hello everyone, New to SDN. I've tried to search through SDN for questions/applicants similar to mine, and haven't found many that fit well. If there are threads that I'm missing please let me know! My main question is probably the most popular here - what is the best path to med school for...

Hi everyone, I have completed a double major degree in Psychology and History in 2015, Bogazici University, Turkey. Because of the curriculum of my degrees I was not able to complete any chemistry, organic chem, physics of biology classes (so no pre-med preparation). I am willing to apply to...

Hello friends! I'm new here, and I've never been the type of person to post on forums, but I genuinely feel very lost right now and would appreciate any input from folks who are pre-med / have gone through the med school application process. My story in short: I'm Canadian and I went to an Ivy...

Hello, I am 28 years old. Working as a mechanical engineer at a decent company in Ohio. I make 85K and get 3 weeks of vacation, etc. Im single. I have lately become tired of the engineering world. The work I do is not too bad. However, I believe I have reached my career peak unless I move into...

Hello everyone! I just wanted to start this forum for all of us applying this cycle.

Hey, SND Fam, I'm new to the website and I finally figured out how to post a new thread. I have posted these questions elsewhere and have gotten some stellar responses and advice. I deleted most of my posts but the responses are still up. I'm still seeking advice and I hope that this helps...

Hi, I would appreciate any help/feedback with my timeline. I'm 27 years old and graduated undergrad a few years ago with a BS in Comp Sci. Before I graduated, I finished all of the pre-med classes but I didn't take the MCAT. The plan was to work for 1 year while studying for the MCAT and then...

Hi, I am a Senior graduating a year early and I did not do so well during undergrad. I am looking for a post bac program that has a bridge program to a medical school either DO or MD. Mainly a program that will enhance my GPA and possible has an MCAT prep course in the program. My overall...

Hey there, Maybe someone can help me. I'm a no traditional student set on applying to medical school for the class entering in the fall of 2018. I'm currently working on a second bachelors and studying for the mcat-hoping to take in march of 2017. After taking the mcat and the spring I'll...

Hi all - I know there are several posts in this vein - I feel insane but can't shake the desire to be a doctor and I'd love your feedback. I'm 31. I did not get to go to college after high school - junior year I discovered my mother never registered me for a social security number (and...

I am currently studying my final ye ar of pharmacy in India. I desperately want to get into medical school. what should i do? Do i take a masters degree or a post bacc before i take mcat. Any experienced people please advise.

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Hi Everyone, Just started the UCLA extension pre-medical and general science studies certificate this fall (2016). I feel a little lost and I am quite new to the area. I haven't met anyone doing this certificate program in my classes so far. This program is also not as structured as I thought...

Hi Everyone, Just started the UCLA extension pre-medical and general science studies certificate this fall (2016). I feel a little lost and I am quite new to the area. I haven't met anyone doing this certificate program in my classes so far. This program is also not as structured as I thought...