After undergrad I took 2 years off. Now that I have finally decided to go into medicine , my overall gpa and sci gpa is not strong . What would be some good options to raise the gpa In hopes of staying in the states. Carib is the last resort .
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What are your AMCAS GPAs? Over how many hours?
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Just like the above poster, no one can offer any opinions unless they know more about you.
All path are viable options.
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You have a couple options:
1. Retake all of your Cs and below and apply DO (informal post-bacc - DO grade replacement); use a GPA calculator to figure out what you can bring your GPA up to.
2. SMP/formal post-bacc if you're dead-set on allopathic schools. This is probably your worst option, as it requires you to absolutely destroy the MCAT to get a look from US allopathic schools.
3. That's all I got.
Good luck.
1. Retake all of your Cs and below and apply DO (informal post-bacc - DO grade replacement); use a GPA calculator to figure out what you can bring your GPA up to.
2. SMP/formal post-bacc if you're dead-set on allopathic schools. This is probably your worst option, as it requires you to absolutely destroy the MCAT to get a look from US allopathic schools.
3. That's all I got.
Good luck.
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Post-bac or SMP, preferably given at a med school.
OR retake any F/D/C science coursework and apply to DO schools.
OR retake any F/D/C science coursework and apply to DO schools.
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Everyone above posted good options.
I personally was in a similar boat (worse boat?) with my GPA and chose to take classes on my own followed by a formal post-bac. I think you aren't that far off from DO school, so retaking classes for a year is a good plan.
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Look for SMPs that have alternate-entry pathways into medical schools (i.e., a back door). For instance, I am an undergrad at Loyola and we have a 1 year MAMS program that guarantees you an interview at Stritch as long as you have a certain MCAT score and finish the program with a decent GPA. I believe 100% of students matriculate every year from it. Just one possibility. I know from reading Goro's posts a lot that many schools reward reinvention but you often have to nail your MCAT and have a good story.
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Sounds like you'll need to take most of the med school prereqs anyway, so take those as a formal or informal postbac and see where your GPA stands. If it's still pretty low, retake some classes you did especially poorly in and apply DO. Don't go carib.
