Chances for a nursing major?

[pittedprunes]

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Hello.

I'm a nursing major halfway through my sophomore year, and I'd really appreciate some insights.
I'm interested in D.O. & M.D schools.

I've fooled around a lot for the last 1.5 years (GPA 3.0 for 1st sem, then 3.3 2nd sem, and 3.4 for last sem) so my cGPA is at 3.2, not sure what my sGPA is.
I also haven't participated in any ECs.

I've taken few biology classes but all of them are designed specially for nursing students (Anatomy & Phys I & II, Microbiology) that pre-med or bio majors are not encouraged/allowed to take. I've received B-s for A&P I&II, and a B for Microbio.
I'm also about to take Chem this upcoming semester but it's more of an abbreviated version of Gen, Org & Biochem.

I've heard that nursing is not favored by the adcoms since it is a vocational major, not academic.. But I'd still like to maintain my major as nursing.

Right now, taking additional prereqs for med school on top of the nursing requirments seems highly unrealistic. It will only bring my GPA down even lower and I really need to bring it up as high as it can get.

So I'm putting my bets on PBPM, after gaining few years of experience working as a registered nurse after graduation. Would my major prevent me from getting into a post-bac program?

The highest my cGPA can get would be 3.6-3.7. If I work on my ECs, would I have a shot at M.D. & D.O schools after completion of post-bac? I'm afraid my major will have a negative impact in the admission process...

 

[Catalystik]

I've never heard that any undergrad major kept someone out of a postbac program. You can always do your own informal postbac program at a local university taking the same courses, BTW, to save money. A undergrad GPA of 3.6 after four years would be fine. You'd be expected to perform similiarly in the hard-sciences and math courses of the postbac and to understand it well enough to get a competitive MCAT score. If you do that, you'll have a decent shot at a med school acceptance. You will, of course, be asked why MD instead of RN, but you'll have plenty of years to work on a good answer, which will have more of a positive impact on your application than the potential (if any)negative impact of being an RN career changer.

 

[J ROD]

Like with my switching over from pharm you will have to explain, but if you have the grades and MCAT then you should be fine.