Future DO Applicant

[Oncologist911]

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Hello everyone,
I'm a premed student, and I have done mediocre in my premed classes and am really interested in DO and MD. DO more so, I do realize I'm not competitive, so I have to retake my premed classes because I know they have grade forgiveness. I found out in my school, when you repeat anything higher than a D. The new grade is not calculated in your GPA. So what I want to know. Should I just take them, even though my GPA won't increase in my degree, My gpa is below a 3.0. Or graduate and apply as a second degree transfer, just to take those classes, and apply with those grades (not get a second degree). Thank you in advance. I have not taken the MCAT yet. Registered to take it this September and I'm going to kill it because I have too. =) *Positive Thoughts*

 

[DetectiveAlonzo]

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[Oncologist911]

your GPA is calculated by aacomas. Not the school. Retake them anywhere you can. Take MCAT when ready.

Also, you better have a good reason for going DO rather than doing mediocre in classes and grade forgiveness.

So, doing it through any way is fine. I don't need a postbaac? How about for MD? and I do, I have reasons for my grades.

 

[MightBeACylon439]

So, doing it through any way is fine. I don't need a postbaac? How about for MD? and I do, I have reasons for my grades.

Regardless of what the reasons for your poor grades are the answer will always be "address the deficiencies, learn from them, and move on." Immature? Grow up. Couldn't handle the stress? Seek counseling on stress management. Death of a loved one? Seek counseling to learn how to cope with loss. S.O. Broke up with you an hour after you got to college? Learn how to deal with heart break.

I assure you that these events will persist throughout life and yes, in med school. So learn now, or risk having to deal with failings in med school (from what I've seen on these forums it's not so great of a situation to be in).

 

[Old&InTheWay]

So, doing it through any way is fine. I don't need a postbaac? How about for MD? and I do, I have reasons for my grades.

Yes, we all have reasons for our grades. The reasons for your grades would appear to be poor performance. As the above poster said, figure out how to do better and don't make excuses for yourself.

Only DO schools do the grade replacement deal. MD programs count every class you have ever taken for credit toward your GPA. Depending on how many credits you have counting toward that <3.0, it very well may be unrepairable (short of taking 1000+ additional credits and getting all As). What does your GPA look like if you replace every C, D and F with an A? Doing that and applying DO is your best bet. There is no need to do an official post-bacc or go for a second degree. You may need to declare a major to receive financial aid.

 

[DetectiveAlonzo]

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[Old&InTheWay]

Or Carib if you really want the MD.

Get to live on the beach and drink real coconut water. #livingthelifeeeee

I hope you're joking.

 

[Oncologist911]

Regardless of what the reasons for your poor grades are the answer will always be "address the deficiencies, learn from them, and move on." Immature? Grow up. Couldn't handle the stress? Seek counseling on stress management. Death of a loved one? Seek counseling to learn how to cope with loss. S.O. Broke up with you an hour after you got to college? Learn how to deal with heart break.

I assure you that these events will persist throughout life and yes, in med school. So learn now, or risk having to deal with failings in med school (from what I've seen on these forums it's not so great of a situation to be in).

Thank you. I appreciate that. You're right.

 

[Oncologist911]

Yes, we all have reasons for our grades. The reasons for your grades would appear to be poor performance. As the above poster said, figure out how to do better and don't make excuses for yourself.

Only DO schools do the grade replacement deal. MD programs count every class you have ever taken for credit toward your GPA. Depending on how many credits you have counting toward that <3.0, it very well may be unrepairable (short of taking 1000+ additional credits and getting all As). What does your GPA look like if you replace every C, D and F with an A? Doing that and applying DO is your best bet. There is no need to do an official post-bacc or go for a second degree. You may need to declare a major to receive financial aid.

The reason I want to do a second degree transfer, not get a second degree is because replacing C's and higher doesn't affect GPA. Should I repeat B's as well?

 

[Old&InTheWay]

I don't know what that means, but I think you don't fully understand how medical schools calculate your GPA. MD programs will only care about the GPA that AMCAS calculates, and DO schools will only care about the GPA that AACOMAS calculates. Your GPA as calculated by you undergraduate university is irrelevant.

 

[Oncologist911]

I don't know what that means, but I think you don't fully understand how medical schools calculate your GPA. MD programs will only care about the GPA that AMCAS calculates, and DO schools will only care about the GPA that AACOMAS calculates. Your GPA as calculated by you undergraduate university is irrelevant.

Oh! that's great, Do you think they have gpa calculators, or do we have to do it by hand?

 

[MedNation907]

Oh! that's great, Do you think they have gpa calculators, or do we have to do it by hand?

I can't tell if you are joking or not... but the AMCAS/AACOMAS GPA's are calculated by an algorithm. You just plug in your grades and it spits out their version of your GPA --> which is the product considered by medical school admissions. Now the two systems are regulated differently, so your AMCAS GPA won't necessarily match your AACOMAS GPA, but that's beside the point.

 

[Old&InTheWay]

Oh! that's great, Do you think they have gpa calculators, or do we have to do it by hand?

I think someone on SDN created some spreadsheets you can use to calculate both GPAs.

 

[Oncologist911]

I think someone on SDN created some spreadsheets you can use to calculate both GPAs.

You're so awesome, would you be able to tell me where i can find this spread sheet?

 

[Old&InTheWay]

You're so awesome, would you be able to tell me where i can find this spread sheet?

http://bit.ly/1I1EnY4
http://bit.ly/1I1Ezqa

 

[Goro]

If you think that you can handle a medical school curriculum, you need to prove it. We don't care about your excuses, although you do have our sympathies for bad life events.

So, doing it through any way is fine. I don't need a postbaac? How about for MD? and I do, I have reasons for my grades.

 

[Oncologist911]

http://bit.ly/1I1EnY4
http://bit.ly/1I1Ezqa

Thank you very much!