couple questions

[gerrybrown82]

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what would a person with a 2.5 undergrad GPA in accounting have to do to get into DO school....

all ive taken is bio 1 (got an A) and Chem 1 (got a B) havent taken any other sciences yet......

i would like to know the years it would take to fix everything...and should i retake the historys and governments that i slacked off in or just move forward with science classes.......thanks

 

[Catalystik]

Here is a DO calculator spreadsheet: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=450050

Put your transcript into it. Put your estimated future grades into it. Then start one by one substituting the grades with an A (picking the lowest grades first) until you get your GPA to a 3.0. Then do it more until you get to a 3.3. Somewhere between those two lists lies the number of classes you need to repeat. Your science grades so far are fine. If you can keep that level of academic work up, you can do it in an efficient amount of time.

There are a few DO schools that will consider you with a 2.5, BTW, with a good MCAT score and strong sGPA. A few more take 2.75, and a lot consider a 3.0. The average GPA for those accepted is 3.45, but that probably includes students who applied DO and MD and eventually matriculated to MD schools.

 

[gerrybrown82]

how hard is it to get a high MCAT score.......is the test incredibly hard or does it just take a lot of studying ????

 

[RunningDiva]

how hard is it to get a high MCAT score.......is the test incredibly hard or does it just take a lot of studying ????

both (IMHO).

 

[Catalystik]

Doing well in the prerequisites and really understanding the material is an essential first step. After that, study, maybe a formal prep course, and your own ability to recollect and draw conclusions from information win the day. Well, more than just that, but you get the idea.

SDN has a great MCAT Discussions Forums with study plans, strategies for improving the areas you are weak in, etc.

 

[mooshika]

...is really really important. Fortunately or unfortunately depending how you look at it. I wish I took it more seriously the first time round. I studied, but only for about three weeks. I didn't know better. I did OK, but after really buckling down and studying my score improved dramatically.

It is difficult test, and yes, for 99% of the people who take it, studying a lot and learning how the questions are crafted is essential.