To just dive right into it: I'm 30, I'm a CPA, ex Big 4 accountant, and of the mistakes I've made along this road I have to say not driving towards med school is the largest.
Matriculated into college setup with an amazing science foundation including 15 dual enrollment credits already knocked out. I started working full-time as soon as I graduated high school to help the family out which is when I had to decide on either science courses with labs or the odd working hours that paid well. I switched to an accounting major and took the guaranteed paycheck as a short-term plan that turned out to be long-term.
I discovered how much of a fun person I was during college. I figured I was working hard and making great money so that meant I got to play hard as well. I pulled a 4.0 my first semester, got into partying and tanked for the next few years.
I started college in 2004. I messed up my withdraw paperwork 2 semesters in a row in 2006 at a second college where I completed no courses but now have to carry 18 credits of F's. I buckled down in 2010 and did 19 credits a semester through 2011 to finish my first bachelors which came in at an ugly 2.8 with a BBA in Business Admin. I re-enrolled immediately and did a second BBA in Accounting and pulled a 4.0 for that degree over the next 12 months which brought me to a 3.0 cumulative. That helped me land the accounting firm jobs.
So, I've been out of school since 2012, passed the CPA this year, and the entire journey I've thought about my dream of being in medicine and figured I blew every chance those first years of undergrad. I realized this year it's not too late and made career changes that allow me to get back into school and working on this again.
I'm hoping for some advice on how to keep moving forward. There are little to no formal postbac program options in my area and so I'm considering a DIY postbac. My GPA is just shy of what I would need to get into the Postbac program at my state school which is a direct link program and one of the top programs (I also work for the school). I don't qualify for any of the SMP's around me either because of my lack of science and no MCAT score.
As I mentioned earlier I made some mistakes by trying out other schools in between the work I was doing at my primary college so I have some ugly transcripts out there. My degree lists a cumulative 3.0 for both my degrees but once you water it down with the other schools it pulls me to something like a 2.3 cumulative.
I don't know if I should just do a whole bachelors from scratch then do an SMP before applying to medical school to rebuild my GPA (my job will actually pay for another bachelors) or just knock out the pre reqs over the next 2 years, take the MCAT, do an SMP, and then just get to applying to med school. Really appreciate any and all feedback.
Matriculated into college setup with an amazing science foundation including 15 dual enrollment credits already knocked out. I started working full-time as soon as I graduated high school to help the family out which is when I had to decide on either science courses with labs or the odd working hours that paid well. I switched to an accounting major and took the guaranteed paycheck as a short-term plan that turned out to be long-term.
I discovered how much of a fun person I was during college. I figured I was working hard and making great money so that meant I got to play hard as well. I pulled a 4.0 my first semester, got into partying and tanked for the next few years.
I started college in 2004. I messed up my withdraw paperwork 2 semesters in a row in 2006 at a second college where I completed no courses but now have to carry 18 credits of F's. I buckled down in 2010 and did 19 credits a semester through 2011 to finish my first bachelors which came in at an ugly 2.8 with a BBA in Business Admin. I re-enrolled immediately and did a second BBA in Accounting and pulled a 4.0 for that degree over the next 12 months which brought me to a 3.0 cumulative. That helped me land the accounting firm jobs.
So, I've been out of school since 2012, passed the CPA this year, and the entire journey I've thought about my dream of being in medicine and figured I blew every chance those first years of undergrad. I realized this year it's not too late and made career changes that allow me to get back into school and working on this again.
I'm hoping for some advice on how to keep moving forward. There are little to no formal postbac program options in my area and so I'm considering a DIY postbac. My GPA is just shy of what I would need to get into the Postbac program at my state school which is a direct link program and one of the top programs (I also work for the school). I don't qualify for any of the SMP's around me either because of my lack of science and no MCAT score.
As I mentioned earlier I made some mistakes by trying out other schools in between the work I was doing at my primary college so I have some ugly transcripts out there. My degree lists a cumulative 3.0 for both my degrees but once you water it down with the other schools it pulls me to something like a 2.3 cumulative.
I don't know if I should just do a whole bachelors from scratch then do an SMP before applying to medical school to rebuild my GPA (my job will actually pay for another bachelors) or just knock out the pre reqs over the next 2 years, take the MCAT, do an SMP, and then just get to applying to med school. Really appreciate any and all feedback.
