Hi all,
So I am taking the MCATs early this spring and applying this coming summer. My cGPA in college (new england lib arts school) was 3.39, but my sGPA was 3.51.
*updated* the title with the AMCAS GPA calculations (woo better?).
My GPA would be a fair bit higher if it were not for my first semester of college, where it was abysmally low (2.6ish?). I can partially explain this in that I had literally missed my last 18 months of high school with severe post concussion syndrome (think 24/7 migraines that never went away), so realistically I hadn't actually taken a real class in nearly 2 years... no APs... I just wasn't mentally ready for college at that point, but things clearly improved, so thats good. My final 3 semesters nothing was below an A-, which included multiple high level science courses. I've also been taking two semesters of graduate level statistic courses since graduating, which I've been doing very well in, though that won't factor into my undergrad GPA.
Since graduating ('09) I've worked in a research lab at Dartmouth med school, and should have a first author publication by the time my applications are submitted. So I'll be 24/25 when applying to schools.
During college I volunteered for a summer in an emergency department, and then for a semester at a psychiatric facility. I also volunteered with the local fire department as an EMT for a year. I also have some surgery/GE shadowing experience.
MCAT practice test wise I've been scoring ~30-31 (with little studying thus far).
I don't have unreal expectations of applying to Harvard or anything like that, but with the background story, and assuming a decent MCAT, do people think I have a reasonable expectancy to get into an MD program somewhere?
Cheers,
Nick
So I am taking the MCATs early this spring and applying this coming summer. My cGPA in college (new england lib arts school) was 3.39, but my sGPA was 3.51.
*updated* the title with the AMCAS GPA calculations (woo better?).
My GPA would be a fair bit higher if it were not for my first semester of college, where it was abysmally low (2.6ish?). I can partially explain this in that I had literally missed my last 18 months of high school with severe post concussion syndrome (think 24/7 migraines that never went away), so realistically I hadn't actually taken a real class in nearly 2 years... no APs... I just wasn't mentally ready for college at that point, but things clearly improved, so thats good. My final 3 semesters nothing was below an A-, which included multiple high level science courses. I've also been taking two semesters of graduate level statistic courses since graduating, which I've been doing very well in, though that won't factor into my undergrad GPA.
Since graduating ('09) I've worked in a research lab at Dartmouth med school, and should have a first author publication by the time my applications are submitted. So I'll be 24/25 when applying to schools.
During college I volunteered for a summer in an emergency department, and then for a semester at a psychiatric facility. I also volunteered with the local fire department as an EMT for a year. I also have some surgery/GE shadowing experience.
MCAT practice test wise I've been scoring ~30-31 (with little studying thus far).
I don't have unreal expectations of applying to Harvard or anything like that, but with the background story, and assuming a decent MCAT, do people think I have a reasonable expectancy to get into an MD program somewhere?
Cheers,
Nick
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