DISMISSED!!!..Need some Advice

You should get help from an advisor who knows how to handle this situation. Any advice you get from SDN should be taken with a pound of salt as they will mostly be conjectures from individuals who have the same amount of experience in these matters as you.

 

I know a few people that have had a bad first year of college and still get into medical school.

It sounds like you're doing all the right things since then. I don't know your stats or situation directly, so it is very tough to give you exact advice on where you stand.

However, it seems that if you were to throw in a good MCAT and a well written Personal Statement (which it seems you could do), medical school isn't out of the question.

Like migm said, all we can do is give you a best guess from our opinion. Meeting with your advisor would be best.

Good Luck.

 

How many hours of classes have you taken at the three schools? Can you figure out your combined GPA from all the schools? Have you repeated any classes? What are your practice MCAT scores so far? To give you an opinion, it would help to have more data.

 

Were you formally required to quit the private school (ie is this on your transcript or something)? If so, you NEED to explain that this wasnt because of academic dishonesty or anything, but rather because of poor scholastic performance.

 

Look, it's simple. Most schools screen people out for some combination of GPA and MCAT because they get an overwhelming number of applications and that screen can be done by computer.

So, in order to have a viable application, your GPA has to be over a certain level, your MCAT has to be over a certain level, or the combination of them has to be over a certain level.

After you have made the initial screening, then your ECs and personal statements decide whether or not you have an interview. Obviously, personal intervention on the part of someone at the school (due to your impassioned letters of intent, legacy status, etc.) could also leapfrog you into the pile of applications someone reads.

No-one can tell you what the cutoffs are for any particular school, and in fact, they likely vary from year to year depending on the size and quality of the applicant pool.

If your stats are lower than average, apply early and broadly, and select schools for whom your EC's make you an excellent fit.

If you post your uGPA (from all schools attended) people might be able to give you help with calculating how many credit hours will be required to bring you into a reasonable area.