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Hello!
I am looking for some feedback on my options to complete the requirements for med school. Originally, my career plan was to become a clinical social worker, and I will be graduating with my bachelors in Human Service Delivery and Administration this fall. However, I made the decision to change directions and go into med school.
My question is, what is my best course of action? I have not fulfilled the minimum science requirements for most med schools that I have looked at. I still need 16 hours of chemistry and 8 hours in one of the physical sciences. Should I just take those courses? Or should I try and get another degree in one of the recommended pre-med majors to try and bump my GPA up? My goal after completing my science requirements, is to take a gap year to work and study for the MCAT. Is there anything else I should be doing? Or, doing incorrectly?
My Info
Cumulative GPA 3.72, I do have 4 W’s over the course of a year due to having to move unexpectedly, and then having to change my schedule because of a death that caused extended responsibilities. I am pretty worried about the W’s.
720 hours of non-clinical volunteering during the past 4 years breakdown:
70 hours at a hippotherapy program (Current)
250 hours at a disability resource center
400 hours at an adoption and foster care agency (primarily research and grant writing)
I also have 250 hours (paid) running a homework room for elementary age children
Member of Tau Upsilon Alpha
Scheduled to start shadowing a doctor next month
I am looking for some feedback on my options to complete the requirements for med school. Originally, my career plan was to become a clinical social worker, and I will be graduating with my bachelors in Human Service Delivery and Administration this fall. However, I made the decision to change directions and go into med school.
My question is, what is my best course of action? I have not fulfilled the minimum science requirements for most med schools that I have looked at. I still need 16 hours of chemistry and 8 hours in one of the physical sciences. Should I just take those courses? Or should I try and get another degree in one of the recommended pre-med majors to try and bump my GPA up? My goal after completing my science requirements, is to take a gap year to work and study for the MCAT. Is there anything else I should be doing? Or, doing incorrectly?
My Info
Cumulative GPA 3.72, I do have 4 W’s over the course of a year due to having to move unexpectedly, and then having to change my schedule because of a death that caused extended responsibilities. I am pretty worried about the W’s.
720 hours of non-clinical volunteering during the past 4 years breakdown:
70 hours at a hippotherapy program (Current)
250 hours at a disability resource center
400 hours at an adoption and foster care agency (primarily research and grant writing)
I also have 250 hours (paid) running a homework room for elementary age children
Member of Tau Upsilon Alpha
Scheduled to start shadowing a doctor next month
