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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SIGMACHIGUY" data-source="post: 7425858" data-attributes="member: 169369">I know now more than ever that I DO want to become a physician, there is no doubt in my mind. I also know that applying to medical school will mean for me to retake classes and do a post-bac for about a year and half and of course there's all the associated fees. I'm planning on applying in June of 2010 and with 18 months between now and then, I was planning on working 3 days a week as an RN to help fund my way through it all before I was accepted to a program (if I'm ever accepted that is). I would definitely even go part-time as well, my main goal is strengthening my application as much as possible for medical school. So with this 18 month stretch of working as an RN, I figured I might as well be in a specialty that I like and hence my decision to be in that residency program at UCLA in the medical intensive care unit. It's about 36 hrs a week and I'm the type of person who likes to keep busy so I see that as 4 full free days of studying and class at the very minimum...more if I need it. It would be no more hours than any other position as an RN, it's just termed a residency program for RNs new to the intensive care setting. And I also figured I could continue building repoire with medical staff as welll as maintain the clinical exposure to medicine that I enjoy so much.I know that a 1400+ on the SAT means really nothing, I guess I was just trying to make a point that I know within that I can do well on the MCAT as long as I put my mind to it which I fully intend on doing. And you do make a great point, I really should find out whether those nursing science classes are counted in my GPA or not...thanks for bringing that up!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite191" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> My pre-med advisor who is an MD said that she thinks they will be counted because they usually go by the class name and since all my core nursing classes were termed "Nursing Science", she said that I should check but that she thinks they may very well count...which is a great thing since I had a 4.0 in all of them...<img src="/smilies/crossfingers.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":xf:" title="Cross Fingers    :xf:" data-shortname=":xf:" /><img src="/smilies/crossfingers.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":xf:" title="Cross Fingers    :xf:" data-shortname=":xf:" /><img src="/smilies/crossfingers.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":xf:" title="Cross Fingers    :xf:" data-shortname=":xf:" /> that they do count them. The med advisor and I sat down last week and devised a curriculum until I apply in June 2010 and it pretty much consists of a full year of organic chem again since I didn't do so hot the 1st time around, a few lower division BCPM classes, and mostly upper division biology/chemistry classes. She said that adcoms would be more impressed by me doing well in upper div biochemistry courses than repeating lower division BCPM classes at this point.And to answer you question, I went to the Univ. of California at San Diego for my BS in biochemistry and to a community college for my AS in Nursing Science. My GPA breakdowns as of right now are:BCPM: 2.64Overall Science not including "Nursing Science" classes: 2.45Overall Science including "Nursing Science" classes: 3.09Cumulative Overall: 3.12I'm pretty embarrassed to even have posted these numbers and it hurts to even look at them but they are what they are and I know full well that I have a lot of work ahead of me with GPA repair being one of the most significant at this point. I really believe that the rest of my application besides the horrendous GPAs is strong.If I was worried about the money, I'd stay CRNA without a doubt. After some numbers crunching, I won't financially catch up with myself until I'm about 47-48 years old going the MD route. And I've read several articles lately saying how physicians are not recommending medical school to anyone these days and how the prestige of being a doctor is fading fast. Yet, through all of that, I still feel just as strongly about pursuing my dreams of becoming a physician and will no longer allow my previous low GPA to deter me in pursuing medicine. I've learned that above money and all other things in life, attaining self-fulfillment and achieving your dreams/goals in life no matter how much of a challenge it may be are priceless no matter how long and how daunting it may be. As a result, after reading about all the negative speculations about being a physican and how much time, money, debt, stress, etc. that it's going to cost me, deep down inside my heart doesn't falter a single bit in my driving passion and dream to become a physician. So cheers to me taking the first step to the rest of my life...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite201" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></blockquote>

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