CONGRATULATIONS
@MajorUnderDog !! I read your story as a visitor before I decided to make an account.
This is my first post since I signed up for SDN a little over a week ago. I always viewed this site as a visitor from time-to-time but once I found this thread and read so many amazing stories like Major's, I knew I had to sign up. Everyone in this thread is so motivating and I love reading all of your success stories. After signing up for SDN, I couldn't relocate this thread and it took me to now to find it again.
A little about me:
first in my family to attend college
2 years undergrad at a private catholic school as a chemistry (ACS) major (wanted to go into research, only applied there when I was a senior in high school because I didn't think I was smart enough for college, received a scholarship for grades which was ironic)
was on the NCAA D1 cross country team for one semester as a walk-on athlete (I trained for 2 years straight and had a time trial to find my place on the team)
joined the military (reserves), really wanted to give back and serve my country so I enlisted as a medical laboratory technician (training took about 16 months total)
moved to Ohio to work as an MLT while going to school part-time to finish my degree, (currently working full time nights to support my gf, 3 cats, and my family though I do not live in the same state as them, most senior tech on shift)
cGPA: ~2.8 - 2.9
sGPA: ~2.8 - 2.9
I have about 2 more years of schooling left and have to retake physics because I struggled with it at first. I'll be taking the MCAT next spring after I retake physics. I'm starting research this spring and will be volunteering at hospice weekly to provide support and care to patients and the veterans there. I'm hoping to post in 2 years from now an acceptance into medical school and can hopefully help others to have their dreams become their realities.
Thank you for reading my post and wish you all success in all that you do.