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So how cooked am I? Sorry for the long post...
Undergrad career: I adjusted to college life on my own extremely poorly and started my undergraduate career with an uninspiring 1.6 GPA. I managed to bring my cGPA to a 3.11, although my sGPA is sub-3.0. During undergrad, I also mixed in a couple summers of research in an oncology/stem cell lab (although not published), a couple summers of pediatric oncologist shadowing, started a Colleges Against Cancer chapter at my college, and planned a very successful inaugural Relay for Life Event my senior year.
Graduate career: I was told by my undergraduate pre-health counselor that my numbers weren't there, so I didn't even apply to med school. Instead, I hastily applied (literally last minute) to a 2-year master's program in cell bio and got in. The program involved a lot of bench research and didn't have many offerings in my limited research interests; nevertheless, I took the offer. I completed a year's worth (-1 class, explanation coming) with a 3.55 GPA.
My grad career ended when I was caught cheating on my final exam for the last class of the year. My department chair recommended I withdraw from the program, which I agreed to, and in return if anyone asked what happened he would refrain from divulging any information. For me, I felt this was it for my plan of being a doctor.
Since leaving the program nearly 4 years ago, I've worked as a legal assistant and have served on the advisory board of a leading cancer center. I thought that I could put med school aside and move on, but it's been in the back of my mind as I search for the next step in my life. I recently scored a 30 on the MCAT and am thinking about applying to SMP's, being fully honest and up front about my past indescretion at graduate school.
I am a childhood cancer survivor that was always surrounded by medicine. Those surrounding me always expected me to be a doctor. At times, I fooled myself into thinking that I was doing it all for them, but I realize now after very serious thought that it is my dream, too.
Does anyone out there have any ideas or experience with this? Would an SMP take me? Would a medical school take a chance on me (should I perform well in the SMP)? I'm 27 now, and wondering if being a physician is somehow still in the cards.
Undergrad career: I adjusted to college life on my own extremely poorly and started my undergraduate career with an uninspiring 1.6 GPA. I managed to bring my cGPA to a 3.11, although my sGPA is sub-3.0. During undergrad, I also mixed in a couple summers of research in an oncology/stem cell lab (although not published), a couple summers of pediatric oncologist shadowing, started a Colleges Against Cancer chapter at my college, and planned a very successful inaugural Relay for Life Event my senior year.
Graduate career: I was told by my undergraduate pre-health counselor that my numbers weren't there, so I didn't even apply to med school. Instead, I hastily applied (literally last minute) to a 2-year master's program in cell bio and got in. The program involved a lot of bench research and didn't have many offerings in my limited research interests; nevertheless, I took the offer. I completed a year's worth (-1 class, explanation coming) with a 3.55 GPA.
My grad career ended when I was caught cheating on my final exam for the last class of the year. My department chair recommended I withdraw from the program, which I agreed to, and in return if anyone asked what happened he would refrain from divulging any information. For me, I felt this was it for my plan of being a doctor.
Since leaving the program nearly 4 years ago, I've worked as a legal assistant and have served on the advisory board of a leading cancer center. I thought that I could put med school aside and move on, but it's been in the back of my mind as I search for the next step in my life. I recently scored a 30 on the MCAT and am thinking about applying to SMP's, being fully honest and up front about my past indescretion at graduate school.
I am a childhood cancer survivor that was always surrounded by medicine. Those surrounding me always expected me to be a doctor. At times, I fooled myself into thinking that I was doing it all for them, but I realize now after very serious thought that it is my dream, too.
Does anyone out there have any ideas or experience with this? Would an SMP take me? Would a medical school take a chance on me (should I perform well in the SMP)? I'm 27 now, and wondering if being a physician is somehow still in the cards.