Needing advice

[dwgrubbs1s]

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Hi everyone. I just joined this network and hope to interact and learn quite a bit from other people in similar scenarios as me or students who have had success and made it to MD/DO school. I started college in fall of 2010. During this time of my life my mentality was C's get degrees. I performed poorly in school and earned many B's and some C's. After several life changing events I decided I wanted to get into medicine approximately around the spring of 2012. By this time though damage was done to my GPA. I considered attempting the MD/DO route but was told I wasn't smart enough and I "needed to find something else" by my advisor. At the time I didn't know much about how things worked and decided I wanted to earn my bachelors of science in nursing. My advisors told me this would be a very difficult feat and hard to do given my predicament. I ended up earning A's in most of my courses from Summer of 2012- Spring of 2013 with 1 B. I was accepted into the BSN program for the fall of 2013. Once I started nursing school I loved it the first semester. However in the semester after I realized the world of nursing had nothing to do with science. As I progressed through nursing school I realized it was not what I wanted to do at all and that I truley wanted to do medicine. I graduated with my BSN this past May and started a job on a cardiac progressive care unit. However, in the spring of this year I realized that there would be no better time than now to try to shoot for my goal. I enrolled in physics for the summer and took it without much difficulty. I am currently in genetics and cell biology and inorganic chemistry. Both with lab. I currently have mid A's in both courses. I plan to take Physics II, organic chemistry w/lab, and molecular genetics in the spring. I plan on taking the MCAT in the summer of 2016. My current advisor thinks this is a good route to take. I have already started studying for the current MCAT on a vigorous schedule. My current GPA is a 3.495 with these two courses and 3 more next semester to still be calculated in before I apply anywhere. My science GPA is 3.6. Sorry this was a lot of typing but I was wondering what you guys thought about my odds at any MD/DO school? I have talked to my advisor and seen the statistics but would like input from people who have been through this scenario. Thank you

 

[Seth Joo]

Hi everyone. I just joined this network and hope to interact and learn quite a bit from other people in similar scenarios as me or students who have had success and made it to MD/DO school. I started college in fall of 2010. During this time of my life my mentality was C's get degrees. I performed poorly in school and earned many B's and some C's. After several life changing events I decided I wanted to get into medicine approximately around the spring of 2012. By this time though damage was done to my GPA. I considered attempting the MD/DO route but was told I wasn't smart enough and I "needed to find something else" by my advisor. At the time I didn't know much about how things worked and decided I wanted to earn my bachelors of science in nursing. My advisors told me this would be a very difficult feat and hard to do given my predicament. I ended up earning A's in most of my courses from Summer of 2012- Spring of 2013 with 1 B. I was accepted into the BSN program for the fall of 2013. Once I started nursing school I loved it the first semester. However in the semester after I realized the world of nursing had nothing to do with science. As I progressed through nursing school I realized it was not what I wanted to do at all and that I truley wanted to do medicine. I graduated with my BSN this past May and started a job on a cardiac progressive care unit. However, in the spring of this year I realized that there would be no better time than now to try to shoot for my goal. I enrolled in physics for the summer and took it without much difficulty. I am currently in genetics and cell biology and inorganic chemistry. Both with lab. I currently have mid A's in both courses. I plan to take Physics II, organic chemistry w/lab, and molecular genetics in the spring. I plan on taking the MCAT in the summer of 2016. My current advisor thinks this is a good route to take. I have already started studying for the current MCAT on a vigorous schedule. My current GPA is a 3.495 with these two courses and 3 more next semester to still be calculated in before I apply anywhere. My science GPA is 3.6. Sorry this was a lot of typing but I was wondering what you guys thought about my odds at any MD/DO school? I have talked to my advisor and seen the statistics but would like input from people who have been through this scenario. Thank you

Depending on your MCAT score I think you would be a strong candidate for DO schools, MD schools might be a stretch. If you score well on the MCAT, I think you might want to consider lower tier MD schools as well, but your GPA is fine for DO schools.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Work your but off to get that GPA as high as possible (aim for 3.5+ cum. And 3.7 ish Sci.) then get a 512+ on the MCAT and you would be competative for MD schools. The MCAT is really the divider like Seth Joo said. A high score means you can apply MD. Anything lower than about a 510 and DO is your best bet. Aim as high as you can and you will have options

 

[Goro]

Your GPAs are fine for any DO school and maybe a few MD ones. But come back with an MCAT score and we can better advise you.

