This is my first post here. So, I am a rising senior perusing a chemistry degree with a minor in biology. My goal is to get into PA school. I'm more of a B student but I have earned couple A's while I'm here. But I have been getting C's recently; it's not low C's, more like very borderline B's but my professors usually refuse to round me up and I also should've worked a little harder. My current GPA is 2.4 with a science GPA of 2.3. I'm very frustrated and have been looking at some threads here how some people do post-bac after their horrible undergrad and get into their dream professional schools. I have volunteer hours at my school's ED and children's hospital also I am about to start shadowing my primary care provider followed by a PA. I want some recommendations on what I should do after graduation in terms of post bac and getting more experience because I know PA school prefers people with experience. I was thinking about a medical assistant job. Please your suggestions would be very helpful since my advisors are no use. Thank you!!
Low GPA, Chemistry major
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For the record, with a 2.4 you're not supposed to want to go to professional school, because admissions are competitive. This is why prehealth advisers aren't helping you. They have no idea what to do with you. From a 2.4 you have to be the grownup in charge, put down the yardstick that high GPA students use, figure out how to get A's, and get nothing but A's in a whole bunch more coursework.
Best of luck to you.
Find the PA forum for useful info.
For the record, with a 2.4 you're not supposed to want to go to professional school, because admissions are competitive. This is why prehealth advisers aren't helping you. They have no idea what to do with you. From a 2.4 you have to be the grownup in charge, put down the yardstick that high GPA students use, figure out how to get A's, and get nothing but A's in a whole bunch more coursework.
Best of luck to you.
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OK. Grade enrichment, in a nutshell, for you, means one or more of the following options.
a. Move to Texas, establish a domicile, and invest a decade to get your old grades wiped out, under Texas Academic Fresh Start. Have to start undergrad over. Still have to figure out how to get A's, and mostly only get A's, in really hard classes. Only available in Texas.
b. Sign up for a 2nd major, if you haven't graduated yet, or start a 2nd bachelor's degree, after you graduate. This is one of the few ways to get enough additional undergrad coursework that your GPA improves, nontrivially. Doesn't get you out of figuring out how to get A's.
c. Get a job at a university that pays tuition. Same as above, this gives you access to boatloads of classes in addition to making rent. A's required.
Any undergrad coursework you take, any way you take it, after getting a bachelors, is a postbac. If you are looking for a structured program that fixes you, those don't exist. Around 3.0, you start having some structured options.
If it's not clear, A's are required for you. Every grade you get that isn't an A is a step away from your career goal. The stain of 2.4 will bleed through your future record if your future record isn't really really good. That stain is always visible, but lots of fresh A's can distract reviewers from it. Nobody will figure out for you what you need to do, or do the heavy lifting for you. No complaining about unfairness, no complaining about professors not giving you a break, just get A's. Professional school is extremely intense hard science. It's required to show you can handle the work before they'll let you try.
Best of luck to you.
a. Move to Texas, establish a domicile, and invest a decade to get your old grades wiped out, under Texas Academic Fresh Start. Have to start undergrad over. Still have to figure out how to get A's, and mostly only get A's, in really hard classes. Only available in Texas.
b. Sign up for a 2nd major, if you haven't graduated yet, or start a 2nd bachelor's degree, after you graduate. This is one of the few ways to get enough additional undergrad coursework that your GPA improves, nontrivially. Doesn't get you out of figuring out how to get A's.
c. Get a job at a university that pays tuition. Same as above, this gives you access to boatloads of classes in addition to making rent. A's required.
Any undergrad coursework you take, any way you take it, after getting a bachelors, is a postbac. If you are looking for a structured program that fixes you, those don't exist. Around 3.0, you start having some structured options.
If it's not clear, A's are required for you. Every grade you get that isn't an A is a step away from your career goal. The stain of 2.4 will bleed through your future record if your future record isn't really really good. That stain is always visible, but lots of fresh A's can distract reviewers from it. Nobody will figure out for you what you need to do, or do the heavy lifting for you. No complaining about unfairness, no complaining about professors not giving you a break, just get A's. Professional school is extremely intense hard science. It's required to show you can handle the work before they'll let you try.
Best of luck to you.
