I hope all is well! Sorry if there is already a thread for this type of thing, I am not too sure on how to navigate. I am a recent graduate of the University of Tennessee. I currently work in a business management position that I obtained out of school. The idea of being a doctor has always been in the back of my mind, in fact I was even a nutrition pre-med major for a little while in undergrad. Unfortunately with my own personal health issues and low level of maturity I never followed through with it because my GPA suffered severely (2.7 ugrad). I have reached a point in my life where I still strongly desire that feeling to help people and research biological processes within the body, but also felt I have obtained the maturity and mental strength to handle it. I believe besides GPA I am a very strong candidate as I have volunteer experience that exceeds hundreds if not thousands of hours, many of which in a healthcare setting with direct care to patients. I have worked strenuously with special needs children both in Tennessee as well as across the world in Beijing. I have won several awards from the University including service and academic awards. There have been many setbacks which pushed me back from being ready for this process and there will continue to be some, but I feel too strongly to not act on it. I was wondering whether this is something typical of non-traditional students? Do you recommend taking my pre requisite classes and attempting to apply? How do schools consider community college courses compared to university classes? In general, just where do I go from here???
Thanks for everything!
Edit: Sorry for this formatting, it is mainly stripped from an email I previously sent to someone. Also to clear the air on "academic awards" (with a 2.7) I did have semesters where I finished deans list. These occurred after my second semester of freshman year that destroyed my GPA (in the ones) because of a health condition I endured that made me move home to see a specialist. Let me tell you some professors are very unforgiving. I have also had research posters displayed for two of my undergrad classes, one of which was selected to be shown in a research fair at the school.
Thanks for everything!
Edit: Sorry for this formatting, it is mainly stripped from an email I previously sent to someone. Also to clear the air on "academic awards" (with a 2.7) I did have semesters where I finished deans list. These occurred after my second semester of freshman year that destroyed my GPA (in the ones) because of a health condition I endured that made me move home to see a specialist. Let me tell you some professors are very unforgiving. I have also had research posters displayed for two of my undergrad classes, one of which was selected to be shown in a research fair at the school.
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