Got a bit of feedback but still stressed about what should be done:
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DIY is current status but should I switch?
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Thank you for your service. Brutal truth below.
First thing is to stop stressing out. You'll burn out. Your plan isn't working, so rework your plan to make it less miserable for yourself. If you don't, then you're just addicted to stress, and asking for help is just taking hostages.
Advice on your grades? You need to get mostly A's. "Mostly A's" means 3.7+. Every grade you get that isn't an A is a step away from med school. Don't get any more W's.
It looks to me like you are piling on, putting quantity over quality. And it looks like you are in a big fat hurry. Those are your problems. Slow it down and think long term. Give up on following a schedule because the schedule won't result in you being in med school. Mostly A's might. When you can take 2 classes and get 2 A's, then up it to 3 classes, etc. If you can't get mostly A's now, then postpone being a premed until you can. If you have financial constraints such as the GI bill, you may need to choose between those constraints and being successful.
Premed advisers are mostly not any good. They know what to do with traditional students. They have no clue what to do with nontrads or students who struggle.
This forum doesn't give you the perspective of parents and former military folks, which the nontrad forum does.
You don't have a 3.75. That number doesn't do anything for you now. Figure out what you do have so you know your odds. Your prior undergrad coursework mostly isn't kept separate from your current undergrad coursework. It all gets averaged together, AA + bachelors + 2nd bachelors. Start up a spreadsheet and calculate where you are cumulatively. After the smoke clears, your MD/DO apps will have one line each for fresh/soph/jr/sr and one line for postbac. I had to fit 25 years of transcripts into that and no, it doesn't line up nicely, but the most important numbers are the cumulatives and your work once you started being a premed.
You're not going to find somebody on SDN who will give you custom fit magic answers. Changing schools/programs might make it worse.
Best of luck to you.
First thing is to stop stressing out. You'll burn out. Your plan isn't working, so rework your plan to make it less miserable for yourself. If you don't, then you're just addicted to stress, and asking for help is just taking hostages.
Advice on your grades? You need to get mostly A's. "Mostly A's" means 3.7+. Every grade you get that isn't an A is a step away from med school. Don't get any more W's.
It looks to me like you are piling on, putting quantity over quality. And it looks like you are in a big fat hurry. Those are your problems. Slow it down and think long term. Give up on following a schedule because the schedule won't result in you being in med school. Mostly A's might. When you can take 2 classes and get 2 A's, then up it to 3 classes, etc. If you can't get mostly A's now, then postpone being a premed until you can. If you have financial constraints such as the GI bill, you may need to choose between those constraints and being successful.
Premed advisers are mostly not any good. They know what to do with traditional students. They have no clue what to do with nontrads or students who struggle.
This forum doesn't give you the perspective of parents and former military folks, which the nontrad forum does.
You don't have a 3.75. That number doesn't do anything for you now. Figure out what you do have so you know your odds. Your prior undergrad coursework mostly isn't kept separate from your current undergrad coursework. It all gets averaged together, AA + bachelors + 2nd bachelors. Start up a spreadsheet and calculate where you are cumulatively. After the smoke clears, your MD/DO apps will have one line each for fresh/soph/jr/sr and one line for postbac. I had to fit 25 years of transcripts into that and no, it doesn't line up nicely, but the most important numbers are the cumulatives and your work once you started being a premed.
You're not going to find somebody on SDN who will give you custom fit magic answers. Changing schools/programs might make it worse.
Best of luck to you.
- brutal honesty------wouldn't have it any other way🙂Will take it slower. You're right on all accounts---too fast, too stressed, ....thinking I'm a robot/ superhuman. (Im not BTW)
- For the new cGPA calculation- will recompute; that was based on local SMP adviser calculation, but did not include most recent new grades.
-AA had 4 diff. schools, AP courses, and military credit. ...so only took 25 actual units with CC for the 3.17 GPA (included both maths)
-25 YRS of TRANSCRIPTS:-O I thought mine was crazy. Good to see a real person did it.
-For the W's---wouldn't I be able to explain it? My schools don't simply allow you to W---I had to show the orders and make a formal request the dean of each college (math, science and social science) Def. not opting for W's in my future nor did I use that as a cop out in the past 🙁
