Post-bac concerns

[Lji098]

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I recently graduated last May with a degree in Biology and a minor in Business. I had always hoped to become a doctor and run my own medical practice. Throughout my undergraduate work I was very active in my community, taking on leadership opportunities in pre health organizations, even organizing a school-wide health fair. Needless to say I had always had a strong passion for helping others maintain a healthy life style and have always taken on leadership roles so naturally, ever since I can remember, I always felt that becoming a physician would be a great fit for me. I made poor grades however and graduated with a 2.9 cumulative gpa. Hence, my dilemma of not being confident in my chances of getting into medical school.

Currently I am working as an office manager for a clinic so I can see the direct effects these new laws have been putting on doctor's pay checks. My father is a physician and seeing him work so hard has also been discouraging. Yet my ears perk up when drug reps mention updates, nursing home and other facility reps talk about their updates, and patients voice their concerns or compliments to the physician and staff.

Essentially my daily task in streamlining the operations of this medical office has me thinking what all I would do differently and what I would keep the same.

But is this enough justification to apply to medical school? More than anything I don't just want a be a doctor but the best doctor. Is someone's undergraduate GPA a big determinant of that?

Any input would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Law2Doc]

I recently graduated last May with a degree in Biology and a minor in Business. I had always hoped to become a doctor and run my own medical practice. Throughout my undergraduate work I was very active in my community, taking on leadership opportunities in pre health organizations, even organizing a school-wide health fair. Needless to say I had always had a strong passion for helping others maintain a healthy life style and have always taken on leadership roles so naturally, ever since I can remember, I always felt that becoming a physician would be a great fit for me. I made poor grades however and graduated with a 2.9 cumulative gpa. Hence, my dilemma of not being confident in my chances of getting into medical school.

Currently I am working as an office manager for a clinic so I can see the direct effects these new laws have been putting on doctor's pay checks. My father is a physician and seeing him work so hard has also been discouraging. Yet my ears perk up when drug reps mention updates, nursing home and other facility reps talk about their updates, and patients voice their concerns or compliments to the physician and staff.

Essentially my daily task in streamlining the operations of this medical office has me thinking what all I would do differently and what I would keep the same.

But is this enough justification to apply to medical school? More than anything I don't just want a be a doctor but the best doctor. Is someone's undergraduate GPA a big determinant of that?

Any input would be greatly appreciated!

If you are primarily interested in the business side of medicine, rather than working as a clinician, there is very little value of an MD.

 

[Deekle]

The general consensus is that you need at least a 3.0 cGPA in order to have a shot. At the very least, you'd have a harder time than most.

If you have to justify going to med school to yourself, odds are you already know the right answer. It's ok to have some doubts, but you need to really want to go. It's just not worth all of the stress if you're not sure it's what you really want.

 

[stolen_biscuit]

It sounds like an MBA might suit your desires better.

 

[whatbout2morrow]

It sounds like an MBA might suit your desires better.

With a specialization in Health Operations Management. Or an MHA. Or an MHA/MBA dual degree program.


If you're interested in the bigger picture, perhaps an MPH/PhD with an emphasis on health management/health policy.