Advice on Path Going Forward - Possible?

[rorte]

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[Goro]

You have a lot of damage to overcome and first, you'll need to get all pre-reqs out of the way. Re-taking F/D/C grade science classes will do wonders for your GPA via AACOMAS's grade replacement policy for applications to DO programs, but not for MD programs, which avgs all good and bad grades.

Once you get the pre-reqs out of the way, the best thing if you really want the MD degree is to do the SMP, ideally one given at a medical school. They're a dime a dozen, so do your research on which one to pick. A good numder are a year in length and mimic a medical school curriculum. In essence, they're the back-door into medical school, provided you do well in one, and ditto for taking the MCAT.

Hello all - I am new here at the SDN and do appreciate the wealth of information that I have been able to browse through over the past months. I, much like so many individuals with similar stories that have made their way to this forum, have very low odds of overcoming my past. However, after several months of thinking about my plan going forward, I wanted to seek outside opinion from a knowledgable population.

I currently work in a neurology research lab, have presented research at the American Academy of Neurology as both platform and poster presentation, have journal articles in-review on which I have contributed as co-author, and if all goes according to plan I will be first author on at least one article submission in the coming months. I have an MS in Statistics and my overall graduate gpa is 3.55 (3.48 MS & two additional A's in Epi: My MS was Mathematical Statistics, not Biostat), and an undergraduate gpa of about 2.8. I understand that the mistakes that I made academically may very well haunt me going forward. I am now very motivated and driven and I cannot deny that I want to be a physician. As a result, I must at least make an effort to see if it is at all possible.

I do not mind the route, DO school would be just as fine with me as MD, although Caribbean is not as appealing. My boss who is a neurologist has suggested that I consider medical school, though they do not know my past academic short-comings and I am not comfortable discussing it with them. I would first need to complete a post-bac to either retake courses or take them for the first time (finished Bio 1 & 2 w/ A's, Chem 1 & 2 w/ C's). I am curious whether or not I would be considered eligible for a post-bacc program and whether a post-bac would be worth my time, since it may not be possible to overcome my past. I live in the NYC area and it would need to be somewhat near.

Any help/advice that you can provide would be wonderful. The truth, however blunt, is also welcome. Many thanks!

 

[rorte]

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[bgbg22]

I am sorry guys, kinda new here as well, but what is an SMP?