Post-Bac Low Undergrad GPA

[arlimumu33]

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Hi all,

Currently i am finishing my undergrad. I have 1 semester left. I started with pre med major and after my mom diagnosed with cancer i had to change my path because i needed to take care of her. During that time i did not do well on my classes. Now my mom is treated and is healthy.

Currently i have 2.6 GPA, after talking with a advisor she recommended me to go to post bac programs and boost my gpa. I have been searching for the programs and most of them require minimum 3.0 GPA.

Can you guys give me some school names that will be a good fit for me..

I will be working as a volunteer at a hospital and i will be shadowing a pyshician for a month during summer.

Thanks in advance...

 

[neuroresearchguy23]

Hey! Firstly, I'm glad your mom is doing better!! I wold definitely check out Drexel PMED post bac. When I went there, there wasn't a hard and fast cut off and there were definitely students in the program with lower than a 3.0 average. Let me know if you have any questions.

 

[arlimumu33]

Hey! Firstly, I'm glad your mom is doing better!! I wold definitely check out Drexel PMED post bac. When I went there, there wasn't a hard and fast cut off and there were definitely students in the program with lower than a 3.0 average. Let me know if you have any questions.

I will definitely check that out! thank you so much.

 

[WhittyMD17]

I have a question for anyone who may be able to give sound advice or has been through a similar situation.
So, I recently got my B.S. in Community Health (or public health). Early in my undergraduate career I was on a pre-med track but after not performing as well as I wanted in Bio, Chem 1, and Organic Chem 1 I became discouraged and dropped pre-med and continued with my major classes. During undergraduate, I decided maybe nursing would be a better route for me. Not because I think it is an easier route, but because it didn't require me to take the organic chem and other science courses as a pre-requisite. After I graduated I applied to a nursing program, but I was advised to move my application to the next semester (there were issues with my recommender and due to the amount of seats left and the amount of applications to be reviewed, admissions advised that for better chances). In the mean time, I continued doing my research on different professions, as well as getting some field experience (both clinical and non clinical -- the non clinical experiences were in the field of public health). After speaking with different people, doctors and nurses, current medical students and current nursing students, I gravitated more towards medicine. I believed it would give me the challenge and knowledge base that I want. In the future, I would also like to do work abroad and I felt like the type of training and knowledge I would need to make a difference would be found in the medical field rather than nursing. I definitely do not undermine the education and impact of nurses, I have many nurse friends who are doing great things in their workplaces.

So basically my question here is where can i go from here with the stats that I have?

I have taken General Biology, General Chemistry 1, Organic Chemistry 1, and Microbiology. My sGPA is ~2.4 and my cGPA is ~2.9

 

[xochitl]

Hi all,

Currently i am finishing my undergrad. I have 1 semester left. I started with pre med major and after my mom diagnosed with cancer i had to change my path because i needed to take care of her. During that time i did not do well on my classes. Now my mom is treated and is healthy.

Currently i have 2.6 GPA, after talking with a advisor she recommended me to go to post bac programs and boost my gpa. I have been searching for the programs and most of them require minimum 3.0 GPA.

Can you guys give me some school names that will be a good fit for me..

I will be working as a volunteer at a hospital and i will be shadowing a pyshician for a month during summer.

Thanks in advance...

Check out UC Berkeley extension they have a DIY post-bacc option where you dont need to be accepted to take the classes and hopefully after a semester of As you can then apply if you want the benefits of the program (advisors, committee letter etc.) there are many places where you can take classes without applying.