please help

[JLOVE]

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hi everyone im new here and i have a bit of a dilema.heres my story. i took a year off after high school to collect myself. moved from orlando to newyork and became a nursing assistant. after one year of relaxation i went to community college to become a RN (my mom talked me into it) after one year of taking prereqs for nursing i finally realized that i was capable of doing so much more and becoming a doctor was my true calling. i change my major to bio but then realized after reading a million med blogs that taking pre-reqs for medschool at a community college would not be the smart thing to do. last semester was a disaster after working full time and going to school full time i ended up dropping a math class because i was always late, getting a D in anatomy and physiology and a few C's. now im planning on retaking that math class so it doesnt look so bad. but im in a daze as wat to take because as a bio major now i have to take bio 1 and chem. im planning on transfering this semester but im so confused i have no idea where to turn. please help any thing will be grateful. oh yea my current gpa is 3.0

 

[MeowMix]

Focus on one thing at a time. Do your basic coursework and do very well in it. Then go on from there. Do whatever is necessary to do well.

Let go of the idea that being a doctor is "so much more." There are a lot of amazing nurses out there, PAs and others who are very smart and accomplished.

Give yourself the time to find what you enjoy and what you do well. There is no rush.

 

[dazed1980]

Focus on one thing at a time. Do your basic coursework and do very well in it. Then go on from there. Do whatever is necessary to do well.

Let go of the idea that being a doctor is "so much more." There are a lot of amazing nurses out there, PAs and others who are very smart and accomplished.

Give yourself the time to find what you enjoy and what you do well. There is no rush.

Ditto to the above. If you can afford to take ur classes at a four year college, by all means do that. If not take what you can at a community college. Just focus and do very well. And try not to do everything at once. If a full workload or school load will wreck havoc on your gardes, then cut back on one or the other.

In the mean time, start getting in some volunteer experience, shadow some physicians and continue your work as a nurse assistant or other healthcare realted job..

Goodluck!

 

[Mobius1985]

We cannot stress enough how important it is for you to get your GPA up and prove you can excel in science classes, 3.6 being the mean GPA of those accepted to allopathic med schools. Does your GPA include all the coursework you've taken since high school? If not, AMCAS (MD application service) and ACOMAS (DO application service) will recalculate a new GPA for you to include it. That D in anatomy and physiology will look bad, and IMO you should retake it once you figure out how to get As in every class. ACOMAS will substitute the most recent grade if you repeat a class. AMCAS will average the two grades. The reason why taking your prerequisites at a four-year school is important is because their courses tend to be more rigorous and prepare you better to do well on the MCAT. Quality of performance is more important than speed.

So, take your time and complete the process with excellence if you want your application to succeed.