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I don't really know where I stand because I'm pretty new to all this. So here goes

Alrite, Im 23 and graduated from X-ray school recently and obtained a job at one of our clinical rotations. While in high school I didn't really care about my grades so much. I had a full time job and my grades took a back seat. Well this continued into college. I have a 3.05 with four years of classes with only a two year degree. I didn't study and winged my way through everything and it cost me. While in my senior year I sort of figured out that I have a knack for the medical field due in most part to my extreme interest in the subject. Shortly after being hired as an x-ray tech I really had the urge to be a doctor. So i worked full time for a year and then decided to make the decision to step down to part time to pursue my dream.

So needless to say I enrolled in classes and declared my major biology. I finished the semester with straight a's. I know I can do it when I put forth the effort and I intend to do just that. I guess what I'm worried about is even if I make straight A's will I be able to be accepted. Working in the hospital I have a lot of resources. One of my good buddies has said he will help me go out of the country to help fix cleft pallets. So I'm not worried about that aspect, really just my poor gpa. Oh yea and one grade killer was an "f" and I replaced it with an "A"

thanks for any responses. Ive read a lot but this is my first post

 

[Jnet389]

Have you checked out the DO route at all?

 

[deleted357625]

Have you checked out the DO route at all?

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[Catalystik]

Alrite, Im 23 and graduated from X-ray school recently and obtained a job at one of our clinical rotations. While in high school I didn't really care about my grades so much. I had a full time job and my grades took a back seat. Well this continued into college. I have a 3.05 with four years of classes with only a two year degree. I didn't study and winged my way through everything and it cost me. While in my senior year I sort of figured out that I have a knack for the medical field due in most part to my extreme interest in the subject. Shortly after being hired as an x-ray tech I really had the urge to be a doctor. So i worked full time for a year and then decided to make the decision to step down to part time to pursue my dream.

So needless to say I enrolled in classes and declared my major biology. I finished the semester with straight a's. I know I can do it when I put forth the effort and I intend to do just that. I guess what I'm worried about is even if I make straight A's will I be able to be accepted. Working in the hospital I have a lot of resources. One of my good buddies has said he will help me go out of the country to help fix cleft pallets. So I'm not worried about that aspect, really just my poor gpa. Oh yea and one grade killer was an "f" and I replaced it with an "A"

thanks for any responses. Ive read a lot but this is my first post

AMCAS, the MD application service, includes all grades earned, including that F.

AACOMAS, the nonTexas DO application service, only includes the most recent grade if you retake for the same credits or greater. So here, that F may not be included.

If your overall GPA of 3.0 includes the F, then two more full-time years of college earning a 4.0 for an equal number of credit hours to what you had already earned would give you a GPA of ~3.5. Depending on your MCAT score, you could be reasonable competitive for MD and/or DO med schools. A fifth year of As would get you to a very competitive 3.6 or so (if my credit hour assumptions are correct).

BTW, you need not go to the expense of an international activity to gain clinical experience. Your job gave you a good amount of that. You can broaden the experience by volunteering 3-4 hours a week in a hospital, clinic, rehab facility, skilled-nursing home (not a retirement center), or hospice. You will also want to shadow physicians. I'm sure you can easily do this with some radiologists, but also include a primary care doc and some other specialty as well (at least). Med schools increasingly want to see nonmedical community service, too. Leadership, teaching, and research are other experiences that strengthen an application.

 

[Isoprop]

Hey OP, I also have lots of Ds and Fs on my undergrad transcript. Keep up the good work and I am sure you can get in somewhere.