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Okay, so I am definitely not going to SMP, (didn't want to make a new thread) but how about a post-bacc that has linkage programs. I can take the next semester at USC, but am ineligble for financial aid (unless my appeal goes through) for the spring semester. UPENN has a pretty cool post-bacc for science majors, that enrolls for one spring semester (or 1 year if you need to take the prereqs). Tuition is also only 11k/semester which is cheaper than USC with no financial aid.
Penn's post-bacc has really cool classes, and like 5 linkage programs, and I would be eligble for all of them (3.6 UGPA, 33 MCAT is min. requirement for linkage into Penn, and that's the hardest one). Linkage is not a guarantee by any means, but is it a significant increase in chance?
So I applied this cycle, the linkage program would in theory increase my chances of matriculating for the Fall 2014 year, while at the same time, still allowing me to take classes and reapply next cycle just in case linkage doesn't work out. Plus I get to take cool classes and live in Philly for a semester.
My backstory is below:
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I'm a reapplicant applying with a lower gpa. I had a 3.74/34 last year but applied late, and have a 3.6/34 this year (got a 3.0 during my senior year).
My GPA breakdown is
Freshman: 3.68 community college
Sophomore 3.74 community college
Junior 3.8 USC (4 year) (I took physics, ochem, chem, this year + studied for MCAT)
Senior 3.0 (pretty much upper div bio, applying late took a lot of time 35+ secondaries during school)
Overall: 3.6 Cgpa, 3.64 sGPA, 34 (13-9-12) MCAT. Aside from applying early, I also fixed my EC's PS + added a couple new EC's. (Some schools didn;t think I had any clinical experience based on how I wrote my EC- fixed that)
This is definitely not a chance thread, but I just wanted to say whats going on, I'm applying to 30ish schools, all new/low tier. However, just in case the grade decline is too harsh, I was going to take an extra year of classes, just in case I needed to apply a 3rd time.
USC- 1 Extra year
-Live at home and commute, continue my EC's (free clinic, TPR Teacher, research)
-Take random science classes I don't care about, (ecology etc, not too many choices)
-Cheaper, but also I applied to financial aid late because I didn't think I would need to stay a year, I'm also only eligible for one more semester of financial aid and must submit an appeal, dont know how this works or if its easy to get it.
- Fairly confident I can get a 3.7-4.0
-Taking these classes will compound the 2 years as my senior year GPA, will only make it a 3.4ish, still shows grade decline from Junior year 3.8?)
Penn's post-bacc has really cool classes, and like 5 linkage programs, and I would be eligble for all of them (3.6 UGPA, 33 MCAT is min. requirement for linkage into Penn, and that's the hardest one). Linkage is not a guarantee by any means, but is it a significant increase in chance?
So I applied this cycle, the linkage program would in theory increase my chances of matriculating for the Fall 2014 year, while at the same time, still allowing me to take classes and reapply next cycle just in case linkage doesn't work out. Plus I get to take cool classes and live in Philly for a semester.
My backstory is below:
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I'm a reapplicant applying with a lower gpa. I had a 3.74/34 last year but applied late, and have a 3.6/34 this year (got a 3.0 during my senior year).
My GPA breakdown is
Freshman: 3.68 community college
Sophomore 3.74 community college
Junior 3.8 USC (4 year) (I took physics, ochem, chem, this year + studied for MCAT)
Senior 3.0 (pretty much upper div bio, applying late took a lot of time 35+ secondaries during school)
Overall: 3.6 Cgpa, 3.64 sGPA, 34 (13-9-12) MCAT. Aside from applying early, I also fixed my EC's PS + added a couple new EC's. (Some schools didn;t think I had any clinical experience based on how I wrote my EC- fixed that)
This is definitely not a chance thread, but I just wanted to say whats going on, I'm applying to 30ish schools, all new/low tier. However, just in case the grade decline is too harsh, I was going to take an extra year of classes, just in case I needed to apply a 3rd time.
USC- 1 Extra year
-Live at home and commute, continue my EC's (free clinic, TPR Teacher, research)
-Take random science classes I don't care about, (ecology etc, not too many choices)
-Cheaper, but also I applied to financial aid late because I didn't think I would need to stay a year, I'm also only eligible for one more semester of financial aid and must submit an appeal, dont know how this works or if its easy to get it.
- Fairly confident I can get a 3.7-4.0
-Taking these classes will compound the 2 years as my senior year GPA, will only make it a 3.4ish, still shows grade decline from Junior year 3.8?)
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