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This is a bit long. I have tried to break it up for ease of reading since I hate being hit with walls of text.
This is more of a what would you do than a what are my chances thread, but this seemed like the most appropriate forum for this topic.
I am a nontraditional applicant. I am currently 25.
Current GPA
3.2 Cum(MD)
3.8 Cum(DO)
4.0 BCPM
I have not yet taken the MCAT or begun my preparation for it.
I plan to take it next June.
At the end of my Junior year my projected GPA will be 3.44 if I continue to get A's.
At the end of my Senior year it will be a 3.57 if I continue to get A's
My GPA is dragged down because I went to school for one semester in 2004 and dropped out halfway through. This left me with 16 credits of F.
I have retaken all but one of the classes.
I returned in 2009 and every grade since that has been A except for an A- in writing.
Because I took no financial aid my freshman year, I can afford to continue undergrad through a super senior year thus leaving me with a 5 year undergrad.
This leaves me with two options.
I can apply with the 3.44 after this upcoming school year, my Junior year, or I can wait another year and apply with the 3.57 after my Senior year.
A large motivating force in my desire to apply after the Junior year is that it will save me all the debt incurred by having a 5th year of undergraduate study. Another motivator is my desire to enter medical school sooner rather than later.
I am wondering if the fact that I will have a severe upward trend will make up for the low cumulative GPA and thus make an application after my Junior year a viable option.
My top choice school is SUNY at Buffalo for personal reasons. Their median GPA is 3.76 and their median MCAT is 33. I am a NY resident which helps according to their website.
I plan to apply to 20+ MD schools as well as 1 or 2 DO schools.
EC's
-Began Volunteer work this summer at a hospital ER
-Research since about February. Currently working on my own project.
-Slated to TA Evolution in the Fall
-Probably will TA Cell Biology in the Spring
-Worked as a Security Guard during my freshman year and the summer afterward. After my freshman year(at a Community College) I transferred to a full university in a different city and thus had to leave the job.
-Hired to the ITS department at my school to begin in the Fall. Basically I will help with video and audio equipment in classrooms.
-Powerlifting
LOR's
-Chemistry professor who probably wrote a very strong one since we have a good relationship
-(projected) Research professor
-(projected) The professor I will TA for in Evolution
-(projected) The professor I will TA for in Cell Biology
-(projected) My volunteer coordinator
This is more of a what would you do than a what are my chances thread, but this seemed like the most appropriate forum for this topic.
I am a nontraditional applicant. I am currently 25.
Current GPA
3.2 Cum(MD)
3.8 Cum(DO)
4.0 BCPM
I have not yet taken the MCAT or begun my preparation for it.
I plan to take it next June.
At the end of my Junior year my projected GPA will be 3.44 if I continue to get A's.
At the end of my Senior year it will be a 3.57 if I continue to get A's
My GPA is dragged down because I went to school for one semester in 2004 and dropped out halfway through. This left me with 16 credits of F.
I have retaken all but one of the classes.
I returned in 2009 and every grade since that has been A except for an A- in writing.
Because I took no financial aid my freshman year, I can afford to continue undergrad through a super senior year thus leaving me with a 5 year undergrad.
This leaves me with two options.
I can apply with the 3.44 after this upcoming school year, my Junior year, or I can wait another year and apply with the 3.57 after my Senior year.
A large motivating force in my desire to apply after the Junior year is that it will save me all the debt incurred by having a 5th year of undergraduate study. Another motivator is my desire to enter medical school sooner rather than later.
I am wondering if the fact that I will have a severe upward trend will make up for the low cumulative GPA and thus make an application after my Junior year a viable option.
My top choice school is SUNY at Buffalo for personal reasons. Their median GPA is 3.76 and their median MCAT is 33. I am a NY resident which helps according to their website.
I plan to apply to 20+ MD schools as well as 1 or 2 DO schools.
EC's
-Began Volunteer work this summer at a hospital ER
-Research since about February. Currently working on my own project.
-Slated to TA Evolution in the Fall
-Probably will TA Cell Biology in the Spring
-Worked as a Security Guard during my freshman year and the summer afterward. After my freshman year(at a Community College) I transferred to a full university in a different city and thus had to leave the job.
-Hired to the ITS department at my school to begin in the Fall. Basically I will help with video and audio equipment in classrooms.
-Powerlifting
LOR's
-Chemistry professor who probably wrote a very strong one since we have a good relationship
-(projected) Research professor
-(projected) The professor I will TA for in Evolution
-(projected) The professor I will TA for in Cell Biology
-(projected) My volunteer coordinator
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