premed advising

Hi all, I have completed three co-ops at my engineering undergrad which are essentially a semester-long internship of working full time and getting paid. I have worked on three different medical device startups doing research and development. I have been involved in publications made by some...

How do I deal with a professor that keeps pushing me to do research when I really want to do medicine? Anytime I bring up a medical career (PA, genetic counselor, MD) he immediately shuts me down and points me towards being a lab tech or some similar job. It makes me feel like he thinks I can't...

Hi everyone! I was blessed to have one acceptance from that one interview that I have received in this cycle. I am extremely grateful and am living in absolute bliss. As much as I am enjoying this unbelievable event in my life, I have been making sure to see if I have anything I should complete...

Having read a lot of pessimism in the last few weeks, I thought I would throw some statistics as a confidence boost to anyone who needs them: Something a lot of SDNers need to hear is that the average for those who are actually competitive (>506 MCAT and >3.6 GPA) the average acceptance...

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Hi! Seeking advice from anybody kind / generous enough to help a girl out. I intend to apply to med school this fall, but my science GPA is low, like a 3.19, and I've a 3.48 cumulative (from a pretty good school though,Berkeley). I did a Masters in an ethics program at HarvardMed (3.9). My...

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Greetings! After some serious research about the FIU HWCOM Graduate Certificate in Molecular and Biomedical Sciences program, I finally found a thread on personal experiences with FIU and their programs. But I am still having some difficulties regarding what decision would be best for me, so I...

I'm planning on studying from January up until the June 1st MCAT. Scores would be released on July 2nd. I think I want to give myself more time to study but I'm worried about applying too late. Would a July MCAT with an August release date be too late? Is applying in August too late? If my...

So im a first semester Freshman Pre Med and just started Winter Break. In terms of how the last semester went, one could say that the semester could have gone a lot better. My grades as of now look to be: a B- in General Chem 1, a A in Chem Lab 1, An C-/D+ in Biology 1, a C in Bio Lab, a B+ in...

I feel like this comes up a lot on these sorts of forums but I'm a MD-PhD hopeful at a university ranked 100-125 and I bombed my first semester, making only a 3.44. I only took STEM classes and I'm very involved in a research lab, and hoping to get an REU for the summer. From what I've heard you...

hey so I’m at a four year school right now on a dance and academic scholarship, but I want to be a pre med and I can’t really do that at this school and keep my scholarship for dance. I was going to go back to a cc and take classes to transfer to a four year because it would be cheaper. Will Med...

*I'm still new to using SDN and this may be placed incorrectly if so just correct it* At my undergrad institution in Biology we offer General Bio 110 (for Science/Pre meds: ) but we don't have a set class for the second Biology requirement, would Genetics with lab cover the 1 year of Bio...

So I am deciding whether or not I should apply to MD schools in the upcoming cycle Stats and EC: 3.16 sci GPA with 3.34 cum GPA (Double Major in Biology and Dance) , URM (African American Woman), 2.5 years scribing ( 6 months in ED and 2 years in OB/Internal medicine office), 1 yr clinical...

Hi again! I was wondering how do top tier schools view undergrads taking courses such as english, calculus, and history at community colleges or during the summer?

Hi everyone. Right now I'm projected to end my 1st semester of freshman year with a 3.5 gpa. I was struggling to find good study habits and it impacted my grades (any tips?). I know I still have 2nd semester to improve my overrall freshman gpa (striving to maintain all A's to bounce back) but...

Hello all! I need some help/advice on the way ADCOMS at med schools view sGPA over cGPA. I have a 3.75 sGPA and a 3.55 cGPA, reason being I did not start taking any Pre-med/science classes until my sophomore year as I was not sure what I wanted to major in my Freshman year along with that I also...

What are my chances to get into a DO program? What programs would accept me? Or should I apply to post bacc/ or masters program? I have a 2.88 GPA. BS in Human Biology. I have not taken the MCAT (January 2019). I am 26yrs Female African American. I have well over 2000 hours of clinical...

Good afternoon everybody! My name is Ivan I am a senior graduating from University of Central Florida this December with a biomedical science degree my goal is to become a MD/DO. I wanted to ask for your opinions; I am planning after graduation joining the Navy reserves or Air Force, and while...

Hello, I am a nontraditional student looking to apply to medical school in the coming years. I was originally undecided after highschool and decided to attend a local state university part time while I explored my options. After three semesters I withdrew. I completed 32 credits with an...

