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ok...I'd love to hear some opinions about my situation...
I moved to NYC @ 18 to pursue a dance career...attended a musical theater conservatory for a year...decided that it wasn't the life for me...waited tables for a year before starting college...
I am now finishing my sophomore year in college, 60 credits, 4.0, state school. I have taken a variety of courses the past two years, trying to figure out what the @#&* I want to do with my life. A few months ago I started exploring health professions on a whim and to my surprise I realized I would love to be doctor (I know that must sound so...[insert adjective here], but there has been a lot of soul searching going on).
Here's the problem: I really want to apply next year. I will have to take ALL my pre-reqs this year (the only science classes I've taken are astronomy, honors geology, and non-science major chem) and probably wouldn't be ready for the mcats until AUG. ('03). I have no ec's or volunteer work from the past two years (only an honors program, part-time restaurant jobs, and four years of tons of volunteer work at a children's theater in highschool), so I will start exploring those this year. Plus, I really want to major in sociology (I had been headed that way), but these pre-reqs will push the bulk of my major classes to my senior year. My question is...will the adcoms take me seriously if I crammed this all into a year and three months???
Will they care that I'll still have half my major to go??
Would it be better just to take my time and wait two years to apply???
Has anyone else been in this situation???
Whew...I know I'll figure this out, but I would really appreciate some advice if you have some to give.
thanks a million in advance.
scamp
I moved to NYC @ 18 to pursue a dance career...attended a musical theater conservatory for a year...decided that it wasn't the life for me...waited tables for a year before starting college...
I am now finishing my sophomore year in college, 60 credits, 4.0, state school. I have taken a variety of courses the past two years, trying to figure out what the @#&* I want to do with my life. A few months ago I started exploring health professions on a whim and to my surprise I realized I would love to be doctor (I know that must sound so...[insert adjective here], but there has been a lot of soul searching going on).
Here's the problem: I really want to apply next year. I will have to take ALL my pre-reqs this year (the only science classes I've taken are astronomy, honors geology, and non-science major chem) and probably wouldn't be ready for the mcats until AUG. ('03). I have no ec's or volunteer work from the past two years (only an honors program, part-time restaurant jobs, and four years of tons of volunteer work at a children's theater in highschool), so I will start exploring those this year. Plus, I really want to major in sociology (I had been headed that way), but these pre-reqs will push the bulk of my major classes to my senior year. My question is...will the adcoms take me seriously if I crammed this all into a year and three months???
Will they care that I'll still have half my major to go??
Would it be better just to take my time and wait two years to apply???
Has anyone else been in this situation???
Whew...I know I'll figure this out, but I would really appreciate some advice if you have some to give.
thanks a million in advance.
scamp