Failed out of school 8 years ago. Went back to school two years ago and will graduate after the upcoming year. Have a 3.7 since coming back, A's in all my pre reqs except for orgo 1 and physics 2 which I received a b+ and b respectively. That also doesn't include my beyond subpar grades from my first two years of college which includes a significant amount of F's and W's. I'm unlikely to get my GPA over a 2.5 by the time I graduate, this will ensure that I won't get a med school to even look at my app. So I have accepted the fact that I will need to do an smp or other grad work to help my resume stand out. As I've been looking at most SMP's and grad programs they have gpa cutoffs too. Even with my time off and extreme upward GPA trend I'm worried that adcoms will just cast my app aside. Any ideas? Are there any programs that cater specifically to students like me with poor initial grades and then an upward trend? Any advice would be helpful.
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By now you probably know about Texas academic fresh start.
Michigan has 2 instate schools that will just look at your last 2 years. You'd have to get yourself established as a resident there, to take advantage. Look at Wayne State and MSU.
For SMPs, your recent work will get you in somewhere, but what you really need for getting into a high-results SMP is an MCAT score over 30. Can you take the MCAT and do well in September, January at the latest, so that you can apply to good SMPs for fall 2013?
What I did when I was wrapping my brain around applying with a sub-3.0 cumulative was read and read and read and read. And take notes. Everything you need to know to make a good decision is here on SDN. Don't let other people's filtered answers (including mine) to your general questions guide you. Take charge of educating yourself on your options.
Best of luck to you.
Michigan has 2 instate schools that will just look at your last 2 years. You'd have to get yourself established as a resident there, to take advantage. Look at Wayne State and MSU.
For SMPs, your recent work will get you in somewhere, but what you really need for getting into a high-results SMP is an MCAT score over 30. Can you take the MCAT and do well in September, January at the latest, so that you can apply to good SMPs for fall 2013?
What I did when I was wrapping my brain around applying with a sub-3.0 cumulative was read and read and read and read. And take notes. Everything you need to know to make a good decision is here on SDN. Don't let other people's filtered answers (including mine) to your general questions guide you. Take charge of educating yourself on your options.
Best of luck to you.
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Could you please elaborate on Texas academic fresh start?
If you are a texas resident you have the opportunity to redo your undergrad eithout your old grades countingn if your grades are ten years or older.
