Opinions about doing an ABSN + Postbacc courses

[reinventing]

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So, I'm planning to do a ABSN after I finished my BS because I want to do something more hands one with patients than doing laboratory work as a researcher (I have had like 3 research internships each of them being different). As well as doing some postbacc classes to increase my cGPA (2.99) and to have a better understanding of the subjects again. I wonder what the admission people would thin.

Also I have been thinking quite a lot about this since the last time I made a post here. Because there are many pros and cons to the situation I'm in.

 

[chilly_md]

See Goro’s guide to reinvention:

Goro's advice for pre-meds who need reinvention (updated for 2021)

EDIT: Post in WAMC forum for recommended school lists. This thread isn't for that. So you want to be a doctor, but your GPA is terrible. Is that the end? Rule #1: Take a deep breath, and stop fussing. The sky is not falling. But you are going to need to reinvent yourself. This will take...

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I would recommend 30 credits of upper division sciences. Nursing classes will not count for the sGPA usually. You could get clinical experience as a CNA or MA if you are looking for more hands-on work that will be a job.

 

[gyngyn]

I can't recommend becoming a nurse as a means of becoming a doctor.