Hi, maybe someone can help me out here. My situation is as follows:
I finished all my pre-med courses and majored in psych and minored in public health. i am currently a grad student finishing my master's of public health at UW (seattle). I have been working in the ER for the past 5 years, did psychology research as an undergrad, was a peer health educator, and am part of a popualtion health forum on campus. I have also been working extensively in the with the Public Health Department on my thesis project. Here's the issue though...my grades are horrible. Well not bad, but horrible by medical school standards. I graduted with a 3.2, but my grad schools grades are pretty decent. my science GPA is what pulled my overall GPA down and this is a bad thing. i have not taken the MCATs yet but hopefully a good score can be helpful due to my poor GPA.
So my question is...are there any options for me? I think I have some really great extra curricular things happening for me and I've really become involved with the community, but i know the one thing that will haunt me in the application process is the GPA...
What do think...any hope for an MPH student that wants to go into primary care?
C
I finished all my pre-med courses and majored in psych and minored in public health. i am currently a grad student finishing my master's of public health at UW (seattle). I have been working in the ER for the past 5 years, did psychology research as an undergrad, was a peer health educator, and am part of a popualtion health forum on campus. I have also been working extensively in the with the Public Health Department on my thesis project. Here's the issue though...my grades are horrible. Well not bad, but horrible by medical school standards. I graduted with a 3.2, but my grad schools grades are pretty decent. my science GPA is what pulled my overall GPA down and this is a bad thing. i have not taken the MCATs yet but hopefully a good score can be helpful due to my poor GPA.
So my question is...are there any options for me? I think I have some really great extra curricular things happening for me and I've really become involved with the community, but i know the one thing that will haunt me in the application process is the GPA...
What do think...any hope for an MPH student that wants to go into primary care?
C