life experience & a break

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Hello,

I am 36 years old & I started college in 2004 with a major in business. In the spring of 2006 I was able to take one final - got an A, then my mother almost died, she is okay today, and I was unable to take 3 finals and received W's and F's in the courses. My GPA before this was a 3.49. I spent 4 months helping my father take care of her and due to my financial situation was not able to return to school until last september 2009. I have repeated the courses and received A's.

1. In the time frame from when I left school and came back I started my own business to make ends meet and it was extremely successful however I was not gratified, money does not equal happiness, I decided to sell it in order to come back to school and complete my bachelor's degree. I switched from business to biology as a major due to a new found love for biology coupled with helping my mother I decided to pursue medicine. I am a fan of osteopathic principles and I am not considering a MD. Will the time break hurt my chances for acceptance into a DO school?

2. Also here is a chronological order of what I have done with my life since I was 18, since I did not go directly into college, I put this in as I see many older pre-meds were in professional careers such as engineers & MBA's, does my non-professional resume suggest a disadvantage even though I held leadership roles in these fields?

18-23 years old: Manager of a retail store
23-30 years old: Flight Attendant/Purser
30-33 years old: Full time student / working
33-35 years old: Owner of my own business
35 - present: Full time student

3. Current Status: Junior
Current cGPA: 3.50
Science GPA : 3.67
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4. Since I started last fall 2009:
Fall 2009:
Biology I : B+
Chemistry: B-, repeat A
Pre-Calculus: B-
Other: B-

Spring 2010:
Biology II: A
Chem II: B+
Calculus: A
Writing: A

I put these last two semesters in here as I had trouble with Chemistry in the Fall of 09 and devoted too much time. However my grades improved significantly once I got into the swing of things again.

If anyone has had a similar situation or can shed some light regarding the W's & F's and a three years break afterwards I would appreciate it.

Insight on my resume relating to invite/acceptance chances would be great too.

Thanks

 

[emno]

Hello,

I am 36 years old & I started college in 2004 with a major in business. In the spring of 2006 I was able to take one final - got an A, then my mother almost died, she is okay today, and I was unable to take 3 finals and received W's and F's in the courses. My GPA before this was a 3.49. I spent 4 months helping my father take care of her and due to my financial situation was not able to return to school until last september 2009. I have repeated the courses and received A's.

1. In the time frame from when I left school and came back I started my own business to make ends meet and it was extremely successful however I was not gratified, money does not equal happiness, I decided to sell it in order to come back to school and complete my bachelor's degree. I switched from business to biology as a major due to a new found love for biology coupled with helping my mother I decided to pursue medicine. I am a fan of osteopathic principles and I am not considering a MD. Will the time break hurt my chances for acceptance into a DO school?

2. Also here is a chronological order of what I have done with my life since I was 18, since I did not go directly into college, I put this in as I see many older pre-meds were in professional careers such as engineers & MBA's, does my non-professional resume suggest a disadvantage even though I held leadership roles in these fields?

18-23 years old: Manager of a retail store
23-30 years old: Flight Attendant/Purser
30-33 years old: Full time student / working
33-35 years old: Owner of my own business
35 - present: Full time student

3. Current Status: Junior
Current cGPA: 3.50
Science GPA : 3.67
ER volunteer
DO shadowing
Hospice volunteer
Speak a foreign language


4. Since I started last fall 2009:
Fall 2009:
Biology I : B+
Chemistry: B-, repeat A
Pre-Calculus: B-
Other: B-

Spring 2010:
Biology II: A
Chem II: B+
Calculus: A
Writing: A

I put these last two semesters in here as I had trouble with Chemistry in the Fall of 09 and devoted too much time. However my grades improved significantly once I got into the swing of things again.

If anyone has had a similar situation or can shed some light regarding the W's & F's and a three years break afterwards I would appreciate it.

Insight on my resume relating to invite/acceptance chances would be great too.

Thanks

I read in one of the threads that there are some people in D.O over 50.
I guess your resume looks to be that of a fighter. Your GPA is good for D.O. Now you target to make 27+ in MCAT and apply as soon as you can in the next cycle. You still have one more year to apply.

 

[DJack]

1. In the time frame from when I left school and came back I started my own business to make ends meet and it was extremely successful however I was not gratified, money does not equal happiness, I decided to sell it in order to come back to school and complete my bachelor's degree. I switched from business to biology as a major due to a new found love for biology coupled with helping my mother I decided to pursue medicine. I am a fan of osteopathic principles and I am not considering a MD. Will the time break hurt my chances for acceptance into a DO school?

THIS is something that would be good to post in this forum on many threads.

Great job on chasing your dream and working very hard at it. Age is only a number, and you are just as deserving as anyone else. Keep up the good GPA and score well on the MCAT. Best of luck to you!