Pt 2 md

[wjs010]

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I recently was accepted into PT school but had to decline. Since then I've been re taking some classes and will continue. My undergrad was clinical kines , so there are about 5 classes I believe I would need to obtain that we're not in my major. Problem is, my gpa is a 3.25, which is garbage. Is it realistically possible to bring up the gpa to a good enough level to do medicine. My brother just finished residency at Baylor in surgery and it sounds really attractive. Well, not surgery for me. Does anyone have a clue if it's even worth trying? I would go to the Caribbean if need be. I actually befriended an anesthesiologist in the gym who went to st George's and he still got a residency at tulane. The prospect of paying over $100,000 for pt school and not getting the paycheck to justify that sounds like canned soup for my future family.

 

[davidbm95]

I recently was accepted into PT school but had to decline. Since then I've been re taking some classes and will continue. My undergrad was clinical kines , so there are about 5 classes I believe I would need to obtain that we're not in my major. Problem is, my gpa is a 3.25, which is garbage. Is it realistically possible to bring up the gpa to a good enough level to do medicine. My brother just finished residency at Baylor in surgery and it sounds really attractive. Well, not surgery for me. Does anyone have a clue if it's even worth trying? I would go to the Caribbean if need be. I actually befriended an anesthesiologist in the gym who went to st George's and he still got a residency at tulane. The prospect of paying over $100,000 for pt school and not getting the paycheck to justify that sounds like canned soup for my future family.

First off if you're doing it more the money go somewhere else, no offense but if that's what you're doing it for give the position to someone who wants it.

If not however I would be glad to help and yes 3.25 is garbage but it is definitely possible to bring it up to a standard for medical school although it will take time, but no more messing up.

Speak to a pre-med counselor about your schedule. Any questions PM me or reply.

 

[music2doc]

I recently was accepted into PT school but had to decline. Since then I've been re taking some classes and will continue. My undergrad was clinical kines , so there are about 5 classes I believe I would need to obtain that we're not in my major. Problem is, my gpa is a 3.25, which is garbage. Is it realistically possible to bring up the gpa to a good enough level to do medicine. My brother just finished residency at Baylor in surgery and it sounds really attractive. Well, not surgery for me. Does anyone have a clue if it's even worth trying? I would go to the Caribbean if need be. I actually befriended an anesthesiologist in the gym who went to st George's and he still got a residency at tulane. The prospect of paying over $100,000 for pt school and not getting the paycheck to justify that sounds like canned soup for my future family.

Actually, the PTs I work with seem to do pretty well. Sure, it's not a physician-level salary, but you can live quite well on $80-100k/yr and still can pay off those loans reasonably quickly. You also work FAR fewer hours than a doc (about 40-45 here). I know we UNDERPAY our PTs, and they start at $35/hr.

 

[Rezonance]

First off if you're doing it more the money go somewhere else, no offense but if that's what you're doing it for give the position to someone who wants it.

If not however I would be glad to help and yes 3.25 is garbage but it is definitely possible to bring it up to a standard for medical school although it will take time, but no more messing up.

Well, of course when we approach any field there is always a human desire to become financially stable, always. But fear not of the money, because if this is truly where your heart is set out to be, there must be another reason why you fled PT school for a career in medicine.

Nevertheless your GPA is low, now is that your cGPA or sGPA?
Have you taken the MCAT, what is your score?
Any clinical/volunteer services/hours?
What are your extra curricular activities?

If you search some threads here on SDN, there are a lot of people who have had unusual circumstances, but they wanted to become a doctor, and indeed they did, so its important that you keep your head in the game, and again if this is truly what you desire you will achieve it, just keep swimming.

Also, I am not sure if you are aware, but there is a path of becoming a DO as well - look it up on SDN and do some homework because you will be making the final decision on getting on track!

Good luck friend.

 

[davidbm95]

Well, of course when we approach any field there is always a human desire to become financially stable.

The way the OP made it sound is that she/he would not like to be only financially stable but well into the above average salary range? Correct me if i'm wrong.

 

[wjs010]

The way the OP made it sound is that she/he would not like to be only financially stable but well into the above average salary range? Correct me if i'm wrong.

Yes that it correct. Thanks for all of your responses. I will have to just play this by ear. I'm torn between the two because I have tons of obs hours in PT, there's only one part I like: outpatient. Inpatient was more boring than a history lecture. Grueling boring. I like the top dog status of a doc as well as the salary, and most importantly, helping someone get well. Afterall that is the goal with PT too. I have not taken the Mcat. If I pursue this I may have to go to school a few more years to bring my gpa up as well as take org, genetics, and a few others . Thanks again for the advice. I'm currently taking pre reqs and making a's in all of them. I won't make less than an A since I'm actually trying