What are my chances in getting accepted into a medical school?

[ssdlor10]

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Hi all,

I'm a sophomore college student that recently decided I would want to go to medical school. I am transitioning from a community college to a university in the fall as a biology major.

1.My GPA isn't that great, with it being around 3.5, most of my grades consist of A's and B's.
2. I haven't taken the MCAT yet, but plan to do so next year during my junior year in late April or early May.
3. I currently reside in North Carolina.
4. I am an Asian American female.
6.Coming from a community college, I don't have a lot of extracurriculars due to the fact that I just worked most of the time during school. As a sophomore I have had some internships and shadowing experience in the health care field with 100+ hours that was several years ago. I plan on doing more volunteer/ internship opportunities when I transfer to university this fall. During my winter break this year, I plan on doing a internship opportunity overseas for a few weeks.
7. I plan to do a research program the summer before my senior year as well.

Other info: I also haven't had any viable candidates to write a good recommendation letter for a future medical school application. I am in the process of becoming a certified nurse assistant to get some clinical experience. I thought of taking a gap year before medical school to get more experience to do internships/ volunteer opportunities.


Any advice would be helpful,
Thank you!

 

[mdpls!]

Way too early to tell without an MCAT score. Keep a solid GPA and get involved in meaningful ECs. Sophomore year isn't too late by any means to begin making meaningful connections with people to eventually become LORs

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I'm trying to understand your situation: so you are about to transfer to a 4-year institution having completed two years at a community college? If you're worried about making connections with faculty, then make time to attend office hours or department/major socials. You've got to put in effort to reach out because they're not always going to be able to say, "hey, this is a really great student in my class!" I assure you, that doesn't happen until you get into seminar-sized classes where faculty really will try to get to know you, which normally happens around junior or senior year.

 

[ssdlor10]

Way too early to tell without an MCAT score. Keep a solid GPA and get involved in meaningful ECs. Sophomore year isn't too late by any means to begin making meaningful connections with people to eventually become LORs

Thank you so much for the advice, I plan to get involved in more ECs and build connections with other people!

 

[ssdlor10]

I'm trying to understand your situation: so you are about to transfer to a 4-year institution having completed two years at a community college? If you're worried about making connections with faculty, then make time to attend office hours or department/major socials. You've got to put in effort to reach out because they're not always going to be able to say, "hey, this is a really great student in my class!" I assure you, that doesn't happen until you get into seminar-sized classes where faculty really will try to get to know you, which normally happens around junior or senior year.

I will say this will be one of the harder things for me to do since I’m more of a shy and independent person but a goal of mine is to venture out and build a meaningful relationship with the university faculty. Thank you for the advice!