Hey ya'll:
So long story short, I've been in college for several years and decided I wanted to do medicine 3.5 years ago. Since then, I have averaged a 3.7 GPA and have a sGPA of 3.65. I've done tremendously well and worked very hard. I plan on taking the MCAT this summer (Summer 18) and applying to Medical School (both DO & MD). However, in my early years of education, I was at a community college in which I performed poorly in the first few years (which did not include any science classes) then began to perform well when I decided to do medicine. However, some of the units from my junior college DID transfer over to my 4 year CSU. So, while my CSU gpa is 3.5, my sGPA is 3.65, my cumulative (including all my past mistakes which were C's and whatever else) is a 3.1. I've learned the past few days that Medical School looks at the cumulative GPA, which does not work in my favor. Given that, should I not apply this cycle? Should I take the MCAT and just apply to Post-Bac? Or should I go for it and apply to Med Schools? I literally have a TON of extra-circulars and volunteering and shadowing and just on and on.. So I feel confident enough applying but given the fact that they look at the cGPA, I feel discouraged and I'm not sure if I should apply this cycle. Please help people. need some major advice, feeling really alone here and helpless after working hard for several years trying to make up for my past.
So long story short, I've been in college for several years and decided I wanted to do medicine 3.5 years ago. Since then, I have averaged a 3.7 GPA and have a sGPA of 3.65. I've done tremendously well and worked very hard. I plan on taking the MCAT this summer (Summer 18) and applying to Medical School (both DO & MD). However, in my early years of education, I was at a community college in which I performed poorly in the first few years (which did not include any science classes) then began to perform well when I decided to do medicine. However, some of the units from my junior college DID transfer over to my 4 year CSU. So, while my CSU gpa is 3.5, my sGPA is 3.65, my cumulative (including all my past mistakes which were C's and whatever else) is a 3.1. I've learned the past few days that Medical School looks at the cumulative GPA, which does not work in my favor. Given that, should I not apply this cycle? Should I take the MCAT and just apply to Post-Bac? Or should I go for it and apply to Med Schools? I literally have a TON of extra-circulars and volunteering and shadowing and just on and on.. So I feel confident enough applying but given the fact that they look at the cGPA, I feel discouraged and I'm not sure if I should apply this cycle. Please help people. need some major advice, feeling really alone here and helpless after working hard for several years trying to make up for my past.
