Defining LOW GPA/MCAT

[PreMedBeauty]

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Accepted to one of my top state schools.
1) Age, GPA, and MCAT
28, 3.7 cGPA/sGPA, 28 MCAT (7,10,11)
2) Financial and Work Situation
Been supporting myself for several years now. Currently working at a pharmaceutical company and as a nurse. Will be tough to leave financial stability.
3) Family situation
Single. No kids. Just started dating somebody. Trying not to get too ahead of myself and worry about them wanting to continue while in medical school.
4) Path to success
I talked with a lot of people to really confirm I wanted to leave nursing to pursue medicine. That process helped give me the motivation to push through a really tough application year. I was really disappointed in my MCAT score because I had been getting above 30 on practice tests and had never gotten a 7 on PS. Unfortunately, I took the MCAT in August due to work and schedule constraints so my advice to anybody is get everything in line and take the MCAT early! I had already signed up thanks to some bad advice from an MCAT tutor I had reached out to and only stumbled on this forum after the fact. I met with the director of admissions and a pre-med advisor at my home institution to discuss any holes in my application. Volunteering and research had taken a slight back burner when I started working full-time. I found a way to juggle adding those in and feel strongly that I managed two jobs, training for an Ironman, and volunteering because I was really passionate about where I chose to volunteer.

This is a low GPA thread.

 

[2Pints]

This is a low GPA thread.

3.7 doesn't make me stand out as anything fabulous. The main killer for my application was the 7 in PS since some schools use that as a way to screen out people. I was really stressing out when I got my score and found these stories helpful when I was waiting. I was under the impression this was an either/or Low GPA/MCAT.

 

[chocomorsel]

This is a low GPA thread.

Low GPA or Low MCAT. MCAT's in the 20's. Leave him or her alone.

 

[PreMedBeauty]

Low GPA or Low MCAT. MCAT's in the 20's. Leave him or her alone.

OK I get it but that is a different forum and besides the point.

 

[chocomorsel]

OK I get it but that is a different forum and besides the point.

The title of THIS thread is "Low GPA/LOW MCAT success stories". So how does his/her story fit in a different forum and is besides the point? Please use your reading comprehension skills.
Maybe to you a 27/28 MCAT is high, which is fine and relative. To the poster you were rude to, it was obviously not and that is why he/she posted. We are supposed to be motivating each other, not snipping at each other for no reason. Move on.

 

[Nasrudin]

Nasrudin approves of anyone who wants to post overcoming a weak academic area of the application.

He is also, in regards to the morsel of chocolate's question, doing fine in psych residency.

Awesome to see this thing keep rolling over the years. Carry on!

 

[PreMedBeauty]

The title of THIS thread is "Low GPA/LOW MCAT success stories". So how does his/her story fit in a different forum and is besides the point? Please use your reading comprehension skills.
Maybe to you a 27/28 MCAT is high, which is fine and relative. To the poster you were rude to, it was obviously not and that is why he/she posted. We are supposed to be motivating each other, not snipping at each other for no reason. Move on.

From my understanding it is LOW GPA/MCAT meaning both. I think you took what I said beyond what was needed. The person I was "rude" to was able to reply to my comment without your added input. Anyway, have a nice day. Moving on...🙂

 

[QofQuimica]

Executive decision made to de-clutter the Low GPA/MCAT thread, as none of this exchange is a success story, and therefore none of it belongs there.

Concur with those who state that "low" is in the eye of the beholder. And concur with those who feel that it is unnecessary and rude to call someone out on their definition of "low," especially when they have taken the time and courage to lay themselves bare on SDN in order to provide a source of inspiration and support to others.