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My situation is a little different than the average pre-meds. I'm a nontraditional. I graduated college with a GPA of around 2.9 and never took a science course. I spent several years working in my field (non-science) and then returned to school in hopes of going to med school. My post-bacc GPA with 68 credits is a 3.9. I don't know what my overall GPA is because I haven't done the math, but since I had around 150+ credits as an undergrad and only 68 credits as a post-bacc, I'm sure it's very, very low.
I'll be taking the MCAT in May and my practice test scores have been in the upper 20s (28 and 29) and low 30s (33, 31, 31, 30).
I've heard that some schools look at post-bacc GPA more than undergrad GPA for nontraditional applicants who've been out of undergrad for a while and had never taken any med school pre-reqs. My question is, which schools are these? The MSAR doesn't help much because my overall GPA will be lower than all the schools' averages thanks to undergrad, so I'm wondering which schools are the ones that aren't as numbers-oriented and will take into consideration the whole candidate and be a little more forgiving of grades I earned 10+ years ago?
P.S. I'm applying to 15 Osteopathic schools as well since my goal is to become a physician. But on the Allo side, which schools will be more likely to look closely at my last two years of academic work and my extensive professional experience? More closely than the C I earned in freshman year Art History back in 1995, for instance.
I'll be taking the MCAT in May and my practice test scores have been in the upper 20s (28 and 29) and low 30s (33, 31, 31, 30).
I've heard that some schools look at post-bacc GPA more than undergrad GPA for nontraditional applicants who've been out of undergrad for a while and had never taken any med school pre-reqs. My question is, which schools are these? The MSAR doesn't help much because my overall GPA will be lower than all the schools' averages thanks to undergrad, so I'm wondering which schools are the ones that aren't as numbers-oriented and will take into consideration the whole candidate and be a little more forgiving of grades I earned 10+ years ago?
P.S. I'm applying to 15 Osteopathic schools as well since my goal is to become a physician. But on the Allo side, which schools will be more likely to look closely at my last two years of academic work and my extensive professional experience? More closely than the C I earned in freshman year Art History back in 1995, for instance.