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[AMSRebel]

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Hi,

I guess I’ll keep it brief. My first two years of college, I was pretty immature. I made the assumption that because I was at community college, my GPA wouldn’t really matter. Unfortunately, I found out that was rather stupid decision on my part after realizing medicine was my calling.

My community college GPA is something near a 3.5 (45ish hours taken here) *cringe*. Science GPA might be around there too – 3.4ish.

My four-year university GPA is a 3.8 and my science GPA is a 3.7 (65-70ish total hours taken here). Both my four-year overall and science GPAs have a pretty strong upward trend.

I’m dead focused on raising my four-year GPA to near a 3.9 before I graduate. I’ve had a 4.0 the past three semesters. I'm taking the MCAT in August, but do you guys think GPA is going to be a big barrier for me? I don't have a preference so much towards M.D. or D.O., but I would like to know my shots at both.

Best wishes,

AMSRebel

 

[Imperius]

Your GPA is fine for DO and MD. Impossible to say what your chances are until you get your MCAT scores. Best of luck to ya.