So, I'm a senior right now and will receive a biology degree as well as a psychology degree in may.
My stats:
Overall cumulative is a 3.55
Overall science/math cumulative is a 3.85
...no, those aren't backwards. I dropped out of high school and had a rough start in college. My overall gpa is lower than my science math because I failed courses like "intro to college" , humanities, etc. because I didn't go to class.
I took my first biology class and after that I had straight A's for over 80 credits (all were science or math) and my gpa is still crap.
I have a CNA license
Award from the chemistry department
Highest score in all of my science classes.
I tutor at my university (cell bio, multiple chemistry classes, genetics, general bio, anatomy)
I spent 1 semester teaching a reading class to adults with cognitive disabilities.
Letters of recommendation from chemistry and physics department, tutoring center boss, and reading class organizer.
Next semester I plan on doing 3 credits worth of research on fetal alcohol syndrome (in the psych department)
No MCAT yet, but I was able to answer all practice problems in the bio and chemistry section of the practice test of my Kaplan book (a plus from tutoring all of the information). All I need to do is brush up on my physics.
Thoughts? Am I screwed from a few years of a crappy gpa and lack of volunteer work? I haven't had the time to volunteer because I spent so much time making up for my gpa and trying to graduate in a decent time frame so I was taking 17-21 credits of JUST science and math for a while. Next semester will be another 17 of just bio and chemistry...
Also, I'll be taking a year off while I wait for responses from med schools after I submit my application in July. During that time I hope to work as a CNA, volunteer tutor disadvantaged high school kids, and try to find someone to shadow (no luck so far).
My stats:
Overall cumulative is a 3.55
Overall science/math cumulative is a 3.85
...no, those aren't backwards. I dropped out of high school and had a rough start in college. My overall gpa is lower than my science math because I failed courses like "intro to college" , humanities, etc. because I didn't go to class.
I took my first biology class and after that I had straight A's for over 80 credits (all were science or math) and my gpa is still crap.
I have a CNA license
Award from the chemistry department
Highest score in all of my science classes.
I tutor at my university (cell bio, multiple chemistry classes, genetics, general bio, anatomy)
I spent 1 semester teaching a reading class to adults with cognitive disabilities.
Letters of recommendation from chemistry and physics department, tutoring center boss, and reading class organizer.
Next semester I plan on doing 3 credits worth of research on fetal alcohol syndrome (in the psych department)
No MCAT yet, but I was able to answer all practice problems in the bio and chemistry section of the practice test of my Kaplan book (a plus from tutoring all of the information). All I need to do is brush up on my physics.
Thoughts? Am I screwed from a few years of a crappy gpa and lack of volunteer work? I haven't had the time to volunteer because I spent so much time making up for my gpa and trying to graduate in a decent time frame so I was taking 17-21 credits of JUST science and math for a while. Next semester will be another 17 of just bio and chemistry...
Also, I'll be taking a year off while I wait for responses from med schools after I submit my application in July. During that time I hope to work as a CNA, volunteer tutor disadvantaged high school kids, and try to find someone to shadow (no luck so far).
