Do I have a reasonable chance?

[digitaldodechahedron]

So, here's what's up:


I am 25 years old with a BA in English Literature from the flagship school in my state. Before attending this school, I attended a community college and graduated with my AA. I received a 3.16 gpa at State School, and a 3.49 at CC. I am currently attending another state college for a post-bac' program in education. I will be graduating this program with a gpa ~3.7.

I don't have a strong science background; for this reason, I will be taking the necessary prerequisites at a local community college-- physics, chemistry, some math, etc. However, the science classes that I did take (I was forced to take some upper level biology classes), I did will in.

My most recent job was as a middle school English Language Arts instructor. I taught grades 6-8 at a low income school. I have some volunteer experience, as well as a few interesting avocations (freemasonry, bodybuilding, etc).

So, I'm essentially wondering: If I get my **** together and takes these classes, and then study for the MCAT, do I have a reasonable chance? I'm pretty strong academically, and I think that I will do well in these aforementioned prereqs, as well as the MCAT. To be honest, my ****ty grades in undergrad' were completely tied to drug addiction and alcoholism. It's something that I've removed from my life, and I feel that I can succeed in medical school.

Would I probably have to enroll in a post-bac' preprofessional medicene program? Would I have a chance at any MD schools, or just DO and Caribbean stuff? Obviously, since I haven't completed the prereqs, and haven't taken the MCAT, it's all very hypothetical. But I'm just trying to make sure that I'm not attempting something that I don't have a chance at.

Regards,

-T

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[Catalystik]

So, here's what's up:


I am 25 years old with a BA in English Literature from the flagship school in my state. Before attending this school, I attended a community college and graduated with my AA. I received a 3.16 gpa at State School, and a 3.49 at CC. I am currently attending another state college for a post-bac' program in education. I will be graduating this program with a gpa ~3.7.

I don't have a strong science background; for this reason, I will be taking the necessary prerequisites at a local community college-- physics, chemistry, some math, etc. However, the science classes that I did take (I was forced to take some upper level biology classes), I did will in.

My most recent job was as a middle school English Language Arts instructor. I taught grades 6-8 at a low income school. I have some volunteer experience, as well as a few interesting avocations (freemasonry, bodybuilding, etc).

So, I'm essentially wondering: If I get my **** together and takes these classes, and then study for the MCAT, do I have a reasonable chance? I'm pretty strong academically, and I think that I will do well in these aforementioned prereqs, as well as the MCAT. To be honest, my ****ty grades in undergrad' were completely tied to drug addiction and alcoholism. It's something that I've removed from my life, and I feel that I can succeed in medical school.

Would I probably have to enroll in a post-bac' preprofessional medicene program? Would I have a chance at any MD schools, or just DO and Caribbean stuff? Obviously, since I haven't completed the prereqs, and haven't taken the MCAT, it's all very hypothetical. But I'm just trying to make sure that I'm not attempting something that I don't have a chance at.

Regards,

-T

It would help to know your cumulative undergrad cGPA and BCPM/sGPA including all post-Secondary instiutution coursework:

AMCAS Calculator: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/amcas-gpa-calculator-revised.590424/
Grade Conversion Guide: https://www.aamc.org/students/download/181676/data/amcas_grade_conversion_guide.pdf
BCPM GPA includes: https://www.aamc.org/students/download/181694/data/amcas_course_classification_guide.pdf (sGPA for DO schools does not include math)

With a strong showing in the prerequisite coursework, taking advantage of the DO grade forgiveness policy if necessary (AACOMAS schools only count the most recent grade if credits are the same or greater), and a decent MCAT score, there's no question you can become competitive stats-wise for DO schools. An informal, less-expensive, do-it-yourself CC postbac is fine.

Chances at MD depend. Is your local CC sufficiently rigorous in its expectations to measure up to a 4-year school in preparing you to take the MCAT? Do you have a lenient state med school? Can you afford a formal postbac or SMP? Are you a master of standardized test-taking who can be relied on to make a strong showing on the MCAT?

For either path, are you free of past legal issues or institutional actions?

 

[digitaldodechahedron]

Ok, so here are some additional details:

So, I'm not sure what my science undergraduate gpa is. Since I always intended to major in English, my math/science are really minimal. I think I took general biology, environmental science, evolutionary biology, college algebra and two ghetto math classes (math for liberal arts). I pretty much got Bs in all of these. I took some social science stuff as well, like psychology, and I always got As in those classes. But I don't want to really lend any credibility to these. If I do a post-bac' program, and take science courses, I'm not going to get anything less than an A-. I'm actually serious about schoolwork now. And if I attend a smaller CC, things will tend to be in my favor (grade wise).

With that being said, the classes that I took in my major were always the most difficult. I took notoriously difficult and sometimes subjective classes that were almost to get As in (upper level creative writing workshops that I had to get accepted into; I know, the schools won't care).

In regards to your question about the local CC being rigorous enough: to tell you the truth, I'm really not sure. The community college that I plan to attend is definitely legit' though (top 10 in the nation consistently).


I guess I should just go ahead and be up front and say that I live in Florida. So, I am aware of LECOM. I am also COMPLETELY free of legal issues (praise the sky), single and without dependents. I can definitely afford to do a post-bac' or a grad' program, and I think that I have a reasonable chance at doing well on the MCAT (with the require prereqs done first, of course). I have always been an extremely strong test taker.

Thanks,

-T