Hello,
I am just wondering what everyone thinks my chances are. I feel like I have a fairly unique situation. First off, I didn't start college until I was 23. I attended a community college for one year, did well, and then transferred to a good state school as soon as possible. I have taken all of my pre med prerequisites at the 4 year university except English. I got an A in gen chem 1 and 2, A's in English, A's in bio, and an AB in engineering track calculus. All that's left is organic and physics.
During my 3rd semester at university, I enrolled in Organic 1, but dropped after the second exam in reaction to 55 on the test when the average was a 63. I had never gotten that low of a grade on a test in my life.
In retrospect, I wasn't really studying very much and not really sure if I wanted to be a doctor or not. So, I enrolled in anatomy and some of the other pre-nursing courses like micro and developmental psych, because I am positive I want to go into a heath-related field.
One year later, I am really realizing how much I really want to go forward with becoming a physician, and what a mistake it was to drop organic. I have been volunteering at the hospital and joining student organizations focused on community service and leadership. I will also be doing some research before I graduate, and I currently work as a lab assistant in a dermatology lab under the local medical school.
I have two years until graduation with a degree in biology. What do you think my chances are? I am worried that it looks like I just quit at the first sign of difficulty in college. Admissions committees might also see those courses like anatomy and developmental psych and know they are for pre-nursing, and see that as unfocused. If I can do well in organic, physics, and the MCAT will having that dropped course on my transcript affect my chances?
I am just wondering what everyone thinks my chances are. I feel like I have a fairly unique situation. First off, I didn't start college until I was 23. I attended a community college for one year, did well, and then transferred to a good state school as soon as possible. I have taken all of my pre med prerequisites at the 4 year university except English. I got an A in gen chem 1 and 2, A's in English, A's in bio, and an AB in engineering track calculus. All that's left is organic and physics.
During my 3rd semester at university, I enrolled in Organic 1, but dropped after the second exam in reaction to 55 on the test when the average was a 63. I had never gotten that low of a grade on a test in my life.
In retrospect, I wasn't really studying very much and not really sure if I wanted to be a doctor or not. So, I enrolled in anatomy and some of the other pre-nursing courses like micro and developmental psych, because I am positive I want to go into a heath-related field.
One year later, I am really realizing how much I really want to go forward with becoming a physician, and what a mistake it was to drop organic. I have been volunteering at the hospital and joining student organizations focused on community service and leadership. I will also be doing some research before I graduate, and I currently work as a lab assistant in a dermatology lab under the local medical school.
I have two years until graduation with a degree in biology. What do you think my chances are? I am worried that it looks like I just quit at the first sign of difficulty in college. Admissions committees might also see those courses like anatomy and developmental psych and know they are for pre-nursing, and see that as unfocused. If I can do well in organic, physics, and the MCAT will having that dropped course on my transcript affect my chances?
