Please help!!! I have a very unusual situation and nobody seems to have any answers. I am planning to apply this year. I am 28.
I have been working full-time in public health for 4 years. I got my undergrad degree in business administration in Asia, with a GPA of 3.1. (Yes, I am a US citizen.) Then I moved to the US and got an MA in Marketing Communications, and my GPA was 3.7. I then decided to switch fields and started a pre-med post-bacc at Harvard Extension; my sGPA was 3.2 and my cGPA was 3.3.
I am taking my MCATs in two weeks and honestly I think I will probably get a total score in the mid-20s.
What are my chances?? Any suggestions for schools? Should I just apply to DO schools? Do I need to take any more classes??? Will my undergrad GPA from abroad even count?? Which GPA will schools look at, my undergrad or my post-bacc??? Will my masters even count??? Anything else I should do??? I listed all my stats and my ECs below. Help and honest advice will be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you so much.
Full time work in public health, 2006-present
Post Bacc, Harvard Extension, 2005-2009:
Fall Term 2009 MATH E-3 Quant Reasoning: Practical Math A
Spring Term 2009 PHYS E-1B Principles of Physics II B
Fall Term 2008 PHYS E-1A Principles of Physics I B
Summer Term 2008 PSYC S-1875 Psychopaths, Terrorists B+
Spring Term 2008 BIOL E-1B Organismic, Evolutionary Biol A-
Fall Term 2007 BIOL E-1A Molecular and Cellular Biology B-
Summer Term 2007 PSYC S-1240 Abnormal Psychology A-
Spring Term 2007 CHEM E-2B Organic Chemistry II B+
Spring Term 2007 ENGL E-157 The Makers of Modern Poetry B-
Fall Term 2006 CHEM E-2A Organic Chemistry I B+
Fall Term 2006 CREA E-25 Intro to Fiction Writing A-
Spring Term 2006 CHEM E-1B General Chemistry II B
Fall Term 2005 CHEM E-1A General Chemistry I B
post bacc Sci + math GPA: 3.2
post bacc Cumulative GPA: 3.3
MA in Marketing Communications, 2005 (IN THE US) GPA: 3.7
Bachelors in Business Administration, 2002 (FROM ASIA) GPA: 3.1
Extracurriculars:
Volunteer at a Childrens Hospital 2005-2008
Founder and leader of health-related book club 2006-2007
Shadowed a MD and volunteered at a hospital in Asia, August 2007
Read books and recorded for the blind and dyslexic, Aug 2006
I have been working full-time in public health for 4 years. I got my undergrad degree in business administration in Asia, with a GPA of 3.1. (Yes, I am a US citizen.) Then I moved to the US and got an MA in Marketing Communications, and my GPA was 3.7. I then decided to switch fields and started a pre-med post-bacc at Harvard Extension; my sGPA was 3.2 and my cGPA was 3.3.
I am taking my MCATs in two weeks and honestly I think I will probably get a total score in the mid-20s.
What are my chances?? Any suggestions for schools? Should I just apply to DO schools? Do I need to take any more classes??? Will my undergrad GPA from abroad even count?? Which GPA will schools look at, my undergrad or my post-bacc??? Will my masters even count??? Anything else I should do??? I listed all my stats and my ECs below. Help and honest advice will be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you so much.
Full time work in public health, 2006-present
Post Bacc, Harvard Extension, 2005-2009:
Fall Term 2009 MATH E-3 Quant Reasoning: Practical Math A
Spring Term 2009 PHYS E-1B Principles of Physics II B
Fall Term 2008 PHYS E-1A Principles of Physics I B
Summer Term 2008 PSYC S-1875 Psychopaths, Terrorists B+
Spring Term 2008 BIOL E-1B Organismic, Evolutionary Biol A-
Fall Term 2007 BIOL E-1A Molecular and Cellular Biology B-
Summer Term 2007 PSYC S-1240 Abnormal Psychology A-
Spring Term 2007 CHEM E-2B Organic Chemistry II B+
Spring Term 2007 ENGL E-157 The Makers of Modern Poetry B-
Fall Term 2006 CHEM E-2A Organic Chemistry I B+
Fall Term 2006 CREA E-25 Intro to Fiction Writing A-
Spring Term 2006 CHEM E-1B General Chemistry II B
Fall Term 2005 CHEM E-1A General Chemistry I B
post bacc Sci + math GPA: 3.2
post bacc Cumulative GPA: 3.3
MA in Marketing Communications, 2005 (IN THE US) GPA: 3.7
Bachelors in Business Administration, 2002 (FROM ASIA) GPA: 3.1
Extracurriculars:
Volunteer at a Childrens Hospital 2005-2008
Founder and leader of health-related book club 2006-2007
Shadowed a MD and volunteered at a hospital in Asia, August 2007
Read books and recorded for the blind and dyslexic, Aug 2006