RN to MD

[MDapps42]

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Hello,

I wanted to know my chances of getting into med school with my current stats. I have an undergrad chemistry degree and then I completed an accelerated BSN degree at NYU.

GPA (Chemistry degree) - 3.3
GPA (Nursing degree) - 3.75
MCAT (estimate) - 505

My goal is to go to David Geffen in LA. I'm wondering if it's going to be harder since I'm a New York resident now. Any tips on schools I should apply to would be appreciated

 

[MDapps42]

Also, my goal is to go into critical care. I was hoping to go through an internal medicine residency and afterwards do a fellowship in pulm.

 

[Zephaniah]

Hello,

I wanted to know my chances of getting into med school with my current stats. I have an undergrad chemistry degree and then I completed an accelerated BSN degree at NYU.

GPA (Chemistry degree) - 3.3
GPA (Nursing degree) - 3.75
MCAT (estimate) - 505

My goal is to go to David Geffen in LA. I'm wondering if it's going to be harder since I'm a New York resident now. Any tips on schools I should apply to would be appreciated

 

[candbgirl]

Nobody can really help you until you have a MCAT score but your estimated 505 is pretty low as is your 3.3GPA for Geffen. Being from OOS will certainly make it much harder. Come back when you have a MCAT. Good luck!

 

[SterlingMaloryArcher]

Hello,

I wanted to know my chances of getting into med school with my current stats. I have an undergrad chemistry degree and then I completed an accelerated BSN degree at NYU.

GPA (Chemistry degree) - 3.3
GPA (Nursing degree) - 3.75
MCAT (estimate) - 505

My goal is to go to David Geffen in LA. I'm wondering if it's going to be harder since I'm a New York resident now. Any tips on schools I should apply to would be appreciated

Was your nursing degree obtained in a college? Is it a BSN? Best case it is a BSN with similar amount of undergraduate credits as your chemistry degree (assuming it is a bachelors?) and that will roughly average your cumulative undergrad GPA to be 3.5. You can always put the MCAT off for a little longer until the amount of studying/practice gets you a higher estimate.

You can work with a mediocre (respective to competition) GPA + Good/Great MCAT.
The reverse is also true but that will not be your case anyway.
Mediocre GPA + Mediocre MCAT is a bad thing. Don't take MCAT yet.

 

[MDapps42]

Was your nursing degree obtained in a college? Is it a BSN? Best case it is a BSN with similar amount of undergraduate credits as your chemistry degree (assuming it is a bachelors?) and that will roughly average your cumulative undergrad GPA to be 3.5. You can always put the MCAT off for a little longer until the amount of studying/practice gets you a higher estimate.

You can work with a mediocre (respective to competition) GPA + Good/Great MCAT.
The reverse is also true but that will not be your case anyway.
Mediocre GPA + Mediocre MCAT is a bad thing. Don't take MCAT yet.

The nursing degree was only 4 semesters so it only bumped me to a 3.4 cumulative. Would my scores qualify me for a DO school? I'm thinking I'll do better on the MCAT than a 505 but I'm trying to examine a worst case scenario.

 

[gyngyn]

My goal is to go to David Geffen in LA. I'm wondering if it's going to be harder since I'm a New York resident now. Any tips on schools I should apply to would be appreciated

Odds of matriculation at any of UCLA's programs is low.
Last year, there were 4,893 OOS applicants to UCLA. 42 matriculated. That's 0.086%...

 

[HomeSkool]

Odds of matriculation at any of UCLA's programs is low.
Last year, there were 4,893 OOS applicants to UCLA. 42 matriculated. That's 0.086%...

But UCLA would like to thank the other 4,851 for their generous donations!

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[SterlingMaloryArcher]

The nursing degree was only 4 semesters so it only bumped me to a 3.4 cumulative. Would my scores qualify me for a DO school? I'm thinking I'll do better on the MCAT than a 505 but I'm trying to examine a worst case scenario.

What is the GPA trend and sequence of the degrees? One question for @Goro @LizzyM or @gyngyn would be (based on the sequence of obtaining degrees) is how to write GPA in the table as shown in example below. As in what is appropriate to put in your freshman/sophomore/junior/senior/post bacc categories?

 

[Goro]

What is the GPA trend and sequence of the degrees? One question for @Goro @LizzyM or @gyngyn would be (based on the sequence of obtaining degrees) is how to write GPA in the table as shown in example below. As in what is appropriate to put in your freshman/sophomore/junior/senior/post bacc categories? View attachment 227766

It's something like that on the AACOMAS form. But I'm not an expert in the actual logistics of filling the thing out.

 

[Goro]

Odds of matriculation at any of UCLA's programs is low.
Last year, there were 4,893 OOS applicants to UCLA. 42 matriculated. That's 0.086%...

That's only slightly better than Baylor for OOS! Forget about it, OP.

 

[HomeSkool]

What is the GPA trend and sequence of the degrees? One question for @Goro @LizzyM or @gyngyn would be (based on the sequence of obtaining degrees) is how to write GPA in the table as shown in example below. As in what is appropriate to put in your freshman/sophomore/junior/senior/post bacc categories? View attachment 227766

I just paid the smart kid in my class to fill that out, then swapped our exams while he was distracted. Wonder what that guy's doing these days...

 

[LizzyM]

What is the GPA trend and sequence of the degrees? One question for @Goro @LizzyM or @gyngyn would be (based on the sequence of obtaining degrees) is how to write GPA in the table as shown in example below. As in what is appropriate to put in your freshman/sophomore/junior/senior/post bacc categories?

AFAIK, you don't assemble that table. You provide the raw material and AMCAS creates the table.
Your first 30 credits or so are freshman, the next 30 or so are sophomore, the next 30 or so are junior and anything above that but before a bachelor's degree was awarded is senior. So your 4 years of college toward the chem degree go right there.
The post-bac RN would be under undergraduate postbac.