Hi all-
I am kind of an odd duck here, as I am currently in a BSN program (I am a junior), hoping to apply to med school once I graduate.
Here are my stats:
GPA: 3.72
I have not taken the MCAT yet, and will more than likely take later in 2010.
School activities: I was a resident assistant for one year, and currently on the exec board for my student nurses association, and will be VP of said board next year.
Volunteer experience: During the summer I volunteer at a camp for children/adults who are cognitively disabled. At the camp we do music therapy, and I help with basic tasks for the campers (minor treatments, toileting, transfering, and 1:1 supervision).
Health care experience: I have been all over the board here. I have worked in assisted living, skilled nursing, a neurosurgery floor (in the largest hospital in my state), and currently work as an ED tech/unit secretary. Overall it is about 4 years of healthcare experience (full time during the summer, and every other weekend during the school year).
I still need to finish some pre-req's (2 more chem classes, a physics and calculus class) but I feel pretty confident in this because I am pretty strong in my science classes.
Anyway, do I even have a chance? And do you think it will hurt me that I am applying with a nursing degree?
Just an FYI, I had always wanted to be a doctor... I got one C+ in my honors biochem class in high school, and I let it get me discouraged. Now that I have started to work in the hospital/ED, I have realized that I prefer the role of the MD as opposed to the RN. I love nursing, and have the utmost respect for nurses, but I feel as if my heart is in medicine. You only live once, so why not follow your dreams, right?
Thanks for all of your help!
Kelly R.
I am kind of an odd duck here, as I am currently in a BSN program (I am a junior), hoping to apply to med school once I graduate.
Here are my stats:
GPA: 3.72
I have not taken the MCAT yet, and will more than likely take later in 2010.
School activities: I was a resident assistant for one year, and currently on the exec board for my student nurses association, and will be VP of said board next year.
Volunteer experience: During the summer I volunteer at a camp for children/adults who are cognitively disabled. At the camp we do music therapy, and I help with basic tasks for the campers (minor treatments, toileting, transfering, and 1:1 supervision).
Health care experience: I have been all over the board here. I have worked in assisted living, skilled nursing, a neurosurgery floor (in the largest hospital in my state), and currently work as an ED tech/unit secretary. Overall it is about 4 years of healthcare experience (full time during the summer, and every other weekend during the school year).
I still need to finish some pre-req's (2 more chem classes, a physics and calculus class) but I feel pretty confident in this because I am pretty strong in my science classes.
Anyway, do I even have a chance? And do you think it will hurt me that I am applying with a nursing degree?
Just an FYI, I had always wanted to be a doctor... I got one C+ in my honors biochem class in high school, and I let it get me discouraged. Now that I have started to work in the hospital/ED, I have realized that I prefer the role of the MD as opposed to the RN. I love nursing, and have the utmost respect for nurses, but I feel as if my heart is in medicine. You only live once, so why not follow your dreams, right?
Thanks for all of your help!
Kelly R.
