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Hi Everyone!
I graduated in 2015 from a UC school with a degree in Anthropology, I had 140 Units Attempted under that Degree with a Graduating Cumulative GPA of a 2.45. During my tenure there I spun the roulette wheel repeatedly while deciding my major and generally put very little effort into my studies. I still had a lot of growing up to do.
After graduating I spent months trying to find jobs in different fields even going back to my old high school summer job assembling cabinets in a warehouse for a few months while I looked. Eventually I settled in at an unpaid intern/volunteer administrative position for a nonprofit/low-income health clinic for 6 months trying to move into a paid position there. I felt like I could do more and took night classes getting my EMT license during my evenings.
After I successfully obtained my EMT license I got a Job working in the Emergency room of a Level 1 Trauma Center, There I was trained in Phlebotomy as well; I’m still working there today. (I have 5000 hours at the moment and that will continue to grow until I apply)
After about 1 year of Full time work there I made the decision that I wanted to be better to improve and reinvent myself.
I cut my hours to Just under full time and enrolled at my local community college with the initial intent of getting my GPA to the 3.0 mark to apply for an ABSN program or a PA program as I was getting closer to hitting that mark (my GPA at my community college is a 3.879 currently) I realized that I was only an extra semester away from hitting all the prerequisites for something I had previously discounted as an impossibility, a DO/MD program
As of right now my projected finishing point will be with a 3.03 Cumulative GPA and a 3.65 science GPA and planning to take the MCat just after I finish my final semester of Organic chemistry and physics. My CC does not offer Biochemistry but I would like to find a way to take that before I apply as well.
I’ve been talking with my clinical educator at work about adding some additional volunteer hours. But with a Good MCat do I stand a chance for DO or MD?
What else can I do to improve myself and my chances?
Thanks for the read.
Edit: Additionally I could probably snag a pretty good letter of Recommendation from a very Important MD from my Job, But I know DO programs say they prefer DO LORs Should I pursue a DO LOR instead?
I graduated in 2015 from a UC school with a degree in Anthropology, I had 140 Units Attempted under that Degree with a Graduating Cumulative GPA of a 2.45. During my tenure there I spun the roulette wheel repeatedly while deciding my major and generally put very little effort into my studies. I still had a lot of growing up to do.
After graduating I spent months trying to find jobs in different fields even going back to my old high school summer job assembling cabinets in a warehouse for a few months while I looked. Eventually I settled in at an unpaid intern/volunteer administrative position for a nonprofit/low-income health clinic for 6 months trying to move into a paid position there. I felt like I could do more and took night classes getting my EMT license during my evenings.
After I successfully obtained my EMT license I got a Job working in the Emergency room of a Level 1 Trauma Center, There I was trained in Phlebotomy as well; I’m still working there today. (I have 5000 hours at the moment and that will continue to grow until I apply)
After about 1 year of Full time work there I made the decision that I wanted to be better to improve and reinvent myself.
I cut my hours to Just under full time and enrolled at my local community college with the initial intent of getting my GPA to the 3.0 mark to apply for an ABSN program or a PA program as I was getting closer to hitting that mark (my GPA at my community college is a 3.879 currently) I realized that I was only an extra semester away from hitting all the prerequisites for something I had previously discounted as an impossibility, a DO/MD program
As of right now my projected finishing point will be with a 3.03 Cumulative GPA and a 3.65 science GPA and planning to take the MCat just after I finish my final semester of Organic chemistry and physics. My CC does not offer Biochemistry but I would like to find a way to take that before I apply as well.
I’ve been talking with my clinical educator at work about adding some additional volunteer hours. But with a Good MCat do I stand a chance for DO or MD?
What else can I do to improve myself and my chances?
Thanks for the read.
Edit: Additionally I could probably snag a pretty good letter of Recommendation from a very Important MD from my Job, But I know DO programs say they prefer DO LORs Should I pursue a DO LOR instead?
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