So I am currently a sophomore who transferred to another university. A lot of my credits didn’t transfer/I didn’t do well in a couple of classes so I’m in as a true “first year” for this year. So, I’m in my second year of college but I’m actually a first year at this point because of credit...

Hello all! Thanks in advance for reading.. Just looking for some advice on what to do during my second gap year. I am a First time applicant, currently waiting for some love from the ‘18-‘19 cycle. I graduated last year and spent that time retaking the MCAT and getting clinical experience as a...

Hello all, I have a question on the path I am having to take to get to medical school. I am an adult student and had to start college at 24 instead of 18 years old. I started my collegiate career at a community college in my home state. I received mostly A’s and B’s but I did not finish...

So my ultimate goal is to be a surgeon, however, I want to double major in nutrition while doing my undergrad so that by the time I start med school I will already have a stable job that can pull me through financially. Is it possible to have a job like that and go to med school? How...

Good evening, everyone! I wanted to know how competitive I am as a medical school applicant, and I wanted to hear different opinions and views. Please feel free to comment and voice your thoughts. I don't really have a lot of people around me to discuss or get evaluated(?) from, so I would love...

Question for people in or looking to be in the medical field with family orientated mindsets: I’m at the point in my education where I’m supposed to be choosing between medical, physician assistant, and nursing school but my big issue is: I’m stumped, especially since I’m beginning to enter the...

Hi all, So I graduated high school in 2017 with a good GPA, and enrolled at a community college for the fall of 2017 online. I did not complete my first semester of community college and essentially failed (I should not have done it online; this was my fault as I managed my time poorly)...

Hello Everyone! I found out from the AAMC website that I could get assigned a prehealth advisor. And after sending the email I got assigned one which I thought was great! After a couple of missed emails and missed phone calls, I spoke with my "advisor" for 15mn A little about me: I...

Hi everyone, I’m planning to apply to MD/DO school for the fall 2019 cycle. Is taking the MCAT on September 1st too late even though the scores will release on October 2nd? I’m taking it so late because I’ve no other choice since my practice tests scores are not looking good at this time.

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Hi everyone, I'm a rising second year at UVA and I have a tough decision to make before the school year begins. I have all of the necessary classes needed to declare either a neuroscience major or a biology major, with the exception of one course for the neuroscience major and 2 semesters of gen...

As a pre-med, I'm doing some research on different specialties that interest me (I know specialties shouldn't be my main focus right now but I enjoy looking into different future career possibilities) and one field that I keep going back to is neurology. Neurology seems like a fascinating area...

hello! I’m going to be a sophomore at IUB this upcoming fall and I’m wondering if taking molecular bio, orgo 1, and physics 1 w/ lab is doable. I’m a transfer student so the campus will be new to me and I’ll be off campus having to manage time with my lady friend, cooking, gym, and personal...

Hello! Medical school is something that I think has always been in the back of my mind but, for some reason, I never pursued it. I'm very non-traditional...I was homeschooled, took a gap year to work then started college without a career plan. I've always admired med students and pre med is...

Hello everyone, I graduated from FDU with a BS/MS in 2016 with a combined GPA of 3.05. I've manually calculated my uGPA as 2.98 and my gGPA as 3.24, however, I might've done it wrong. I will recalculate it. Took my MCAT in 2017 with little to no preparation and scored a 488. I know that with...

Hello all, I've been planning on applying to a 1 year SMP for the fall semester with my MCAT score, but unfortunately I didn't do as well as I hoped. They have an option to apply for spring semester which will probably start in January and end in December. If I apply to medical schools in the...

Hey guys. I’m reapplying for DO schools this year. I rolled over my application from last year. I did not retake my MCAT as I was happy with my first score so my MCAT score from last year is on my current DO application. Do I need to resend that same score again to AACOMAS so they can see a...

Hello! I'm an incoming freshman and I was wondering how college placement tests work and do they affect your science GPA. Backround: I scored 650+ on my SAT Math score. This allows me to skip Math 1B (Pre-Calc) and automatically places me Math 2A (Single Variable Calculus) Now depending on my...

Hello there, The reason I titled this as an unique case of premed is because I am not the average undergrad and I haven’t seen posts about my situation. I graduated High school this past May with my AA degree from Broward College in Florida. My college GPA is currently 3.93. I wanted to stay...

Hey Everyone! It's been a long time, hope you are all doing well. I wrote a forum on the nontraditional section, but go no response as of today, so I thought that I might try writing one on this forum, since, from my personal opinion, a lot of pre-meds know much more about the process. I am...