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[Goro]

There ARE medical school that reward reinvention.

 

[JAK2-STAT3]

If that's your real name/photo you might want to change it. As for the MCAT, aim for the absolute highest score you can. Do NOT take it until you are 100% ready. If you rush this process and mess something up you will only dig yourself into a deeper hole. Do it right, and do it once. You can google "AAMC data tables" to get an idea of average GPAs and MCAT scores for applicants and matriculants by state. Good luck with your post bac!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Have you connected with mentors associated with LMSA or talked to students at the Texas medical school chapters? I think gunning for a specific specialty is secondary to actually getting into medical school, so finding those whose stories are most similar to your own is helpful.

 

[differentiating]

Others have commented on the rest, but I would just keep in mind that PTSD would be more in the wheelhouse of psychiatry, not neurology. You're not expected to know 100% what field you want to go into yet (though there's no harm in having an interest - I went into the field I was most interested in prior to med school), so I wouldn't pigeon-hole yourself too much in interviews. Especially if your understanding of what neurologists do is a little off, as that may work against you.

 

[vivaciousmelon]

Others have commented on the rest, but I would just keep in mind that PTSD would be more in the wheelhouse of psychiatry, not neurology. You're not expected to know 100% what field you want to go into yet (though there's no harm in having an interest - I went into the field I was most interested in prior to med school), so I wouldn't pigeon-hole yourself too much in interviews. Especially if your understanding of what neurologists do is a little off, as that may work against you.

Being that they specified PTSD as a neuropsychiatric disorder, along with their extensive neuro research and mental health clinical experiences, it seems they have a clear enough understanding of neurology vs psychiatry to know where they converge and where they diverge…

 

[differentiating]

Being that they specified PTSD as a neuropsychiatric disorder, along with their extensive neuro research and mental health clinical experiences, it seems they have a clear enough understanding of neurology vs psychiatry to know where they converge and where they diverge…

If I were interviewing them and that's how they explained their interest in neurology specifically, it would cast doubt on their understanding of the field, but that may be because I'm in neurology myself. It's perfectly possible their brief summary here doesn't go into why they prefer neurology (dementia/etc.) over psychiatry (PTSD/other mental health disorders), but I think it would be important that they don't conflate the two.