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I'm in the fifth year of undergrad, I have a "Science" major with a Legal/Public Policy specialty. My plan was to go to law school but, without delving into it, I don't want to anymore and I'm looking at medical school.
My GPA is pretty abysmal, it's 2.5 and my sGPA hovers around there as well. Most of it is due to screwing up my first two years fairly, fairly badly; it's been an uphill climb since then and I've been doing much better. Aside from my GPA, I have solid GRE scores and an average LSAT. I have (in my opinion) a great resume...for someone going to law school. A lot of extracurricular involvement, two policy fellowships, interning, etc. But no science research/medical-related shadowing.
I have all of my medical school pre-reqs except for organic chemistry. I was slated to graduate this semester but I may end up dropping the Calc II course I'm taking online through a different school, leaving me one course short, meaning I'd need to bang it out over the summer.
So now for the advice part: What, in your opinion, is my best overall strategy for becoming competitive for DO schools or the lower-tier med schools (including islands)?
Right now, I have two general plans in my head and I'm going to discuss them Monday with my advisor:
1) Graduate now or over the summer, and get into a post-bacc/SMP for the Fall. I've been applying to a bunch, but for a lot of them I'm simply not qualified. I've also been looking at more general grad programs (physiology/microbiology etc). Not sure what my chances are of getting any of them considering my sGPA.
2) Stay in school. Change my major or double major in my medical area of interest (I'm looking at osteopathic psychiatry so a BS in Psych) and bring up the GPA. Find out how long this would take. Find some research to do. Take the MCAT and apply down the road.
Thoughts?
Edit: MCAT
My GPA is pretty abysmal, it's 2.5 and my sGPA hovers around there as well. Most of it is due to screwing up my first two years fairly, fairly badly; it's been an uphill climb since then and I've been doing much better. Aside from my GPA, I have solid GRE scores and an average LSAT. I have (in my opinion) a great resume...for someone going to law school. A lot of extracurricular involvement, two policy fellowships, interning, etc. But no science research/medical-related shadowing.
I have all of my medical school pre-reqs except for organic chemistry. I was slated to graduate this semester but I may end up dropping the Calc II course I'm taking online through a different school, leaving me one course short, meaning I'd need to bang it out over the summer.
So now for the advice part: What, in your opinion, is my best overall strategy for becoming competitive for DO schools or the lower-tier med schools (including islands)?
Right now, I have two general plans in my head and I'm going to discuss them Monday with my advisor:
1) Graduate now or over the summer, and get into a post-bacc/SMP for the Fall. I've been applying to a bunch, but for a lot of them I'm simply not qualified. I've also been looking at more general grad programs (physiology/microbiology etc). Not sure what my chances are of getting any of them considering my sGPA.
2) Stay in school. Change my major or double major in my medical area of interest (I'm looking at osteopathic psychiatry so a BS in Psych) and bring up the GPA. Find out how long this would take. Find some research to do. Take the MCAT and apply down the road.
Thoughts?
Edit: MCAT
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