Hello everyone.
Some of you guys know me, if not, you can read my story here
http://www.mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?id=922
In any case, many of the stories I have read here are inspiring, and I am glad that people with less than perfect records are still striving towards their goal of medical school. I remember when I was thinking about applying to medical school, there really wasnt anything like this post-bacc forum or even a reapplicants forum (thats right, SDN didnt have those a year and a half ago). When you talk to your guidance counselors or read med school info books, it can get really discouraging, partially because they make it seem like you need to have discovered a cure for AIDS while maintaining a 4.0, but also because - lets face it- most people dont know how to advise someone with a 3.0 GPA about how to get into medical school. After all, according to the AAMC, if you have a 3.0, your chances of getting into medical school is in the low single digits in terms of percentages so you really cant blame people for saying its impossible.
What i really needed (and didnt have) was a reliable guide from someone just like me about the steps I should have taken to address my low GPA. Even having a forum like this would have been awesome, but that didnt exist just a year ago. I blindly created my own program for addressing my GPA, and fortunately, it worked and I couldn't be happier with the outcome. There is a lot of static out there about whats the right thing to do in any given situation, and obviously books that say "get above a 3.5 and do this and that " aren't any help when we already finished college with something far below that.
So what I am proposing (and something I have thought about for a long time since I got into medical school) is creating a guide to applying to medical school for the less than perfect applicant. Something that will motivate without blowing smoke up their butts. Realistic EVIDENCE BASED advice that really isnt available anywhere else. I would like to publish this guide online so anyone can access it, and perhaps even distribute it in print if there ever is a demand for it. This is information that NEEDS to be out there!
I would like to start the process this summer during my "vacation" and I would like to recruit all of you succesful (and not so successful) less than perfect applicants to help me create this guide because each story is a meaningful contribution. That means you liverotcod, lightningk, Kazema, and others. Hopefully our collective efforts will inspire less than perfect premeds and motivate them to reach for their dreams.
Just reply to this thread if you are interested in contributing and PM me with your email.
Some of you guys know me, if not, you can read my story here
http://www.mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?id=922
In any case, many of the stories I have read here are inspiring, and I am glad that people with less than perfect records are still striving towards their goal of medical school. I remember when I was thinking about applying to medical school, there really wasnt anything like this post-bacc forum or even a reapplicants forum (thats right, SDN didnt have those a year and a half ago). When you talk to your guidance counselors or read med school info books, it can get really discouraging, partially because they make it seem like you need to have discovered a cure for AIDS while maintaining a 4.0, but also because - lets face it- most people dont know how to advise someone with a 3.0 GPA about how to get into medical school. After all, according to the AAMC, if you have a 3.0, your chances of getting into medical school is in the low single digits in terms of percentages so you really cant blame people for saying its impossible.
What i really needed (and didnt have) was a reliable guide from someone just like me about the steps I should have taken to address my low GPA. Even having a forum like this would have been awesome, but that didnt exist just a year ago. I blindly created my own program for addressing my GPA, and fortunately, it worked and I couldn't be happier with the outcome. There is a lot of static out there about whats the right thing to do in any given situation, and obviously books that say "get above a 3.5 and do this and that " aren't any help when we already finished college with something far below that.
So what I am proposing (and something I have thought about for a long time since I got into medical school) is creating a guide to applying to medical school for the less than perfect applicant. Something that will motivate without blowing smoke up their butts. Realistic EVIDENCE BASED advice that really isnt available anywhere else. I would like to publish this guide online so anyone can access it, and perhaps even distribute it in print if there ever is a demand for it. This is information that NEEDS to be out there!
I would like to start the process this summer during my "vacation" and I would like to recruit all of you succesful (and not so successful) less than perfect applicants to help me create this guide because each story is a meaningful contribution. That means you liverotcod, lightningk, Kazema, and others. Hopefully our collective efforts will inspire less than perfect premeds and motivate them to reach for their dreams.
Just reply to this thread if you are interested in contributing and PM me with your email.
) PM-ing you my e-mail address as soon as I post this.
