3.3ish GPA

[TheBoneDoctah]

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SDN:

I am a 25 year old UCLA neuroscience grad with a 3.3ish GPA (Don't know the exact number because I haven't been verified yet). I transferred to UCLA from a community college where I butchered my GPA because my goal was NOT to become a doctor. After I found my passion, my GPA rose and I got accepted into UCLA where I got my degree.

I am going to be applying next cycle and am taking the MCAT in January. I have been studying for it already and was going to take the MCAT September 12th, however I am not ready and decided I am going to void the exam. I was scoring around 30 on practice AAMC tests.

I am shooting for 35 on the MCAT in January. I was scoring 11's on sciences, but my verbal was low (6-8). If I can get my verbal up to 10 and my sciences to 12, I know I can score the 35.

What are my chances at a MD school if I do get 34-35 on the MCAT in January and write a really good personal statement. I will be applying June 1st to as many schools as possible.

Here are my ECs:

-4 years volunteer at a surgery center
-2 years volunteer at a company that offers reconstructive surgery to underprivileged children (which I will continue until I apply next year)
-2 years working in an Alzheimer's research lab performing stains on brain slides
-few months volunteer in radiology department aiding the rad techs
-tons of shadowing (family medicine, anesthesia, surgery)
- In the next year before I apply I am also going to be getting a job doing research
- I also am going to shadow more doctors (radiology, EM hopefully)
-Good LORs

I know I do have a 3.3 and that is holding me down. However, a big part of my low GPA is because of classes that I took at the community college that "don't matter." For example, high school level english courses that I got "C" in. A government class that I got an "F" and a "D" in. I know that they are on my transcript, but I hope that they school will see my upward trend and that I got myself on track and into UCLA.

Please let me know what you think. Thank you so much!

 

[Catalystik]

SDN:

I am a 25 year old UCLA neuroscience grad with a 3.3ish GPA (Don't know the exact number because I haven't been verified yet). I transferred to UCLA from a community college where I butchered my GPA because my goal was NOT to become a doctor. After I found my passion, my GPA rose and I got accepted into UCLA where I got my degree.

I am going to be applying next cycle and am taking the MCAT in January. I have been studying for it already and was going to take the MCAT September 12th, however I am not ready and decided I am going to void the exam. I was scoring around 30 on practice AAMC tests.

I am shooting for 35 on the MCAT in January. I was scoring 11's on sciences, but my verbal was low (6-8). If I can get my verbal up to 10 and my sciences to 12, I know I can score the 35.

What are my chances at a MD school if I do get 34-35 on the MCAT in January and write a really good personal statement. I will be applying June 1st to as many schools as possible.

Here are my ECs:

-4 years volunteer at a surgery center
-2 years volunteer at a company that offers reconstructive surgery to underprivileged children (which I will continue until I apply next year)
-2 years working in an Alzheimer's research lab performing stains on brain slides
-few months volunteer in radiology department aiding the rad techs
-tons of shadowing (family medicine, anesthesia, surgery)
- In the next year before I apply I am also going to be getting a job doing research
- I also am going to shadow more doctors (radiology, EM hopefully)
-Good LORs

I know I do have a 3.3 and that is holding me down. However, a big part of my low GPA is because of classes that I took at the community college that "don't matter." For example, high school level english courses that I got "C" in. A government class that I got an "F" and a "D" in. I know that they are on my transcript, but I hope that they school will see my upward trend and that I got myself on track and into UCLA.

Please let me know what you think. Thank you so much!

What is your BCPM GPA? What was your UCLA-only cGPA? What upper-level Bio/Biochem did you take?

Chances at an MD acceptance for all those applying with a 3.3/35 were about 56% over the last three years. A particularly high sGPA and steep upward grade trend would moderate those odds upward.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

What is your BCPM GPA? What was your UCLA-only cGPA? What upper-level Bio/Biochem did you take?

Chances at an MD acceptance for all those applying with a 3.3/35 were about 56% over the last three years. A particularly high sGPA and steep upward grade trend would moderate those odds upward.

My Ucla GPA was about 3.4. My science GPA is probably around 3.4 as well. I took biochemistry at ucla as well as many upper division neuroscience classes that I would think would
Count as upper division bio.

 

[Catalystik]

What grades did you earn in the upper-division Bio and how many credit hours did you earn in them?

 

[Goro]

I do not know if UCLA rewards reinvention and will pay more attention to your last two years, but a cGPA of 3.3 is in the bottom 10th %ile of their acceptees (and they usually have something outstanding to crow about, or a large donation check). I suggest that you aim instead for the lowest of the low tier MD programs, and any DO school.

SDN:

I am a 25 year old UCLA neuroscience grad with a 3.3ish GPA (Don't know the exact number because I haven't been verified yet). I transferred to UCLA from a community college where I butchered my GPA because my goal was NOT to become a doctor. After I found my passion, my GPA rose and I got accepted into UCLA where I got my degree.

I am going to be applying next cycle and am taking the MCAT in January. I have been studying for it already and was going to take the MCAT September 12th, however I am not ready and decided I am going to void the exam. I was scoring around 30 on practice AAMC tests.

I am shooting for 35 on the MCAT in January. I was scoring 11's on sciences, but my verbal was low (6-8). If I can get my verbal up to 10 and my sciences to 12, I know I can score the 35.

What are my chances at a MD school if I do get 34-35 on the MCAT in January and write a really good personal statement. I will be applying June 1st to as many schools as possible.

Here are my ECs:

-4 years volunteer at a surgery center
-2 years volunteer at a company that offers reconstructive surgery to underprivileged children (which I will continue until I apply next year)
-2 years working in an Alzheimer's research lab performing stains on brain slides
-few months volunteer in radiology department aiding the rad techs
-tons of shadowing (family medicine, anesthesia, surgery)
- In the next year before I apply I am also going to be getting a job doing research
- I also am going to shadow more doctors (radiology, EM hopefully)
-Good LORs

I know I do have a 3.3 and that is holding me down. However, a big part of my low GPA is because of classes that I took at the community college that "don't matter." For example, high school level english courses that I got "C" in. A government class that I got an "F" and a "D" in. I know that they are on my transcript, but I hope that they school will see my upward trend and that I got myself on track and into UCLA.

Please let me know what you think. Thank you so much!

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

I do not know if UCLA rewards reinvention and will pay more attention to your last two years, but a cGPA of 3.3 is in the bottom 10th %ile of their acceptees (and they usually have something outstanding to crow about, or a large donation check). I suggest that you aim instead for the lowest of the low tier MD programs, and any DO school.

I'm not trying to get into Ucla. I just want to get into ANY MD school.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

Anyone else?