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I have been lurking around here for awhile, but this is my first post and I need some advice.
I am a 27 yr old female who decided to go back to school to finish my B.A. in Bio after taking being out of school for 5+ years. I never really knew what I wanted to do at the time, and was just immature and didn't try. Most of my early transcripts consist of C's and W's. I started off with a 2.2 gpa and have been able to pull my gpa up to about a 3.03 (while working full time 60+ hrs a week ) However, I have about 1.5-2 years left to complete all my coursework/prereqs and even if I get 4.0 from now on, it is barely going to be 3.3. With that being said, do I even have a shot at med school due to my gpa?
I plan on quitting my job in jan (scary in this economy!) for the spring semester to ensure that I get A's in all my classes and so that I can have more free time to do some volunteer work that I am interested in/shadowing etc. I already have a physician that is willing to let me shadow and I am contemplating doing a scribe program and working on getting some sort of research experience for next year. I also am applying for UCLA prep program, although I am not sure if I have a shot, since I have really no clinical experience:/
Any suggestions or tips? Do I even have a shot since my gpa is not very competitive?
(Also, I know there is a lot of discussion about this, but it seems pretty divided....what's worse a B/C or a W in a science course? My physio class has been a difficult class and I am only going to realistically pull a B. I have worked hard to raise my GPA, so is that going to look bad that I could only manage a B in that class?)
I am a 27 yr old female who decided to go back to school to finish my B.A. in Bio after taking being out of school for 5+ years. I never really knew what I wanted to do at the time, and was just immature and didn't try. Most of my early transcripts consist of C's and W's. I started off with a 2.2 gpa and have been able to pull my gpa up to about a 3.03 (while working full time 60+ hrs a week ) However, I have about 1.5-2 years left to complete all my coursework/prereqs and even if I get 4.0 from now on, it is barely going to be 3.3. With that being said, do I even have a shot at med school due to my gpa?
I plan on quitting my job in jan (scary in this economy!) for the spring semester to ensure that I get A's in all my classes and so that I can have more free time to do some volunteer work that I am interested in/shadowing etc. I already have a physician that is willing to let me shadow and I am contemplating doing a scribe program and working on getting some sort of research experience for next year. I also am applying for UCLA prep program, although I am not sure if I have a shot, since I have really no clinical experience:/
Any suggestions or tips? Do I even have a shot since my gpa is not very competitive?
(Also, I know there is a lot of discussion about this, but it seems pretty divided....what's worse a B/C or a W in a science course? My physio class has been a difficult class and I am only going to realistically pull a B. I have worked hard to raise my GPA, so is that going to look bad that I could only manage a B in that class?)
