Help! Trying to get back on the horse! Help, please!

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Hello, everyone!

Sooooo..... I started undergrad in 2002, and almost finished undergrad with a 2.29 in 2007. I was going through some dark times (illness, cancer, death in the family, etc). Having only been 1 lab away from graduating, I unfortunately accrued 140 units of terrible grades during that time, inclusive of Cs, Ds, and Fs. Anyway, I took a hiatus from school for a while.

For the past two years now, I've retaken over 100 BCMP units with straight As. I've gotten scholar awards, Dean's list, Chair of an Honor Society, etc etc. Yet, I was only able to bump my overal science GPA from 2.29 to 2.94), and still trying to bump it up a teeny bit more, but it's so difficult having had so many units to account for.

What are my chances of getting into a US Allopathic program? Pretty please!

cGPA: 3.01 sGPA: 2.94
MCAT: 29
Clinical volunteer: 200 hours clinical care extender at a hospital
Physician Shadowing: have been shadowing different doctors with different fields for a year and continuing to do so.
Research: Currently doing research in Physiology: working with different kinase inhibitors targeting COX-2 gene expression
Nonclinical volunteer activities: Active Alpha Delta Epsilon Honor Society, various volunteer activities twice a month (Stride for Breast Cancer Awareness, walks, time at children's centers, convalescent centers, etc)
Employment: Bartender, Server, currently working to get CNA-certified for more experience

I'm working so hard! Please tell me there might be light at the end of the tunnel?

Thanks for your time!

 

[DokterMom]

If you don't get auto-screened out by some computer, I think any human reading your story would be impressed by your very pronounced upward trend and strong recent performance. Your recent performance is absolutely admission-worthy.

Maybe call a whole bunch of admissions offices and compile a list of who auto-screens first? A bunch of phone calls and/or emails would have to be a lot less painful than a heap of rejections.

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[Goro]

You've proven you've rehabilitated yourself, now the key is doing your homework and finding those schools that will give you some love.

STRONGLY suggest that you contact admissions deans to see if you're competitive. They don't call it autoscreen for nothing and so you got to apply to schools where eyeballs and not computers will see your application,

Any DO program will take you in a heartbeat, because your re-takes are the ones that count, and so your GPA will be much higher.

Good luck!

Hello, everyone!

Sooooo..... I started undergrad in 2002, and almost finished undergrad with a 2.29 in 2007. I was going through some dark times (illness, cancer, death in the family, etc). Having only been 1 lab away from graduating, I unfortunately accrued 140 units of terrible grades during that time, inclusive of Cs, Ds, and Fs. Anyway, I took a hiatus from school for a while.

For the past two years now, I've retaken over 100 BCMP units with straight As. I've gotten scholar awards, Dean's list, Chair of an Honor Society, etc etc. Yet, I was only able to bump my overal science GPA from 2.29 to 2.94), and still trying to bump it up a teeny bit more, but it’s so difficult having had so many units to account for.

What are my chances of getting into a US Allopathic program? Pretty please!

cGPA: 3.01 sGPA: 2.94
MCAT: 35
Clinical volunteer: 200 hours clinical care extender at a hospital
Physician Shadowing: have been shadowing different doctors with different fields for a year and continuing to do so.
Research: Currently doing research in Physiology: working with different kinase inhibitors targeting COX-2 gene expression
Nonclinical volunteer activities: Active Alpha Delta Epsilon Honor Society, various volunteer activities twice a month (Stride for Breast Cancer Awareness, walks, time at children’s centers, convalescent centers, etc)
Employment: Bartender, Server, currently working to get CNA-certified for more experience

I'm working so hard! Please tell me there might be light at the end of the tunnel?

Thanks for your time!