Hi, I am looking to apply to medical school this coming year and was wondering what were my chances and what level of schools I should be looking into. Ideally, I want to get into a UC or UW, but I feel like those are out of my league.
Undergrad: Double major Finance and Entrepreneurship
cGPA: 3.6 sGPA: 3.8 (probably 3.9 by the time I'm done)
Master: Oriental Medicine/Acupuncture
GPA: 3.95
MCAT: haven't taken yet
Things of concern:
- I transferred from UC Berkeley to University of Washington, Seattle my junior year (for a girl). My Berkeley GPA was about a 3.9 but my UW GPA is about a 3.5 (I held 2-3 part time jobs simultaneously while attending UW while only 1 in Berkeley)
- Half pre-med courses done in Berkeley. Other at a CC (financial reasons)
- I jumped from pre-med to business, and now I'm back on the medicine course
- Got a D first time for Ochem 1 due to a misunderstanding in course dropping rules. Retook for an A.
- Work experience is mostly in business related fields. Ran my own store, did accounting jobs, alot of tutoring due to the pay rate. I did do some labwork, but that was during my fresh/soph year. No research or doctor shadowing. At my acupuncture school, I have treated my own patients as an intern(similar to a resident) where most of my inspiration to become a doctor comes from.
- I don't know if this matters, but I've taken up to 30 units at a time while working. When I took a normal amount of classes, I usually worked 2-3 jobs. Do they take this into account for my less-than-stellar grades?
-Overall I am worried about inconsistency. UCB to UW came with a change in major and a drop in grades, though I have raised it with my recent pre-med courses and Masters. But pre-med courses were taken at a CC and the Masters isn't recognized except within the acupuncture profession.
I appreciate any feedback!
Undergrad: Double major Finance and Entrepreneurship
cGPA: 3.6 sGPA: 3.8 (probably 3.9 by the time I'm done)
Master: Oriental Medicine/Acupuncture
GPA: 3.95
MCAT: haven't taken yet
Things of concern:
- I transferred from UC Berkeley to University of Washington, Seattle my junior year (for a girl). My Berkeley GPA was about a 3.9 but my UW GPA is about a 3.5 (I held 2-3 part time jobs simultaneously while attending UW while only 1 in Berkeley)
- Half pre-med courses done in Berkeley. Other at a CC (financial reasons)
- I jumped from pre-med to business, and now I'm back on the medicine course
- Got a D first time for Ochem 1 due to a misunderstanding in course dropping rules. Retook for an A.
- Work experience is mostly in business related fields. Ran my own store, did accounting jobs, alot of tutoring due to the pay rate. I did do some labwork, but that was during my fresh/soph year. No research or doctor shadowing. At my acupuncture school, I have treated my own patients as an intern(similar to a resident) where most of my inspiration to become a doctor comes from.
- I don't know if this matters, but I've taken up to 30 units at a time while working. When I took a normal amount of classes, I usually worked 2-3 jobs. Do they take this into account for my less-than-stellar grades?
-Overall I am worried about inconsistency. UCB to UW came with a change in major and a drop in grades, though I have raised it with my recent pre-med courses and Masters. But pre-med courses were taken at a CC and the Masters isn't recognized except within the acupuncture profession.
I appreciate any feedback!
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