semi non-traditional

[mitch8lem]

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The reason I say semi non-traditional is because I am 20 year old nursing student who was planning on eventually earning a grad degree in anesthesia. However, I am now seriously considering enrolling in a pre-med program a a local private college. I have a few concerns. First off I was not the best high school student. All I really cared about was passing meaning I didn't take AP(advanced placement) level classes and I have never even took a physics class. It has been about 4 years since my last chemistry class and my first semester at a local communtiy college I earned a big fat C in general biology. Will med schools look back at my high school grades or my C in bio? Thanks for any replies.

 

[Raven Feather]

The reason I say semi non-traditional is because I am 20 year old nursing student who was planning on eventually earning a grad degree in anesthesia. However, I am now seriously considering enrolling in a pre-med program a a local private college. I have a few concerns. First off I was not the best high school student. All I really cared about was passing meaning I didn't take AP(advanced placement) level classes and I have never even took a physics class. It has been about 4 years since my last chemistry class and my first semester at a local communtiy college I earned a big fat C in general biology. Will med schools look back at my high school grades or my C in bio? Thanks for any replies.

NO. They will only see your college course work. So they will see the C in bio. If you do well in your other prereqs, you may be fine.

 

[mshheaddoc]

Med schools only see your college work so if you do well in other prereqs or even retake that bio class you can bring up your gpa. Remember that usually a 3.3-3.7 is usually considered "competitive" for most applicants with a strong MCAT the lower your GPA is.

Additionally many school require 90 credits of undergraduate work or most require a bachelors degree.

If you are interested in gas (which is just an assumption since you were looking at CRNA) talk to some of the docs if you can and ask them what is the difference in roles, same thing with CRNAs.

 

[oldpro]

The reason I say semi non-traditional is because I am 20 year old nursing student who was planning on eventually earning a grad degree in anesthesia. However, I am now seriously considering enrolling in a pre-med program a a local private college. I have a few concerns. First off I was not the best high school student. All I really cared about was passing meaning I didn't take AP(advanced placement) level classes and I have never even took a physics class. It has been about 4 years since my last chemistry class and my first semester at a local communtiy college I earned a big fat C in general biology. Will med schools look back at my high school grades or my C in bio? Thanks for any replies.

No just the C in Bio, Uh my advice is to hunker down and and get it into your head that passing is not good enough, Do your best but it's got to be A's and a few B's for now on. That means study study study. If you want to be a Doctor then this is the best way to look at it.

High school is done and over and you have had a chance to grow.

Now go for it! Good Luck

 

[burntcrispy]

Run, don't walk to the pre-med advisor and ask what you have to do to get into medschool. I too was 20yo in nursing school looking forward to CRNA just like you. It didn't take me long to realize that CRNA and definately nursing was not for me. It was the biggest mistake and worst time in my life. I worked as a nurse for 6 years before starting med school. Nursing will take your soul. I would rather drive a garbage truck than go back that route. (seriously)

I'm now a 4th year med student about to graduate in 6 days, going off to residency in anesthesiology. If I were granted only 1 wish, it would be to never have gone to nursing school. If I were you I would quit right now and work on a bio degree. You are in good shape with your GPA. Just study hard from here on out. Don't waste time completing a nursing degree then going back and finishing the pre recs. It wastes alot of time and the time you will work as a nurse will suck the life out of you. Also, the AdComs at medschool respect the bio degree grads WAY more than nurses.

Good luck with your decision. Run, run, run!!!!!!!!!

 

[njbmd]

The reason I say semi non-traditional is because I am 20 year old nursing student who was planning on eventually earning a grad degree in anesthesia. However, I am now seriously considering enrolling in a pre-med program a a local private college. I have a few concerns. First off I was not the best high school student. All I really cared about was passing meaning I didn't take AP(advanced placement) level classes and I have never even took a physics class. It has been about 4 years since my last chemistry class and my first semester at a local communtiy college I earned a big fat C in general biology. Will med schools look back at my high school grades or my C in bio? Thanks for any replies.

Hi there,
You are not older and wiser than you were when you earned that C in general biology. Have you taken advantage of your wisdom? Do you know how to study smart and earn the grades that you need for admission to medical school? If not, then you have plenty of time to get your study skills up to par, take your pre-med coursework and earn those As.

Everyone is dead-even when they start university and when they start medical school. You have a chance to take on your pre-med courses with energy and enthusiasm. If that one C is the only one you earn over the life of your university career, then you are still golden.

Finish your nursing, take some time off if you need a breather, before you start your pre-med work. Give nursing a chance since you are closer to finishing nursing than pre-med. You can always work at a university affiliated hospital where they will give you tuition free and take your pre-med courses at no cost. A couple of my nursing friends put themselves through law school at GWU for free while working night shift.

No matter what you choose, make sure that you do well. Make sure that you know how to study and can study efficiently.

Good luck!
njbmd 🙂

 

[oldpro]

Hi there,
You are not older and wiser than you were when you earned that C in general biology. Have you taken advantage of your wisdom? Do you know how to study smart and earn the grades that you need for admission to medical school? If not, then you have plenty of time to get your study skills up to par, take your pre-med coursework and earn those As.

Everyone is dead-even when they start university and when they start medical school. You have a chance to take on your pre-med courses with energy and enthusiasm. If that one C is the only one you earn over the life of your university career, then you are still golden.

Finish your nursing, take some time off if you need a breather, before you start your pre-med work. Give nursing a chance since you are closer to finishing nursing than pre-med. You can always work at a university affiliated hospital where they will give you tuition free and take your pre-med courses at no cost. A couple of my nursing friends put themselves through law school at GWU for free while working night shift.

No matter what you choose, make sure that you do well. Make sure that you know how to study and can study efficiently.

Good luck!
njbmd 🙂

I'm confused???????? They are only 20? So even if they grad early (DIDn't see that) the farthest they would be right now is Sophmore, Right?

So why wouldn't they just change gears now and go towards Med?

Being a Nurse ( I know ) is tough, in some ways just as tough as Medschool.

So am I missing something? Cuase if they really do not want to be a nurse then they shouldn't be pushed into it.

Just my opinion. 😕

 

[burntcrispy]

I will say this one more time since I think its that important: Quit the nursing program ASAP and start a bio degree. Working as a nurse DOES NOT help much at all as far as the work in medical school goes. The AdCom guys at most medical schools will see you as no better (and sometimes worse) of an applicant than any of the other people.

Then there is the job: I don't know how far into nursing school you are but its the worst job you could ever devise. A couple of examples: not much respect from doctors OR patients, nurses you work with are all bitter and always talking about what they are going to do next to get out of nursing, nurses are mostly female and very petty and are constantly bickering over meaningless crap, etc. etc. I could go on and on and on.

During my 6 years as a nurse I worked in ICU and ER only. I worked 1 floor shift 1 time and almost killed myself. It was that bad. I worked in a large metro area as a temp nurse for a while so I got to see many of the hospitals. Nurses everywhere are ALL THE SAME. I do mean everywhere. There is no job as a nurse that will let you escape the hell. Believe me, I tried.

OK, enough about this. I'm not trying to bash nursing at all. It just really wasn't for me and I always try to steer young minds in a better direction. You will be so much happer as a physician. I know every CRNA at the big university hospital that I'm at right now and ALL of them said they would go to med school in heartbeat if they could. One of the MDs that works there actually used to be a CRNA and WENT BACK to medschool.

In my experience, most hospital staff no matter what job they have (especially including NP, PA, CRNA) all want to be physicians!!! Do yourself a favor and go premed, you wont regret it.

Good luck. RUN!!!!!