So I'm going to write a novel rant in hopes someone can answer something since I don't have anyone in person that can. Also, probably overthinking this whole thing too.
In high school I was a joint high school/community college student so I have about 50 credits that I've accumulated over my junior and senior years of HS. I wanted to do nursing through the CC (quickly decided it wasn't for me about a semester in) so now I'm finishing up my freshman year at the CC and stuck with a low GPA (3.5 cumulative) and a withdraw on the transcript. I'm 3 classes away from getting an AA and was thinking if it's worth it to just get it over the summer & raise my GPA to a 3.6? Right now I have almost a year of clinical work experience, volunteer at 2 places and am doing some shadowing so I didn't feel like I completely wasted my time and I wanted to do some things relevant to help me grow (planning to do these through undergrad). So my concern is that I'll be transferring to a uni this year (either health sciences or cellular/molecular bio major) as a sophomore and I have 0 research experience. Would it be too late to start as a sophomore/scoffed at? I know there's the whole "pre med student mold" that seems to be looked down upon, but it seems like most students have at least a few things in common (high gpa, good mcat, research, volunteer, shadowing) with some unique factors that make them standout (whatever that may be).
In high school I was a joint high school/community college student so I have about 50 credits that I've accumulated over my junior and senior years of HS. I wanted to do nursing through the CC (quickly decided it wasn't for me about a semester in) so now I'm finishing up my freshman year at the CC and stuck with a low GPA (3.5 cumulative) and a withdraw on the transcript. I'm 3 classes away from getting an AA and was thinking if it's worth it to just get it over the summer & raise my GPA to a 3.6? Right now I have almost a year of clinical work experience, volunteer at 2 places and am doing some shadowing so I didn't feel like I completely wasted my time and I wanted to do some things relevant to help me grow (planning to do these through undergrad). So my concern is that I'll be transferring to a uni this year (either health sciences or cellular/molecular bio major) as a sophomore and I have 0 research experience. Would it be too late to start as a sophomore/scoffed at? I know there's the whole "pre med student mold" that seems to be looked down upon, but it seems like most students have at least a few things in common (high gpa, good mcat, research, volunteer, shadowing) with some unique factors that make them standout (whatever that may be).
