Careerchangepostbac
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I am currently in a formal postbac program for career changers. While my uGPA wasn’t terrible, it was only a 3.5. My postbac GPA is going to end up being 3.8+. This will my my cumulative GPA a 3.6. I was wondering how adcoms will take into account my GPA. Will they focus mostly on my postbac considering it is my first time taking these science courses? Or will they just see the 3.6 and focus on that?
My second question is about clinical and research hours. When I see people post their hours on here, it makes me worry about how many hours I’ll have. I obviously worked a full time job and had things I did before deciding to pursue a medical degree, but my postbac program is only two years and I will like end up with less than 1k hrs in clinical and research experience. Will this be a problem or will it be expected since I am a career changer?
For a little more context for your answers, I want to shoot for the stars in terms of medical schools. I have an interest in neurosurgery and want to give my self the most opportunity to match into that. (I know my mind could change, that’s just where I am mentally right now) So, I want to get into the best medical school I can and would like to get answers tailored that way. But obviously I’d be happy getting into med school anywhere.
Thank you for your time and answers!
My second question is about clinical and research hours. When I see people post their hours on here, it makes me worry about how many hours I’ll have. I obviously worked a full time job and had things I did before deciding to pursue a medical degree, but my postbac program is only two years and I will like end up with less than 1k hrs in clinical and research experience. Will this be a problem or will it be expected since I am a career changer?
For a little more context for your answers, I want to shoot for the stars in terms of medical schools. I have an interest in neurosurgery and want to give my self the most opportunity to match into that. (I know my mind could change, that’s just where I am mentally right now) So, I want to get into the best medical school I can and would like to get answers tailored that way. But obviously I’d be happy getting into med school anywhere.
Thank you for your time and answers!