Need help/advice on changing careers!

[theonelegger1]

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Greetings SDN community, and thanks for taking the time to read my post. I am currently beginning the path to medical school, and I am looking into postbac programs. I have applied to several, but I am not sure I'm heading down the best path. My undergrad cGPA: 2.76 and sGPA: 2.36 leave much to be desired. I graduated in '06 and completed Calc, Chem, Phys, and Biol, with labs in only Chem and Phys, and did generally poor the sciences. I completed a graduate certificate program at Northwestern in Prosthetics with a cGPA 0f 3.08. I completed a residency in prosthetics and practiced for 2.5 years before deciding to go back to med school. In the community's infinite wisdom, what are some of the best postbac programs that I should be looking into (applied and haven't heard from Bryn Mawr, Northeastern, Meredith, and La Salle), and should I even be going the postbac route right now at all? Also, am I crazy for even thinking that I ultimately have a shot at a decent DO or MD school?
Thanks

 

[esob]

MD, even if you rock the MCAT would be difficult unless you have something really interesting in your background (like you starred on the walking dead or something, lol). DO, with grade replacements is an option but it might be a lot of courses to bring your GPA up to standard. If you were in TX you could claim academic fresh start and begin anew since you are approaching the ten year mark.

 

[theonelegger1]

What about a PA program? Am I possibly better suited for a PA program if I go back and complete the prereqs?

 

[CBFutureHelper14]

What about a PA program? Am I possibly better suited for a PA program if I go back and complete the prereqs?

If your GPA imporves with completing the prereqs, do well on the GRE, and you get the required 1000+ hours of direct patient contact for admittance into PA school, you would be able to apply. Look into PA schools and shadow PAs to see if this is the route you want to take.

 

[New_Slang]

just enroll as a non-degree seeking student at a local school. the big programs likely won't take you with those GPAs (not trying to be mean; they want "sure things" for admissions statistics so they look impressive).