Hi guys, I am new to the forum here and I must say it has been a great experience just browsing around and reading threads about others’ situations that are unique from one another. However, I am in a unique situation which is causing me to doubt my chances of getting into med school. I am currently a Biology major/Chem minor finishing up my degree with a GPA of 3.7 for both cumulative and science. Here is my greatest concern. I am in my 7th year now (currently part-time). It took me 7 years to finish my degree. I think I have a good reason for the delay in graduation but I am not sure whether or not adcoms will take it.
I was an ESL student graduating high school, thus my first year of college as a pre-dental student (community college) I could not get any of my major sequence done except for a couple of calculus courses (the majority was spent on English supplemental courses and writing courses).
I then transferred to a state university on my 3rd year (after 2 years at a community college). This was when I decided to pursue a career in medicine instead of dentistry. Due to the lack of volunteering opportunities at my current school (it was located at a college town), I had to move back home to a local university in a major town (thus I did not actually start any of my ECs until my 4th year, which was when I first moved back to the local university). Since I transferred twice, most of my electives taken at the previous schools did not count and I basically had to start taking the required electives again alongside with finishing up my major and minor (along with some elective upper level courses such as Biochem and Pchem)
I could have finished the degree last year (6th), but during the spring term of last year, I messed up and did not get into the last O-chem lab course, thus I decided to stay as a part-time student this year (7th) to take the lab as well as some courses that I am interested in (not relating to my major or minor).
I apologize for the lengthy post.
I was an ESL student graduating high school, thus my first year of college as a pre-dental student (community college) I could not get any of my major sequence done except for a couple of calculus courses (the majority was spent on English supplemental courses and writing courses).
I then transferred to a state university on my 3rd year (after 2 years at a community college). This was when I decided to pursue a career in medicine instead of dentistry. Due to the lack of volunteering opportunities at my current school (it was located at a college town), I had to move back home to a local university in a major town (thus I did not actually start any of my ECs until my 4th year, which was when I first moved back to the local university). Since I transferred twice, most of my electives taken at the previous schools did not count and I basically had to start taking the required electives again alongside with finishing up my major and minor (along with some elective upper level courses such as Biochem and Pchem)
I could have finished the degree last year (6th), but during the spring term of last year, I messed up and did not get into the last O-chem lab course, thus I decided to stay as a part-time student this year (7th) to take the lab as well as some courses that I am interested in (not relating to my major or minor).
I apologize for the lengthy post.
