Let me start by saying that I have been reading posts here for about 6 months and just now have decided to post. I graduated last spring with a batchelor's in Electrical Engineering. I was torn in highschool between engineering and pre-med, and went engineering because of the much shorter time frame. I can't say I hate or really dislike engineering, I just don't feel that it is my final thing to do, if that makes sense.
My Jr. year of college I nearly changed majors, and I decided to just stick out engineering. During my senior year, the local Kaplan center was allowing students to take the full blown practice exams for everything for free. I decided to go on a whim figuring that when I did really bad it would make me give up. I got a 20 and my girlfriend (in med school) got a 17. She studied and ended up getting 24 on the real MCAT. The 20 I received by just showing up after a night of partying for the heck of it makes me feel that the MCAT would be within my reach for at least most DO schools and if I did real well possibly MD.
Kaplan MCAT ~ 10 Verbal, 6 Physical/physics, 4 Ochem/bio
I graduated from an ABET accredited, private school with a 3.379 gpa in BSEE.
Chem 1 ~ B
Chem 1 Lab ~ A
Physics 3 ~ B+
Physics 3 Lab ~ A
Physics 4 ~ A
Because I was an engineer I didn't have to take Physics 4 lab (3&4 are the calculus equivalent of 1&2) Do you think med schools would be a stickler over not having the lab?
Anyways, at the moment I am thinking my best move would be to shadow a Dr. or two when my schedule allows and volunteer in a hospital a little bit. If after that I still want to go into medicine I think I would finish out my pre-reqs at the University of Maryland - Science in the Evening program (barring any horrible thoughts on that). I would like to keep working until I would matriculate, b/c I do have a cool, well paying job.
Thanks for reading/commenting! (sorry that it was long)
My Jr. year of college I nearly changed majors, and I decided to just stick out engineering. During my senior year, the local Kaplan center was allowing students to take the full blown practice exams for everything for free. I decided to go on a whim figuring that when I did really bad it would make me give up. I got a 20 and my girlfriend (in med school) got a 17. She studied and ended up getting 24 on the real MCAT. The 20 I received by just showing up after a night of partying for the heck of it makes me feel that the MCAT would be within my reach for at least most DO schools and if I did real well possibly MD.
Kaplan MCAT ~ 10 Verbal, 6 Physical/physics, 4 Ochem/bio
I graduated from an ABET accredited, private school with a 3.379 gpa in BSEE.
Chem 1 ~ B
Chem 1 Lab ~ A
Physics 3 ~ B+
Physics 3 Lab ~ A
Physics 4 ~ A
Because I was an engineer I didn't have to take Physics 4 lab (3&4 are the calculus equivalent of 1&2) Do you think med schools would be a stickler over not having the lab?
Anyways, at the moment I am thinking my best move would be to shadow a Dr. or two when my schedule allows and volunteer in a hospital a little bit. If after that I still want to go into medicine I think I would finish out my pre-reqs at the University of Maryland - Science in the Evening program (barring any horrible thoughts on that). I would like to keep working until I would matriculate, b/c I do have a cool, well paying job.
Thanks for reading/commenting! (sorry that it was long)