Hi, guys
I am a newbie to SDN, just got my mcat result back last week. Need you guys to help me with my application process! Much appreciated!
GPA&MCAT: (bachelor of arts in interdisciplinary studies: with concentration of biology, chemistry and theater arts)
-cGPA: 3.42
-sGPA: 3.65
-MCAT: 511
I went to a community college for the first 3 years, did not take it seriously because I didn't know what I wanted to do at the time, did not take any pre-med pre-reqs there, came out with a 3.2 GPA. Then I transferred to a 4 year college,finished my bachelor in the 3 and half years because a lot of my classes didn't transfer over, and my GPA at the 4 year school was a 3.55 due to a terrible first semester(2.5GPA),then some life changing events happened and I realized I wanted to do medicine for the rest of my life during the second semester , and even since I had a significant upward-trent for GPA ( finished each semester with 3.6+) I took all my pre-reqs at the 4 year insititution and got As or A- pretty much in every class besides orgo lab(B-) and calculus I (B).
Extracurricular Activities:
-Worked as a waiter/bartender during school years since I was 17 until now (I am 24)
-volunteer at a nursing home during the summer(100 hours)
-clinical research assistant at the university hospital (1 year and half , no pubs)
-shadow/intern at a primary care physician office (2 years)
-volunteer as a trainer at a fitness camp for overweight kids(1 year)
-Teacher's assistant for general chemistry(1year)
-Teacher's assistant for a theatre class (1 year) mainly doing art designs and VRs
Background information:
-ethnicity: asian
- I moved to United States from China at the age of 14, spoke very little English when I came here.
-I was a finance major and realized that's not what I wanted to do, made a lot of bad choices and associate myself with bad friends. Then I met my mentor(which is the physician I shadowed/ interned with for years) and he changed my life, I was able to turn my life around.
-Took me 6 and half years to finish my bachelor degree
What are my chances to med school? Should I consider getting a master's degree due to my cGPA? Maybe retaking the MCAT? With my stats what med schools should I look into applying? Thank a lot for your time guys.