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Hey all,
This is my first post here, so to start off I'd like to hope that you all had/are having a great day . Unforunately, my first year and a half at college was very rough, and even more unfortunately, it showed in my grades. I used to be a computer science major (honors) and I was always good at toughing through the work, but I just didn't care enough about the material and things fell through. It wasn't until spring of sophomore year I looked into going into medicine, and I found that the material and field really clicked with me. Anyway, here are my stats, but I'll be the first one to say that they are quite unimpressive as they stand now:
3.0~ GPA
2.9 BCPM
MCAT - not taken yet
Volunteer Hours - 250+ hospital hours. TA experience in both Biology 2 and Anatomy&Physiology
I plan on adding shadowing a doctor, more volunteer hours, research, two more years worth of classes (a good handful of which will be added to BCPM, as I haven't taken physics yet, or orgo & the lab), service in Honduras, and I'm looking to see how I can take more leadership roles.
Going to be a senior next semester but I'm staying an extra year (so I've got two years left). The last year is where I spend all of my classes in the campus hospital as a health science major (Stony Brook U).
I realize that trying to go to med school, at least the regular way, is quite a bit of a stretch. I don't have as much under my belt as most people. I'm not going to make excuses for myself, but I am going to say that I really want to do this and truly believe that if given the chance, I can make it. I was formerly considering being a P.A. But I want to know what are my chances? Perhaps it is too early to say - of course, an MCAT score would help a lot. However, I am also strongly considering Caribbean Schools, SMP, or anything else, really, to get to where I want to be.
I've gotten an F in Calculus 3 (thanks for that comp sci major) and am looking to see if I can retake it. C+ in Chem 1 was my worst grade in sciences. A-'s or above in all Bio and its lab courses. Even took Mammalian Physiology and got an A-.
I guess I'm not only asking "what are my chances," but in addition to that, "what do you think about my situation?"/"what advice would you give me?"
Thank you all in advance.
This is my first post here, so to start off I'd like to hope that you all had/are having a great day . Unforunately, my first year and a half at college was very rough, and even more unfortunately, it showed in my grades. I used to be a computer science major (honors) and I was always good at toughing through the work, but I just didn't care enough about the material and things fell through. It wasn't until spring of sophomore year I looked into going into medicine, and I found that the material and field really clicked with me. Anyway, here are my stats, but I'll be the first one to say that they are quite unimpressive as they stand now:
3.0~ GPA
2.9 BCPM
MCAT - not taken yet
Volunteer Hours - 250+ hospital hours. TA experience in both Biology 2 and Anatomy&Physiology
I plan on adding shadowing a doctor, more volunteer hours, research, two more years worth of classes (a good handful of which will be added to BCPM, as I haven't taken physics yet, or orgo & the lab), service in Honduras, and I'm looking to see how I can take more leadership roles.
Going to be a senior next semester but I'm staying an extra year (so I've got two years left). The last year is where I spend all of my classes in the campus hospital as a health science major (Stony Brook U).
I realize that trying to go to med school, at least the regular way, is quite a bit of a stretch. I don't have as much under my belt as most people. I'm not going to make excuses for myself, but I am going to say that I really want to do this and truly believe that if given the chance, I can make it. I was formerly considering being a P.A. But I want to know what are my chances? Perhaps it is too early to say - of course, an MCAT score would help a lot. However, I am also strongly considering Caribbean Schools, SMP, or anything else, really, to get to where I want to be.
I've gotten an F in Calculus 3 (thanks for that comp sci major) and am looking to see if I can retake it. C+ in Chem 1 was my worst grade in sciences. A-'s or above in all Bio and its lab courses. Even took Mammalian Physiology and got an A-.
I guess I'm not only asking "what are my chances," but in addition to that, "what do you think about my situation?"/"what advice would you give me?"
Thank you all in advance.
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