RNs already in MD school

[Eleven48]

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For those RNs who are already in medical school right now, what are your experiences like? I know people have different RN background experiences but I just wanted to get a general idea of how working as an RN helped you in medical school?

 

[E Tom Idate]

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I'm an ED nurse applying this cycle. I'd like to get some opinions too.

 

[Nurse2Doctor]

Ditto

 

[MSmentor018]

click on my posts, I've said a ton about going back to school after being a RN

 

[Longboarder]

RN's out there in medical school...can you give us an idea of how you structured going pre-med. How many classes you took per semester and also how you grouped them together.

 

[Ochemlover45]

RN's out there in medical school...can you give us an idea of how you structured going pre-med. How many classes you took per semester and also how you grouped them together.

Fall 10 - 11 credit hours
Chem I
2 BSN Courses

Spring 11 - 21 credit hours
Bio 1
OChem 1
Misc. Science class to boost sGPA
2 BSN Courses

Summer 11 - 18 credit hours
Physics I
Chem II
3 BSN courses

Fall 11 - 20 credit hours
Physics II
Bio II
A&P boost to sGPA
2 BSN courses

Spring 12 - 14 credit hours
Ochem II
3 BSN courses
MCAT class - MCAT schedule for April 2012.

4.0 sGPA and 3.7 non-science GPA since I started school again. Not as hard as I would have imagined.

 

[Longboarder]

ochemlover45 thanks for the reply. Any certain reason you went for the BSN as the bachelors? How much if any are you working during that course load Congrats on the GPA etc. Thanks again.

 

[Ochemlover45]

ochemlover45 thanks for the reply. Any certain reason you went for the BSN as the bachelors? How much if any are you working during that course load Congrats on the GPA etc. Thanks again.

The main reason was time. I know that nurses and allied health degrees have the lowest matriculation rate of any degree but I'm approaching 30 and needed a degree to apply. It would have took me significantly longer to apply if I wanted a biology or neuroscience degree.

I work about 24-32 hours a week and volunteer 2 hours a week.