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[oOKawaiiOo]

Get a job as a nurse and build up experiences. Get letters of recommendations from your doctors that you work with. Also be involved in the community outside of the hospital (volunteer, fundraising, help people, etc). This will help you bypass your low GPA. Also, do well on your mcat.

This is the only route Ive been told by a medical committee member. There might be more out there.

 

[DrCaliBoy]

That is a really tough hill to climb, post-bacs typically dont accept students with that type of gpa. Maybe you should start thinking of alternate options or retake as many classes as you can and apply DO.

 

[NeverGivesUp7]

I don't think you should give up, or even try to take the route of getting into the 'easiest' profession in medicine you can find. Here is an inspiring story I read on a blog about a guy who had a 2.34 gpa and still got into med school. I'll post the link, but you should click on the link in the page for his full story.
best of luck!

http://www.oldpremeds.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/44848/pid/81350/

 

[scruggs92]

Try becoming fluent in Spanish and go to Puerto Rico.

 

[deleted480308]

yeah, get into nursing/allied health for clinical experience and some good contacts....retake those f/withdrawls and apply DO

I have 4 withdraw f's from when I was a college kid ten years ago and a bunch of c's.......2 years into rehabing my gpa and taking my pre-reqs......my aacomas cgpa is a 3.25 and my sgpa is a 3.68. I still have full class loads during my application year approaching so it should be even better as each semester passes.

My amcas gpa will be um.....a little less 😉

 

[CMoodie91]

lol@people thinking he will do better in a nursing program let alone have the chance to go to medical school after (We have a shortage of nurses which is why Medical Schools would rather not have a bunch of nurses apply).

Well good luck chief.

All I can say is, you get out what you put into it. 👍

But seriously, critique;

You have no volunteer experience, probably no research experience, you can barely pass a course that encompasses Medical School and you think Medical Schools would take you over..whom?? You say its your passion, I call bulls***. Why is it your passion?? Because you think you would do great in it; the prestige; the money; its...your calling?? But wait--- you don't volunteer in a Hospital, you don't volunteer in a Clinic or any health -related environment. Do you work in a Hospital? Have you ever talked to a sick patient or elderly?? The reason why some medical schools have a low cut-off is because some people VOLUNTEER A LOT and have great hearts, who have EXPERIENCED the life and SEEN things that the majority of people haven't. So perhaps their GPA went down because they volunteer so much. These people are the exception. What are you MCAT scores btw?

Not only do you have no experience volunteering but you have dropped 7 courses? Failed 8, using exclamation marks like its humours..and you are barely getting half the GPA needed to get into Medical School. What gives??

You know why Medical Students hate "Pre-Med" students?? Its cause of Bulls*** like this. I bet you even have your medical speciality picked out.


tl;dr

Sorry, I don't think this is the right field for you.

 

[ZeaL6]

MD is completely out of the question in my opinion. However, if you can get into a hospital and start volunteering and retake every class you got an F or W in and get A's it's doable. You also would have to score a 25+ on your MCAT to be competitive for DO school and that's on the very low side of things if your GPA got back up to a 3.3/3.4ish. It's a long uphill battle but if it is truly your passion, you can do it!

 

[Omppu27]

Retake all your classes that are below a C- and get As. DO allows for grade replacement. This will SIGNIFICANTLY increase your GPA.

 

[clutch21]

If the OP has no clinical experience I definitely would not recommend shooting for nursing. Nursing is NOT an easy profession, and it takes an individual that really has passion for it. Besides, a 2.24 would not getting you into any nursing programs that I know of. At least not BSN programs.

 

[deleted480308]

Cna/ emt can be done quick and then gives you good patient time....poor pay though

 

[plumhill]

Don't pursue the nursing route, unless you'd be happy as a nurse.

Retake anything where you got a C- or below, science or otherwise. Do as much clinical volunteering as you can. Shadow extensively, and try and get a DO letter, and then apply DO.

Also, no one else is going to tell you this on here, but if it comes down to it, look at some of the top Carib schools (SGU, Ross, etc). That'll be a tough road too, but people have come out of Carib schools and done fine. I've had a few friends go Carib and they made it back into the US for residency.

 

[edgerock24]

The nursing advice seems silly. He doesn't need to start a completely new career just to get into medical school. Just do some volunteering, shadowing, and maybe some research if possible. Anything with patient exposure.

It is definitely possible, but will take time. Retake all prereq science courses that you have C+ or lower in. This should bump your science GPA to 3.0+ if you put in the effort. If your cGPA is still below 3.0 afterwards, then retake a couple other courses. Then, shoot for a 25 (preferably 27+) on the MCAT, and then apply to only osteopathic schools and/or osteopathic-related SMP's just in case. You could also go to the Caribbean now with a low GPA (Ross, probably), but that is a risk in regard to residency placement.

 

[V5RED]

Don't pursue the nursing route, unless you'd be happy as a nurse.

Retake anything where you got a C- or below, science or otherwise. Do as much clinical volunteering as you can. Shadow extensively, and try and get a DO letter, and then apply DO.

Also, no one else is going to tell you this on here, but if it comes down to it, look at some of the top Carib schools (SGU, Ross, etc). That'll be a tough road too, but people have come out of Carib schools and done fine. I've had a few friends go Carib and they made it back into the US for residency.

There is a good reason no one will tell you this.

By 2017 it is projected that the number of US grads will match or exceed the number of residency slots. Anyone entering medical school this year or later would be fighting for a slot in 2017 or later.

Caribbean is a dead route. The last class with a chance at residency slots after graduation entered last year. Everyone who enters a Caribbean medical school now is essentially screwed.

 

[yas710]

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[user3]

There is a good reason no one will tell you this.

By 2017 it is projected that the number of US grads will match or exceed the number of residency slots. Anyone entering medical school this year or later would be fighting for a slot in 2017 or later.

Caribbean is a dead route. The last class with a chance at residency slots after graduation entered last year. Everyone who enters a Caribbean medical school now is essentially screwed.

+1. No need to apply caribbean anyway when 3.00+/3.00+/23+ seems to give a decent shot at lower tier DO schools.

 

[Goro]

Suggest volunteering and applying to an SMP.

Okay, so I'm really embarrassed to even be posting this.
My transcript sucks; from 2008-2012 I have A LOT of F's and Withdrawals. 8 F's and 7 Withdrawals!

I didn't take college seriously until last year.
My GPA is 2.24, I have no volunteering experience or anything, and I am supposed to finish my biology degree next year.

Should I even pursue medical school? It really is my passion and I know I totally screwed up, but does anyone think it's even possible for me to recover and eventually get accepted to a medical school? If so, is there any advice or other people with similar stories?

Thank you!