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Hey all! My roommate told me about this website when I was discussing my med school plans with him.
A little background -- senior in engineering with MEH 😱 GPA.
Since I am graduating this year, I'll have to go back to school to take Organic Chem I, II, and Biology II. I had transferred universities after my freshman year because my original school's engineering department was lacking.
According to the AMCAS GPA Calculator excel sheet found on this website, my current stats are:
AMCAS Running overall GPA = 3.413
Running BCPM GPA = 3.347
~190 hours of volunteering at hospital
~50 hours of shadowing
The GPA won't really move too much from those scores unless I fail my classes (not likely 😕)
Current employer has offered me full-time upon graduation. The soonest I'd be able to take classes would be summer session.
Here is the plan---
Hypothetically speaking, the highest possible GPAs:
uGPA: 3.574
sGPA: 3.563
MCATS = ?? No idea could be anywhere from 25-35?
I am not trying to rush anything. I've read about doing a masters program, but think this plan might be better. How does this plan look, and what would my chances be with this "resume" ?
PS: I am a VA resident, interested in VA schools primarily, but will apply to a lot others!
A little background -- senior in engineering with MEH 😱 GPA.
Since I am graduating this year, I'll have to go back to school to take Organic Chem I, II, and Biology II. I had transferred universities after my freshman year because my original school's engineering department was lacking.
According to the AMCAS GPA Calculator excel sheet found on this website, my current stats are:
AMCAS Running overall GPA = 3.413
Running BCPM GPA = 3.347
~190 hours of volunteering at hospital
~50 hours of shadowing
The GPA won't really move too much from those scores unless I fail my classes (not likely 😕)
Current employer has offered me full-time upon graduation. The soonest I'd be able to take classes would be summer session.
Here is the plan---
- Graduate and accept full-time offer
- Take summer courses at my university + increase volunteering / shadowing time
- Fall Semester 2013 - Take Biology II and Organic Chem I
- Spring Semester 2014 - Take Organic Chem I + filler classes
- Study hardcore for MCATS in summer of 2014
- Take MCATS in August
- Get results and apply!
Hypothetically speaking, the highest possible GPAs:
uGPA: 3.574
sGPA: 3.563
MCATS = ?? No idea could be anywhere from 25-35?
I am not trying to rush anything. I've read about doing a masters program, but think this plan might be better. How does this plan look, and what would my chances be with this "resume" ?
PS: I am a VA resident, interested in VA schools primarily, but will apply to a lot others!
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