Gotta question regarding clinical experience

[WannaBeMD89]

Okay so heres the deal. I will be graduating with a BA in Biochemistry. For the clinical experience, I will have been working in the healthcare field for 1.5 years as a CNA and 4 years as a Licensed Practical Nurse. I will have also shadowed every specialty and have put in over 600 hours as a volunteer for Red Cross and local hospitals. If I score average on my MCAT and my GPA is around 3.4, how good do you think my application would look to adcom?
Thanks alot

Also, I worked full time throughout my undergrad career and will have done 2 summers of research at a medical school.

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[dw2158]

shouldn't this be in the what are my chances section?

editing to add: the answer to your question is... pretty good. your GPA is a tad low (but not really). you will need to do better than average on the MCAT to have a really good shot at allo schools. i think.

 

[kingofthehill]

Are you serious?

 

[crazycooljoel]

The docs I shadow all say the med schools will accept lower GPA's for clinical experience (including below a 3.0), as long as you not only show clinical experience hours, but your history of clinical experience. Meaning that 4 years as an RN is exceptional. What med schools want are people who have that passion about medicine and patient care.

 

[crazycooljoel]

The docs I shadow all say the med schools will accept lower GPA's for clinical experience (including below a 3.0), as long as you not only show clinical experience hours, but your history of clinical experience. Meaning that 4 years as an RN is exceptional. What med schools want are people who have that passion about medicine and patient care.

My bad... I meant LPN

 

[lord_jeebus]

The docs I shadow all say the med schools will accept lower GPA's for clinical experience (including below a 3.0)

In my experience there is no shortage of applicants with good clinical experience and excellent GPAs - I can't imagine any degree of clinical experience that would make up for a GPA below 3.0.