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This is my first time here and I just wanted a few of my questions asked. I am Currently a Biological sciences major senior at UCSD; I came into the school as a transfer student. My transfer GPA was good, around 3.5. However, my current GPA at UCSD is very low around 2.7. The transition from a semester and community-based college to a huge university where you feel like a number and you are no different was extremely hard. I don't just go to school, I have had two jobs and taking full-time classes the past years, I live with my mother and my younger siblings where I help out a lot ( sort of another parent ), translate at parent-teacher conferences, doctor appointments, helping my siblings with school, the SAT and applying to colleges. I am first generation college student and high school graduate. I didn't really have anyone to help me find my way through this educational journey, I just spent a lot of time googling things at the library computers. I chose UCSD because I thought it would prepare me more than a sate school would and I believe it has. My first time hearing of DNA, calculus, and so many other mathematical and scientific terms was at my community college. However, when I came to this school, I found myself competing with students that have taken a ton of AP classes at their high school and that have had top notch tutoring, and overall college experience advice that I wish I had. Sometimes I see some of these students and they say I am not gonna study till the last night for the exam I already learned most of this stuff and they end up with B's. And I'm here thinking if I had the opportunities they had I would never settle for less than an A. Sorry for the rant, anyway, my question is taking to consideration with my circumstance and my GPA, i were to bring up my GPA to a 3.2 and my MCAT score is average ( did not have any study material except for MCAT study guides I borrowed from a friend), what are my chances of getting into UCSD med school. Some of the reasons why I want to go to this school is, I really love the accessible, diverse and intense amount of research this campus has to offer and I want to keep doing some of the research I have already been apart of on campus. I also have grown attached to the community in SD, I live in the middle of SD 20 miles away from campus and I really enjoy giving back to the little amount of knowledge I have gained and giving what I didn't have access to students like myself that just need the push. Lastly, I want to eventually practice as a pediatric physician and I have heard so many good things about some of the mentorship I can have access to at UCSD. My main goal is to become a pediatric physician and also teach at a medical school because I believe that many of our current pediatric physicians who serve low income at risk children are detached and impassionate ( I have seen this first hand I'm not trying to be rude ).
P.S I don't think I will be doing a postbac, as I cannot afford it and many other personal reasons
This is my first time here and I just wanted a few of my questions asked. I am Currently a Biological sciences major senior at UCSD; I came into the school as a transfer student. My transfer GPA was good, around 3.5. However, my current GPA at UCSD is very low around 2.7. The transition from a semester and community-based college to a huge university where you feel like a number and you are no different was extremely hard. I don't just go to school, I have had two jobs and taking full-time classes the past years, I live with my mother and my younger siblings where I help out a lot ( sort of another parent ), translate at parent-teacher conferences, doctor appointments, helping my siblings with school, the SAT and applying to colleges. I am first generation college student and high school graduate. I didn't really have anyone to help me find my way through this educational journey, I just spent a lot of time googling things at the library computers. I chose UCSD because I thought it would prepare me more than a sate school would and I believe it has. My first time hearing of DNA, calculus, and so many other mathematical and scientific terms was at my community college. However, when I came to this school, I found myself competing with students that have taken a ton of AP classes at their high school and that have had top notch tutoring, and overall college experience advice that I wish I had. Sometimes I see some of these students and they say I am not gonna study till the last night for the exam I already learned most of this stuff and they end up with B's. And I'm here thinking if I had the opportunities they had I would never settle for less than an A. Sorry for the rant, anyway, my question is taking to consideration with my circumstance and my GPA, i were to bring up my GPA to a 3.2 and my MCAT score is average ( did not have any study material except for MCAT study guides I borrowed from a friend), what are my chances of getting into UCSD med school. Some of the reasons why I want to go to this school is, I really love the accessible, diverse and intense amount of research this campus has to offer and I want to keep doing some of the research I have already been apart of on campus. I also have grown attached to the community in SD, I live in the middle of SD 20 miles away from campus and I really enjoy giving back to the little amount of knowledge I have gained and giving what I didn't have access to students like myself that just need the push. Lastly, I want to eventually practice as a pediatric physician and I have heard so many good things about some of the mentorship I can have access to at UCSD. My main goal is to become a pediatric physician and also teach at a medical school because I believe that many of our current pediatric physicians who serve low income at risk children are detached and impassionate ( I have seen this first hand I'm not trying to be rude ).
P.S I don't think I will be doing a postbac, as I cannot afford it and many other personal reasons
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