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Alright, so this is hypothetically realistic scenario. I'll be transferring to UC Santa Barbara or UC Davis, and from transfer, I've looked at my schedule to graduate, and I should be able to graduate in one year after transfer. I'm planning to take my MCAT right before I transfer from my community college, and I will take 12 classes of upper-division biology in one year to graduate. That being said, I will have no upper-div bio if I apply to matriculate immediately after graduation. So when I apply my stats will be
~3.7 cGPA (4.0 AO, ~3.6 sGPA, only thing affecting my GPA poorly is calculus)
Lets say about a 515-520 MCAT, haven't taken it yet, but I'm asking because it affects some serious upcoming decisions on which school I choose to go to.
~90 hours of shadowing (including 60 internationally)
~5,200 hours clinical experience
0 hours research (I've been working full time as an ED Tech since my freshman year while attending school full time... I'm afraid I don't have time to commit to research. But it'll all pay off, I'll have saved enough money to my fees at a UC, about $34,000, without being in debt.)
300 hours clinical volunteering (150 ED, 150 Surgical ICU)
~125 hours non-clinical volunteer (~25 hours are tutoring, 40 are miscellaneous events including helping homeless, helping clubs, helping with fundraisers and events, as well; the rest are having a Little Brother as part of Big Brother, Big Sister program).
~Part time recreational leader at my community college's "College for Kids" summer program (while working full time and taking calculus...)
LOR's from MD I've worked with, as well as a chem professor who I've had general through organic.
So what do you think? The reason I question it is because I'll only have CC education done. But I've worked my ass off going full time while doing school. I didn't have money to go to a 4-year directly, and I've had zero help from family besides being able to live in the house, but I've saved all leftover money after necessary monthly expenditures to afford a four-year University of CA without having to pull out loans or work (so I can overkill my quarters and graduate in a year, which is all I can afford). what do you think of the impact of not having upper-div bio at the time of application will have on my chances? If I wait another year, I would just double major and wrack up a higher GPA and maybe get a little research done as part of my second major.
~3.7 cGPA (4.0 AO, ~3.6 sGPA, only thing affecting my GPA poorly is calculus)
Lets say about a 515-520 MCAT, haven't taken it yet, but I'm asking because it affects some serious upcoming decisions on which school I choose to go to.
~90 hours of shadowing (including 60 internationally)
~5,200 hours clinical experience
0 hours research (I've been working full time as an ED Tech since my freshman year while attending school full time... I'm afraid I don't have time to commit to research. But it'll all pay off, I'll have saved enough money to my fees at a UC, about $34,000, without being in debt.)
300 hours clinical volunteering (150 ED, 150 Surgical ICU)
~125 hours non-clinical volunteer (~25 hours are tutoring, 40 are miscellaneous events including helping homeless, helping clubs, helping with fundraisers and events, as well; the rest are having a Little Brother as part of Big Brother, Big Sister program).
~Part time recreational leader at my community college's "College for Kids" summer program (while working full time and taking calculus...)
LOR's from MD I've worked with, as well as a chem professor who I've had general through organic.
So what do you think? The reason I question it is because I'll only have CC education done. But I've worked my ass off going full time while doing school. I didn't have money to go to a 4-year directly, and I've had zero help from family besides being able to live in the house, but I've saved all leftover money after necessary monthly expenditures to afford a four-year University of CA without having to pull out loans or work (so I can overkill my quarters and graduate in a year, which is all I can afford). what do you think of the impact of not having upper-div bio at the time of application will have on my chances? If I wait another year, I would just double major and wrack up a higher GPA and maybe get a little research done as part of my second major.
