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Hi all,
I am a 4th year Biological Sciences major at the University of Chicago, and I am (almost) set to graduate come this June. I am set on going to medical school, and I really need to know what my chances are and the best options I can take to reconcile for my poor GPA.
As hard as this is for me, I'm just going to lay it all on the table:
I have a 1.92 Science GPA (for 52 hours) and currently a 2.33 cumulative GPA. It has honestly been a long and hard road over these past four years and I'm not sure how it got to this point. I need advice on how to proceed after this and some steps I can take after I graduate to improve my GPA and increase my chances. The good news (I think) is that I have not taken the MCAT yet, so I still have a chance to do really well on that.
In terms of extracurriculars, I was a very active student during the first 3 years, in various Student Organizations (medically and non-medically related), did a summer volunteering for Health Leads, amongst other things, but don't have a substantial amount of shadowing hours, nor have taken part in any kind of research. I am willing to do anything I can to get into med school at this point, so any advice would be helpful!
Doing a post-bac program has been the clear option for me. However, I applied to a post-bac program and wasn't accepted because it was a one year program and I would have only been able to take 22 hours of science classes, and they insisted I wouldn't have been able to bring my GPA up to around a 3.0 in their 1 year program. I am still keeping my hopes up, however, and am applying to a few more.
I am currently enrolled in 4 science classes now, so there is also hope to bring my cumulative and science GPAs up a little before I graduate. I am very optimistic right now, but I know its going to be a lot of hard work just to reach the minimum requirements!
Thanks for your help in advance; I really need it!
I am a 4th year Biological Sciences major at the University of Chicago, and I am (almost) set to graduate come this June. I am set on going to medical school, and I really need to know what my chances are and the best options I can take to reconcile for my poor GPA.
As hard as this is for me, I'm just going to lay it all on the table:
I have a 1.92 Science GPA (for 52 hours) and currently a 2.33 cumulative GPA. It has honestly been a long and hard road over these past four years and I'm not sure how it got to this point. I need advice on how to proceed after this and some steps I can take after I graduate to improve my GPA and increase my chances. The good news (I think) is that I have not taken the MCAT yet, so I still have a chance to do really well on that.
In terms of extracurriculars, I was a very active student during the first 3 years, in various Student Organizations (medically and non-medically related), did a summer volunteering for Health Leads, amongst other things, but don't have a substantial amount of shadowing hours, nor have taken part in any kind of research. I am willing to do anything I can to get into med school at this point, so any advice would be helpful!
Doing a post-bac program has been the clear option for me. However, I applied to a post-bac program and wasn't accepted because it was a one year program and I would have only been able to take 22 hours of science classes, and they insisted I wouldn't have been able to bring my GPA up to around a 3.0 in their 1 year program. I am still keeping my hopes up, however, and am applying to a few more.
I am currently enrolled in 4 science classes now, so there is also hope to bring my cumulative and science GPAs up a little before I graduate. I am very optimistic right now, but I know its going to be a lot of hard work just to reach the minimum requirements!
Thanks for your help in advance; I really need it!