Hi everyone. I just joined this network and hope to interact and learn quite a bit from other people in similar scenarios as me or students who have had success and made it to MD/DO school. I started college in fall of 2010. During this time of my life my mentality was C's get degrees. I performed poorly in school and earned many B's and some C's. After several life changing events I decided I wanted to get into medicine approximately around the spring of 2012. By this time though damage was done to my GPA. I considered attempting the MD/DO route but was told I wasn't smart enough and I "needed to find something else" by my advisor. At the time I didn't know much about how things worked and decided I wanted to earn my bachelors of science in nursing. My advisors told me this would be a very difficult feat and hard to do given my predicament. I ended up earning A's in most of my courses from Summer of 2012- Spring of 2013 with 1 B. I was accepted into the BSN program for the fall of 2013. Once I started nursing school I loved it the first semester. However in the semester after I realized the world of nursing had nothing to do with science. As I progressed through nursing school I realized it was not what I wanted to do at all and that I truley wanted to do medicine. I graduated with my BSN this past May and started a job on a cardiac progressive care unit. However, in the spring of this year I realized that there would be no better time than now to try to shoot for my goal. I enrolled in physics for the summer and took it without much difficulty. I am currently in genetics and cell biology and inorganic chemistry. Both with lab. I currently have mid A's in both courses. I plan to take Physics II, organic chemistry w/lab, and molecular genetics in the spring. I plan on taking the MCAT in the summer of 2016. My current advisor thinks this is a good route to take. I have already started studying for the current MCAT on a vigorous schedule. My current GPA is a 3.495 with these two courses and 3 more next semester to still be calculated in before I apply anywhere. My science GPA is 3.6. Sorry this was a lot of typing but I was wondering what you guys thought about my odds at any MD/DO school? I have talked to my advisor and seen the statistics but would like input from people who have been through this scenario. Thank you

 

[Seth Joo]

Work your but off to get that GPA as high as possible (aim for 3.5+ cum. And 3.7 ish Sci.) then get a 512+ on the MCAT and you would be competative for MD schools. The MCAT is really the divider like Seth Joo said. A high score means you can apply MD. Anything lower than about a 510 and DO is your best bet. Aim as high as you can and you will have options

If the OP does amazing on the MCAT, they will have a good chance at MD schools.

 

[dwgrubbs1s]

Thank you guys. I appreciate the feedback. I know that given my GPA I will have to make up for it quite a bit with a stellar MCAT. I currently have a couple of Kaplan books over the new MCAT material. I am not too sure on the best MCAT preparation material to obtain but figured I needed to start somewhere. I am concerned with me not having any advanced organic chemistry before taking the MCAT in the summer of 16'. I will have a semester of organic chemistry in spring but will not be able to take advanced until fall. My current advisor seems to think it will be okay if I just review what organic chemistry I need from MCAT study materials.

 

[dwgrubbs1s]

Thank you guys. I appreciate the feedback. I know that given my GPA I will have to make up for it quite a bit with a stellar MCAT. I currently have a couple of Kaplan books over the new MCAT material. I am not too sure on the best MCAT preparation material to obtain but figured I needed to start somewhere. I am concerned with me not having any advanced organic chemistry before taking the MCAT in the summer of 16'. I will have a semester of organic chemistry in spring but will not be able to take advanced until fall. My current advisor seems to think it will be okay if I just review what organic chemistry I need from MCAT study materials.