Well, after 2.5 years being a postbacc student, and taking 46 credits with a straight 4.0 (classes included most of my 100 level premeds, and 200, 300 and 400 upper level sciences).....
I was able to bring my:
- overall GPA from 3.01 to a 3.27
- science GPA from 3.15 to over 3.6+
so as you can see, my application isn't the best... but it shows a good upward trend and more mature train of thought
I have decided that medicine is just not gonna happen for me and heres why:
I've started preparing for my MCAT about 2.5 months ago, I never took an "initial" test, ya know how most people tell you to take MCAT3, I didn't do that, I just focued on my science reviews and the dreaded verbal.... I knew verbal was my biggest problem, so I've been focusing all my attention to it.... now heres the kicker, I never got good at it, everytime I do a passage, it takes me about 10 minutes, and I only answer about 40% (at best) of the questions correctly.
Just 1 hr ago, I finished taking my first mcat practice (MCAT3), and you know what, I got a 27... heres the breakdown
Physical: 11
Verbal: 3 🙁
Biological: 13
So after 2.5 months of practice and really following the examcrackers guide on verbal (and 101 passages), I never advanced much, on the practice MCAT test, I got 14 correct out of the possible 40 🙁
I don't see any medical school accepting a student with a 3 verbal... so it saddens me to say this, I am no longer going to attempt to make it to medical schools
p.s to all of you who are thinking of going into medicine, before you attempt your first class, take a practice verbal passage and see how you do, the biggest mistake I made was I didn't practice nor improve my reading the 2.5 years I was doing post-bacc, I mostly focued on my GPA and sciences, and as you can see, I did very well in that aspect.... Good luck to you all and god bless
