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I wouldn't do a post bacc, spend that time and really kill the MCAT if you haven't already. I did a post bacc as a non-trad only because I needed the prerequisites, not for GPA repair. Anything over 3.6 is kind of just splittings hair at that point. I think you'll be fine as long as the rest of your app is solid.
 
bent1993 said:
I wouldn't do a post bacc, spend that time and really kill the MCAT if you haven't already. I did a post bacc as a non-trad only because I needed the prerequisites, not for GPA repair. Anything over 3.6 is kind of just splittings hair at that point. I think you'll be fine as long as the rest of your app is solid.
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Right! I think their concern is the sGPA, which I get is low, but I'm currently dedicating months to full-time mcat-ing haha and have been getting high FL scores but unfortunately the committee won't take mcat into account
 
AShap said:
Right! I think their concern is the sGPA, which I get is low, but I'm currently dedicating months to full-time mcat-ing haha and have been getting high FL scores but unfortunately the committee won't take mcat into account
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You don't absolutely need a committee letter. It helps, but if they want you to spend more thousands on an SMP then you can look into different letter requirements from the schools you are interested in. Many state they want either a committee letter or X amount of letters. Start talking to physicians you've shadowed/professors and begin collecting the individual letters instead if it comes down to the committee not wanting to recommend you.
 
A 3.7 is the average GPA for MD matriculants so I also feel that you don't need to waste money on a postbacc/SMP. However, it might look bad if your school offers a committee letter and you didn't use it.. Several of the schools I applied to accept both committee and individual letters, but the committee letter is preferred if the school has a premed committee. Is there no way you can explain your reasoning to your advisors? Is it required to follow their advice to get the committee letter?
 
It’s all going to depend on your mcat. If you kill the mcat then post bacc isn’t worth it. If you get an mcat that is too low for md but okay for do then don’t do a post bacc either. It’s if you have a borderline md score that you need the gpa boost/prove yourself to get there.
 
samosamosa said:
A 3.7 is the average GPA for MD matriculants so I also feel that you don't need to waste money on a postbacc/SMP. However, it might look bad if your school offers a committee letter and you didn't use it.. Several of the schools I applied to accept both committee and individual letters, but the committee letter is preferred if the school has a premed committee. Is there no way you can explain your reasoning to your advisors? Is it required to follow their advice to get the committee letter?
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I think some schools require a committee letter if the undergrad has a pre med committee. Best to check with your top choices to be sure.
 
AShap said:
Advisors are giving me a headache but I have to keep meeting w them as per our prehealth committee letter app requirements. Graduated with a little over a 3.7/3.5 c/s (graduated a yr early but last 40-45ish creds are straight A's including upper level sciences) and they said because I'm on the verge of having a shot with MD, to do a postbacc or consider SMP.

At this point I just need a response to them bc I do need to be on good terms / seem like I'm following their advice for the sake of my committee rec
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The smart thing is not to listen to your advisor. The road to medical school is littered with the festering corpses of students who did and found out that the information they'd been given was lousy. The wise LizzyM
 
Goro said:
The smart thing is not to listen to your advisor. The road to medical school is littered with the festering corpses of students who did and found out that the information they'd been given was lousy. The wise LizzyM
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You had me at "festering." 🤣
 
Goro said:
The smart thing is not to listen to your advisor. The road to medical school is littered with the festering corpses of students who did and found out that the information they'd been given was lousy. The wise LizzyM
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I feel like this is pretty accurate. My advisors tried having me take calc 2 and said it was required and an abundance of other non necessary classes. Fact of the matter is a lot of the advisors do not know didly squat.
 
AShap said:
Right, my concern is just how to convince them of that. They refused to even believe that math is included in md sgpa lol.

They told my friend once to get wet lab research (friend had clinical pubs already and a great app) and he didn't think he had time / the need for it so he didn't. At his meeting with the prehealth committee they basically said if you don't do what you're advised to, it will show up negatively in your letter.

I'm as anti-advisor as the next person but the fact is it may be a bad look for the letter so it's better to try to get through to them
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get them accounts on at sdn
 
Jewbacastein said:
I am starting to wonder if the Carribean might be good for someone like me. I am very good academically and my ability to self-study for MCAT & SAT and be in the high 90 percentiles. If no US MD/DO will take a chance on me why would it be disastrous? Isn't Ross and SGU only a death trap for students that don't have the chops for medical school to begin with? I am just really scared that no one is going to give me a chance to show them what I got. MCAT 516 , DIY transcript repair 70 credits at 3.89. Someone dissuade me please, I just want to be a doctor so bad lol. I am okay with FM, but would like a shot at EM, is the Carib a death sentence even for someone like me?
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The Carib would be bad because med students who make bad choices ended up doing badly in med school...because they keep on making bad choices.

The odds of you being a Carib doctor are about 25-50%.

So, extract head out of rectum, please.
 
Jewbacastein said:
I am starting to wonder if the Carribean might be good for someone like me. I am very good academically and my ability to self-study for MCAT & SAT and be in the high 90 percentiles. If no US MD/DO will take a chance on me why would it be disastrous? Isn't Ross and SGU only a death trap for students that don't have the chops for medical school to begin with? I am just really scared that no one is going to give me a chance to show them what I got. MCAT 516 , DIY transcript repair 70 credits at 3.89. Someone dissuade me please, I just want to be a doctor so bad lol. I am okay with FM, but would like a shot at EM, is the Carib a death sentence even for someone like me?
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I do not think you should go to the Caribbean. You have reinvented yourself. Only reason you wont get any DO love is if you have raped, killed, or been involved in any type of heinous crime.

Edit: Or there is some other crazy red flag that we do not know.
 
Jewbacastein said:
I have a DUI and a MIP, both 13 years ago and neither had any victims (not that I couldn't have killed someone with my stupidity. It might be a bigger nail in my coffin than I think. I still have yet to hear from 40 schools it is just hard not to panic when you have a kid and you feel like a deadbeat. Also basically my first cycle as I have only applied to my state school complete in mid Oct. both times.
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I have no knowledge as to how this will affect you. I know there are individuals that have gained acceptance with a DUI but I am unsure of what a MIP is.....
 
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