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[ppushpak]

Great job on the reinvention on your GPA. Keep it up and kick ass on the MCAT. Don't forget to make sure your application is round by volunteering, shadowing, and researching!

 

[chemdoctor]

Keep going man! Maybe try to get the sGPA above a 3.0 if you can just so you don’t get screened out. Do well on the MCAT sand you should be good for many DOs as well as some low-tier MDs (SMP May be needed for the latter)

 

[ppushpak]

If you are okay with DO, I think you could potentially even apply this upcoming cycle. Albeit a little late, after your MCAT score comes in.

 

[Goro]

Hi everyone,

2018 grad here. I'm finishing a DIY postbacc soon this year (30+ credits) and if all goes well, will have a ~3.9 for the year (mix of A-, A, A+'s). It was mostly science classes that I needed to retake (Got C- or D+ in undergrad) and upper-division coursework.

Thank you so much to @Goro and his post: Goro's advice for pre-meds who need reinvention !!
It helped me decide on what to do last year after college.

My overall grade trend looks like:

2014-2016: ~2.5 cgpa, ~1.9 sgpa (all semesters were below 3.0 cgpa)
2016-2017, 2017-2018: 3.7, 3.4
Undergrad Total (2014-2018): ~3.1 cgpa, 2.5 sgpa
Postbacc (30+ credits): ~3.9 cgpa/sgpa
Combined overall: ~3.2 cgpa, 2.9 sgpa (might go over 3.0 if I can get a couple classes approved as BCPM coursework, but I'd rather be safe)

I plan to take a few more classes the coming year while starting full-time work to safely get over the 3.0 mark for sgpa at the minimum and raise it to a 3.1 while aiming to raise cgpa to a 3.3 cgpa. This would put me at overall ~50 credits of postbacc work. Would this be seen as decent repair by medical schools (either DO or MD)? I aim to take the MCAT this summer (I wanted to focus on my classes during my postbacc first) and was thinking about applying in the 2020 cycle.

Thank you so much!

You're doing great!!!!!

 

[Goro]

Thank you so much @Goro and also for your original post in guiding me! Would you think it be necessary for me to additionally do an SMP before I shoot my shot in the 2020 cycle? I want to save some money and start working but I also understand this is my time to try to show schools my repair. I'd be grateful to study anywhere so DO / MD would not be of concern to me.

You're I think that with your post-bac, you're fine.