Greetings to all! I have recently been bombarded with having to take a gap year due to irresponsible planning on my part. Nonetheless, I still plan on becoming a doctor at some point so I need a little help. I am a rising senior at a public university in South Florida and I had originally planned on applying for the 2020 cycle, to the lowest tier MD schools as well as a few DO schools. However, upon doing calculations on hypothetical GPA calculators to recalculate my current GPA to the AAMC standards, it appears as though my GPA will drop 0.5 points. ZERO POINT FIVE POINTS. I failed four classes between my semester of dual enrollment in high school and my freshmen year of college at a community college. The sob story behind that has to do with Hurricane Irma and my car getting repossessed because my father hates me and literally not having a way to school and missing exams sitting in hours of traffic etc. I am going to try to not dwell on excuses because I know ADCOMS don't really care. Both my GPAs are around a 3.0, so I was planning on doing well on on my MCAT and bringing up my GPA to at least a 3.1 in the summer before I apply. I signed up for my MCAT, I was volunteering and shadowing like my life depended on it, and I even to went to another country this past April to volunteer at an orphanage. I also forgot to mention I am URM, black female. Anyways, I obviously will get screened out of most schools without having at least a 3.0, so I have no choice but to apply during my senior year. I cancelled my MCAT exam and my summer classes because I feel quite defeated and I am slowly trying to plan my next move and what to do next. With that being said, if I miraculously receive a 4.0 over two 18 credit semesters, I would be able to bring my GPA up to a 3.4 but that is my university's calculation. So I wrote this long drawn out thing to say that I need help accurately calculating my GPA as closest to what the AAMC will calculate when it is my time to apply. I also have a few more questions/concerns that I will list as bullets.
- I already started the application for the 2020 cycle, with just basic information such as my name and birthplace. I do not want to be counted as a re-applicant for next year and the time for official submission has not come yet. The withdraw application and submit application buttons are grayed out. What should I do to ensure my application is not transmitted as a re-applicant for next year?
- Please do not suggest I complete a post-bacc and smp or whatever they are called because I do not have time or money for either of those things and I am not going to take out anymore loans unless it is for medical school.
- Is the USF AAMC grade conversion calculator accurate?
- If not, if I send someone my transcript with certain information blacked out, could they assist me in converting my GPA?