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I am currently deciding whether or not to take more classes for a DIY post-bacc. I graduated in the spring of 2020 from a highly ranked liberal arts school in the midwest as a neuroscience and history double major. My earlier years of college lacked motivation and academic ambition for a variety of reasons. Thankfully, I had an internal reckoning (inspired after reading some of @Goro 's posts) during my junior year and began to take things much more seriously. I ended up graduating with my GPA at 3.47/3.3s (Upward trend. I had a 3.0 freshman year, 3.91 senior year) I decided to take the DIY post-bacc route upon graduating, so between the summer and overloading this last semester, I took 24 credit hours of 300 and 400 level Biology and Chemistry classes(physiology, biochemistry, Microbiology, etc.) at my state school and got a 4.0 in them. The last round of classes now brings my GPA to 3.57/3.54s.
I am taking the MCAT in late March, and I have been vigorously studying over break. Should I still take more classes this semester to prove my academic ability and raise my GPA, or should I focus totally on the MCAT? Without getting too detailed in this post, I also have about 800 clinical volunteer hours and 500 non-clinical( plus leadership, college athlete and other ECs) If I decide that I have extra time outside of MCAT studying, would I be better served by trying to take an extra class or volunteering more?
Thank you in advance for reading this post!
I am currently deciding whether or not to take more classes for a DIY post-bacc. I graduated in the spring of 2020 from a highly ranked liberal arts school in the midwest as a neuroscience and history double major. My earlier years of college lacked motivation and academic ambition for a variety of reasons. Thankfully, I had an internal reckoning (inspired after reading some of @Goro 's posts) during my junior year and began to take things much more seriously. I ended up graduating with my GPA at 3.47/3.3s (Upward trend. I had a 3.0 freshman year, 3.91 senior year) I decided to take the DIY post-bacc route upon graduating, so between the summer and overloading this last semester, I took 24 credit hours of 300 and 400 level Biology and Chemistry classes(physiology, biochemistry, Microbiology, etc.) at my state school and got a 4.0 in them. The last round of classes now brings my GPA to 3.57/3.54s.
I am taking the MCAT in late March, and I have been vigorously studying over break. Should I still take more classes this semester to prove my academic ability and raise my GPA, or should I focus totally on the MCAT? Without getting too detailed in this post, I also have about 800 clinical volunteer hours and 500 non-clinical( plus leadership, college athlete and other ECs) If I decide that I have extra time outside of MCAT studying, would I be better served by trying to take an extra class or volunteering more?
Thank you in advance for reading this post!
