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Hi everyone. Wall of text incoming. I am a senior at a top 20 Computer Science school. When I entered college, I was undecided between CS and Pre Med. For some reason, I got enchanted with all my ambitious peers who were shooting to work for top companies in the Silicon Valley, and so I just...

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Thank you for taking the time to read/respond to my post. I’ve thrown around the questions below to all of my friends and family for the past two years but am looking for advice from those who can speak from real experience. Here’s the deal- I’m 26 years old, I graduated from The Evergreen...

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Hi there, I am a long time reader, 1st time poster. I was hoping if you all could give me a little bit of advice? My dream is to become a medical doctor, and here is my situation: I am a 37 year old US military veteran who just graduated with a BS Microbiology degree (thank you Uncle Sam!). My...

Hello there, I am hoping to drink from the knowledge well of this website and ask about Med Schools who seriously consider applicants without the traditional pre-requisites. I am a BSN educated Nurse of 1.5 years with a little research experience, tons of volunteer work, and a GPA of ~3.69...

Hey guys, I tried looking through the forums for a post with my situation but couldn't quite find anything of use. So, here we go! I'm a 26 y/o and about 3 years removed from my bachelor's degree that didn't involve any of the science prereqs. I'm changing careers from teaching to medicine and...

Hello! This is my first thread on SDN, so I'm nervous... Please do bear with me I'm an American soon-to-be 29 year old living in Riga, Latvia. I decided relatively recently that I'd like to become a doctor, which was a radical 180 from my lifelong aversion to the study of science. Needless...

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I recently had to stop my research because my children needed me to be around more, which meant doing some major living situation rearrangements (they were previously living away from me during the week). Hopefully the break will be temporary and I can start again next semester after things have...

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Hey everyone, Can someone please take a look at my plan for classes and tell me what you think? The pre-health advisors at my school are less than helpful - I wish they had told me to take Chem 1 before Bio 1... :/ I recognize classes from school to school vary (and prof to prof for that...

Hello everyone, I am a 29 years old URM pre-med who is a degree-bearer and came back to school for a second undergrad (I am pursuing a second degree instead of post-bacc because original degree is from overseas) due to a dream of pursuing a career in Medicine. Here is the deal, however: I am...

Hey everyone! First of all, I want to thank all of you guys for the helpful advice over the past few months. In January, I plan on beginning my pre-requisites to apply for med school. I'll be taking my classes at UC Berkeley Extension while working full-time and volunteering. My...

I know there are more than several of us out there lurking on the forum that have below a 3.0 gpa. I thought it would be good idea for us to have our own support group/thread to support each other on our journey to repairing our low gpa's and gaining admission to med school. Many threads...

My current situation: I am currently working in a pretty large corporate Health IT company and am in a two year managerial rotational program. Needless, to say, I have always wanted to go into medicine, but also thought the business side of healthcare would be interesting, unfortunately it's...

Hi everyone, so basically I am a junior at a medium size private research university in the northeast. I have a really difficult decision to make and I need to make it soon and I was hoping I could get some advice from all of you. So basically I am currently a nursing student (I just...

Purpose for writing this WAMC: -NOTE: I am currently an applicant in the 2016 cycle. However, I am only applying to one MD state school this year and have good reasons for doing so. I have already interviewed at this school (it went well) and am hoping to get accepted there, making this post a...

Hey all, There was a thread about this a few years back, but my situation's a little different, so I thought I'd make a new post instead of bumping it. I am interviewing for a psychiatry residency in Hawaii in November, and I've read on these forums that if you're a low-maintenance person...

Of the list below, can you tell me what stands out most? socio-econoimic disadvantage due to my single mother becoming permanently disabled when I was 9. how we were treated because of this, how it has made me want to help disadvantaged and disabled I've been her caretaker since 2013 when she...

Hello all. I just wanted to get some feedback from the forums. I am a longtime lurker, and just decided to post now. I recently graduated with an Architectural Engineering degree. My cumulative gpa was just a hair over a 3.0. Recently events in my life have made me realize that I really want...

Hello everyone! So I've been lurking in the forum for a few weeks and have been wondering about online degrees as an older, non-trad student. I also emailed a couple of paid consultants (one of them was the former assistant director of admissions at a top 5 school). The majority opinion seems...

I have a somewhat unique situation- In high school I was placed in an accelerated program where you could earn college credits and high school credits at the same time by attending a community college. The problem was that, at the time, I was not mature enough for the freedom that college...

Hi everyone! I'm currently in my 5th year of undergrad (Psych major) and I am graduating in May 2016. It has definitely been a difficult road for me through undergrad. For the first three years of my undergrad career I was pre-med and took the required courses but did not finish- I dropped...