Hey everybody,
I'm just looking for some honest, real advice here. I will go through and list my resume so to say and let me know what you guys think!
-27
-Michigan resident
-First generation college student and college graduate with health science degree and minor in chemistry
-3.3cgpa
-3.0sgpa
-have not taken the MCAT yet, see why in further listed points
-roughly 1000 documented volunteer hours in undergrad alone
-roughly 200 documented shadowing hours of MD and DO, includes both surgical and non-surgical scenarios.
-3200 clinical hours of patient transport
-worked part time all through undergrad (2 different jobs, not counting my next bullet point)
-I own and run my own youth program for high school football players to train and get hands on work on and off the field (ACT prep, social media awareness, NCAA slide scale, etc)
-I have coached high school athletes for 5 years
Now, here is where things got interesting in my life! Football brought me some very fortunate and lucky opportunities, I was afforded the opportunity to coach as a graduate football coach at the D1 level and of course, get my masters. I dual mastered in getting my MHA (Masters of Hospital Administration) and MBA (Masters of Business Administration). My life is coming to a potential crossroad, I may keep coaching if afford that opportunity, but as some of you may or may not know, it's not a guarantee thing to continue on in that career, especially when you are only working from a graduate level assistant standpoint. Getting to be on staff full time as an assistant is challenging to say the least, so I want to weigh my options.
My question(s) are to you guys are these: 1. Should I take the MCAT and pursue my initial dreams of becoming a physician? 2. What scores should I be aiming for on the MCAT (I understand it's a new version) to be accepted? 3. MD or DO? 4. Should I just run with my masters degrees? 5. What schools should I apply to if I do choose medical school? 6. Open ended, short answer question, any other thoughts, opinions, or ideas you may have for me would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
I'm just looking for some honest, real advice here. I will go through and list my resume so to say and let me know what you guys think!
-27
-Michigan resident
-First generation college student and college graduate with health science degree and minor in chemistry
-3.3cgpa
-3.0sgpa
-have not taken the MCAT yet, see why in further listed points
-roughly 1000 documented volunteer hours in undergrad alone
-roughly 200 documented shadowing hours of MD and DO, includes both surgical and non-surgical scenarios.
-3200 clinical hours of patient transport
-worked part time all through undergrad (2 different jobs, not counting my next bullet point)
-I own and run my own youth program for high school football players to train and get hands on work on and off the field (ACT prep, social media awareness, NCAA slide scale, etc)
-I have coached high school athletes for 5 years
Now, here is where things got interesting in my life! Football brought me some very fortunate and lucky opportunities, I was afforded the opportunity to coach as a graduate football coach at the D1 level and of course, get my masters. I dual mastered in getting my MHA (Masters of Hospital Administration) and MBA (Masters of Business Administration). My life is coming to a potential crossroad, I may keep coaching if afford that opportunity, but as some of you may or may not know, it's not a guarantee thing to continue on in that career, especially when you are only working from a graduate level assistant standpoint. Getting to be on staff full time as an assistant is challenging to say the least, so I want to weigh my options.
My question(s) are to you guys are these: 1. Should I take the MCAT and pursue my initial dreams of becoming a physician? 2. What scores should I be aiming for on the MCAT (I understand it's a new version) to be accepted? 3. MD or DO? 4. Should I just run with my masters degrees? 5. What schools should I apply to if I do choose medical school? 6. Open ended, short answer question, any other thoughts, opinions, or ideas you may have for me would be greatly appreciated, thank you!