Anyone get any MD acceptances with a 3.4 SMP GPA or between a 3.4-3.5 SMP GPA?

[Tennis Guy]

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Hey everybody,
So, I just wanted to see, if anybody on here got an MD acceptance with a 3.4 SMP GPA or between a 3.4-3.5 SMP GPA? If so, what medical schools and how was the rest of your app? Thank you all for your time, assistance, and insight..... it is greatly appreciated!!!!! ..... 🙂

 

[Tennis Guy]

Anybody?

 

[Goro]

SDNers who report MD accepts after successful reinvention tend to have SMP GPAs > 3.7. I would not be sanguine given your numbers for MD, unless you live in a lucky state.

You're fine for DO

 

[label]

I know people from the SMP who had a 3.4 and got accepted this year. They had MCAT scores above 512 and did not have horrible undergrad GPA's. I think it really depends on how low your undergrad GPA is.

Personally, I had ~3.4-3.5 SMP GPA but graduated summa cum laude and had a few other graduate level courses which brought my graduate GPA up to 3.7.

 

[mwsapphire]

I know people from the SMP who had a 3.4 and got accepted this year. They had MCAT scores above 512 and did not have horrible undergrad GPA's. I think it really depends on how low your undergrad GPA is.

Personally, I had ~3.4-3.5 SMP GPA but graduated summa cum laude and had a few other graduate level courses which brought my graduate GPA up to 3.7.

Uhm. Was that a career changer SMP? I hope it was.

 

[Epyon]

Uhm. Was that a career changer SMP? I hope it was.

lol right ? some people just dump 70K + down the drain like its nothing!

 

[Rachapkis]

If you have good ECs and a high MCAT, a 3.4 GPA is by no means the kiss of death.

 

[label]

Uhm. Was that a career changer SMP? I hope it was.

lol right ? some people just dump 70K + down the drain like its nothing!

I had cancer during undergrad which greatly affected my AMCAS GPA. Obviously, I was able to retake the courses and still graduate SCL but AMCAS doesn't do grade replacement.

My reasons are personal and I'd appreciate it if you took your demeaning attitude down a bit.
Also, there is nothing wrong with furthering your education with a master's if that's what someone wants.

 

[Konkurro]

I had cancer during undergrad which greatly affected my AMCAS GPA. Obviously, I was able to retake the courses and still graduate SCL but AMCAS doesn't do grade replacement.

My reasons are personal and I'd appreciate it if you took your demeaning attitude down a bit.
Also, there is nothing wrong with furthering your education with a master's if that's what someone wants.

While he did come off as demeaning he probs didn't expect you to say you had cancer. Congrats on your acceptance, I can't imagine going through what you must've at such an early stage of life. It'll undoubtedly help you become a great clinician tho!

 

[label]

While he did come off as demeaning he probs didn't expect you to say you had cancer. Congrats on your acceptance, I can't imagine going through what you must've at such an early stage of life. It'll undoubtedly help you become a great clinician tho!

Thank you for your kind words. It’s greatly appreciated .

However that’s the thing, a physician will *never* know the life story of patients. You have no idea what other people are going through or have gone through. That’s why it’s important to treat everyone with respect and dignity.

As much as we’d like to believe a medical history chart tells us everything we need to know, it really doesn’t.

You’d think that on a forum for people aspiring to be physicians that mindset of respect would carry over...

Anywaaaayy, sorry for the lecture. I’ll go back to silently lurking lol.

 

[Konkurro]

Thank you for your kind words. It’s greatly appreciated .

However that’s the thing, a physician will *never* know the life story of patients. You have no idea what other people are going through or have gone through. That’s why it’s important to treat everyone with respect and dignity.

As much as we’d like to believe a medical history chart tells us everything we need to know, it really doesn’t.

You’d think that on a forum for people aspiring to be physicians that mindset of respect would carry over...

Anywaaaayy, sorry for the lecture. I’ll go back to silently lurking lol.

Lol don't be sorry, I appreciate your perspective
Thanks for sharing

 

[mwsapphire]

I had cancer during undergrad which greatly affected my AMCAS GPA. Obviously, I was able to retake the courses and still graduate SCL but AMCAS doesn't do grade replacement.

My reasons are personal and I'd appreciate it if you took your demeaning attitude down a bit.
Also, there is nothing wrong with furthering your education with a master's if that's what someone wants.

I'm sorry- I didnt mean to come across that way. Emotions are difficult to transfer over the electrons.
I thought you had a kickass UGRAD/AMCAS GPA and chose to do an SMP anyway, in which case I assumed it was a career changer. ( because doing an SMP with a 3.8+ AMCAS Sci GPA is something I've never seen someone do). I didn't realize you meant that your AMCAS GPA was still messed up- I assumed that was high as well. I'm sorry if I came across as demeaning.

Edit: I just realized I may not have been the user you were referring to - I wasn't the one who made the 70K+ comment.

 

[Premedemerp]

Anyone else??

 

[BigPremedGuy]

While he did come off as demeaning he probs didn't expect you to say you had cancer. Congrats on your acceptance, I can't imagine going through what you must've at such an early stage of life. It'll undoubtedly help you become a great clinician tho!

In general I think there's a huge attitude on this site of 'you're an idiot, because I wouldn't do this'. I thought that original post here was a bit rude "lol some people just throw away 70k", etc. considering they had no clue about OP's life. There's plenty of things that can occur in someones life that can explain decisions that people on threads here will put you down for.

edit: of course I'm not saying you or anyone on this thread was necessarily rude, but there is a somewhat hostile context in some threads were things like that can be perceived that way.

 

[Winged Scapula]

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